Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
In Context
10He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall.
12Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man talks of wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of a righteous man knows what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked [is] perverseness.
Proverbs 15:4A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a breaking of the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a well-spring of life to him who has it, but the correction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:11
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. Mischief is here said to attend, 1. Politic, designing, self-disguising sinners: He that winks with the eye, as if he took no notice of you, when at the same time he is watching an opportunity to do you an ill turn, that makes signs to his accomplices when to come into assist him in executing his wicked projects, which are all carried on by trick and artifice, causes sorrow both to others and to himself. Ingenuity will be no excuse for… Read the whole commentary →