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Hiding Hatred - Proverbs 10:18-22

18Hiding hatred makes you a liar;
slandering others makes you a fool.

You might ask, how does hiding hatred make you a liar? I think we all know people that are nice to our face, but we know that they really dislike us. We may do the same thing to others. So how do we make sure that we do not continue this habit ourselves? Frist, we should forgive other people. Even when someone hurts us, we should not hate that person. Instead, we should pray for them.

If we truly do dislike or hate a person, but are nice to them to their face, then we are a liar. When we hate another person, we are really destroying and enslaving ourselves. We are controlled and trapped by our internal hatred. We need to learn to let it go, to forgive, even if they don’t ask for it or deserve it. To forgive is to set ourselves free. Christ certainly forgave us even though we do not deserve it. Closely related to this is when we slander others. Slandering others really does make us a fool. Anyone who hears your slander will realize that they are probably the target of it when they are not around. We need to stop gossiping and talking ill about others. We should encourage and build them up.