Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Bible (Bishops')
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 his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.
12Hatred stirreth vp strifes: but loue couereth the multitude of sinnes.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:6Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Proverbs 10:32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly [speaketh] frowarde thynges.
Proverbs 15:4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
Proverbs 16:22Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.
Proverbs 20:15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
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 →