Proverbs 10:11
A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
12Hatred, stirreth up strifes, but, over all transgressions, love throweth a covering.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of a righteous man, softly uttereth wisdom, and, his tongue, speaketh justice:
Proverbs 10:6Blessings, are for the head of the righteous man, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth up wrong.
Proverbs 10:32The lips of the righteous, know what is pleasing, but, the mouth of the lawless, [speaketh] perversities.
Proverbs 15:4Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.
Proverbs 16:22A well-spring of life, is discretion to its owner, but, the correction of the foolish, is folly.
Proverbs 20:15There are gold, and an abundance of corals, but, precious jewels, are the 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 →