Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Berean Standard Bible
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 the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is fitting, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15There is an abundance of gold and rubies, but lips of knowledge are a rare treasure.
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 →