Proverbs 10:11 KJV

Proverbs · chapter 10 · verse 11

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

Proverbs 10:11 in context

9He 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.

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.

See here, 1. How industrious a good man is, by communicating his goodness, to do good with it: His mouth, the outlet of his mind, is a well of life;

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary