Proverbs 10:11 · KJV
“The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.”
— Proverbs 10:11
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
Proverbs 10 — Context
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. {fall: Heb. be beaten}
11The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod {is} for the back of him that is void of understanding. {of understanding: Heb. of heart}
Cross References
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. {to...: or, to edify profitably}
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth {are as} deep waters, {and} the wellspring of wisdom {as} a flowing brook.
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the just {is as} choice silver: the heart of the wicked {is} little worth.
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings {are} upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 16:22-24
Understanding {is} a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools {is} folly.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish {doeth} not so.
Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked {speaketh} frowardness. {frowardness: Heb. frowardnesses}