Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 shall cause sorrow: and the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes: and charity covereth all sins.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the just shall meditate wisdom : and his tongue shall speak judgment.
Proverbs 10:6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the just consider what is acceptable: and the mouth of the wicked uttereth perverse things.
Proverbs 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the 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 →