Proverbs 10:11
What righteous people say [MTY] is like a fountain that ◄gives life/enables people to live many years► [MET], but what wicked people say [MTY] hides the fact that they intend to act violently.
Translation for Translators
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
Cross References
Psalms 37:30Righteous people give wise advice to others, and they [MTY] say what is just/fair.
Proverbs 10:6Righteous people will be blessed by God; the nice things that wicked people say [MTY] sometimes conceal the fact that they are planning to act violently.
Proverbs 10:32Righteous people [MTY] know what to say that is acceptable, but wicked people [MTY] are constantly saying things that are not true.
Proverbs 15:4Those who speak [MTY] kindly to people are like [MET] trees whose fruit gives life; speaking what is false causes people to ◄despair/feel very discouraged►.
Proverbs 16:22Being wise is like having a fountain that gives life [MET], but foolish people are punished as a result of their acting foolishly.
Proverbs 20:15Gold and precious stones are valuable, but wise words [MTY] are more valuable.
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 →