John Gill Commentary Proverbs 26:24

"He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:" — Proverbs 26:24 (ASV)

He that hates dissembles with his lips
He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as he would; he pretends a great deal of friendship with his lips, that his hatred might not be known; he would be thought to be a friend, when he is really an enemy; he does not choose as yet to make himself known what he is.

Some render it to a sense the reverse, "the enemy", or "he that hates, is known by his lips" ^F12 ; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions: if you carefully watch him, mark his words, and observe what he says, you will find out the hatred that lies in his heart; he cannot forbear saying something, at one time or another, which betrays the malignity of his mind; and lays up deceit within him ^F13 ;
or, "though he lays up" hides it as much as he can, yet it will show itself in some way or another.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: (rkny) "agnoscetur", Montanus, Vatablus; "cognoscetur", Tigurine version; "cognoscitur", Amama, so Luther.
• F13: (w) "quamvis", Luther. apud Gejerus, Baynus.