Proverbs 10:11
9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13 In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- KJV
- The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- WEB
- The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
- ASV
- The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- DARBY
- The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
- BLB
- A fountain of life [is] the mouth of a righteous one, and the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdiges munn er en livsens kilde, men de ugudeliges munn skal deres vold skjule.
- OTB
- De rettferdiges ord er en kilde til liv, men de ondes tale skjuler skade.
- B1930
- Den rettferdiges munn er en livsens kilde, men de ugudeliges munn skal deres vold skjule.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Read in contextEphesians 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.
Read in contextProverbs 10:20–21
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Read in contextProverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Read in contextProverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Read in contextPsalms 37:30–31
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.
Read in contextProverbs 16:22–24
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that hath it: but the instruction of fools is folly.
Read in contextProverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
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