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, King James Version
In context
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
11 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.
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.
- Proverbs 18:4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
- Proverbs 10:6 Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Proverbs 10:20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.