Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.
Catholic Public Domain 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 gives sorrow. And the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
12Hatred rises up from disputes. And charity covers all offenses.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is on the head of the just. But iniquity covers the mouth of the impious.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the just consider what is acceptable. And the mouth of the impious considers perversities.
Proverbs 15:4A peaceful tongue is a tree of life. But that which is immoderate will crush the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Learning is a fountain of life to one who possesses it. The doctrine of the foolish is senseless.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and there are a multitude of jewels. But lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.
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 →