Proverbs 10:11
A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Literal Standard Version
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
10Whoever is winking the eye gives grief, || And a talkative fool kicks.
12Hatred awakens contentions, || And love covers over all transgressions.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, || And his tongue speaks judgment.
Proverbs 10:6Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, || And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
Proverbs 15:4A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, || And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22Understanding [is] a fountain of life to its possessors, || The instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, || Indeed, a precious vessel, [are] lips of knowledge.
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 →