Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 sorrow; and a prating fool shall fall.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, and his tongue speaketh justice.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; but the mouth of the wicked is all frowardness.
Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life unto him that hath it; but folly is the chastisement of fools.
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 →