Proverbs 10:6
Blessings [are] for the head of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
In Context
7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, || And the name of the wicked rots.
Cross References
Esther 7:8And the king has turned back out of the garden of the house to the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king says, “Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?” The word has gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
Psalms 107:42The upright see and rejoice, || And all perversity has shut her mouth.
Proverbs 10:11A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, || And the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 24:25And it is pleasant to those reproving, || And a good blessing comes on them.
Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that [it is] good, || Because they eat the fruit of their doings.
2 Timothy 1:16may the LORD give kindness to the house of Onesiphorus, because he refreshed me many times, and was not ashamed of my chain,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:6
5 He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Here is, 1. The just praise of those who improve their opportunities, who take pains to gather and increase what they have, both for soul and body, who provide for hereafter while provision is to be made, who gather in summer, which is gathering time. He who does so is a wise son, and it is his honour; he acts wisely for his parents, whom, if there be occasion, he ought to maintain, and he gives reputation to… Read the whole commentary →