Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Darby Translation
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 that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous proffereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment;
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of a righteous [man]; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of a righteous [man] know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is frowardness.
Proverbs 15:4Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Wisdom is a fountain of life for him that hath it; but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude 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 →