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New King James Version

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mouth of the Righteous;   Silence-Speech;   The Topic Concordance - Life;   Living Waters;   Righteousness;   Speech/communication;   Violence;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Wells;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Proverb, the Book of;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tongue;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Violence;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, the Book of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Word;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Life;   Peter, Second Epistle of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prov'erbs, Book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Well;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cistern;   Tree of Life;   Well;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 2;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.
Update Bible Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
New Century Version
The words of a good person give life, like a fountain of water, but the words of the wicked contain nothing but violence.
New English Translation
The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
Webster's Bible Translation
The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
World English Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Amplified Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life and his words of wisdom are a source of blessing, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence and evil.
English Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The veyne of lijf is the mouth of a iust man; but the mouth of wickid men hilith wickidnesse.
English Revised Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Berean Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Contemporary English Version
The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.
American Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Bible in Basic English
The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.
Complete Jewish Bible
The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked is a cover for violence.
Darby Translation
The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Easy-to-Read Version
The words of good people are like a spring of fresh water, but the words of the wicked only hide their violent plans.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
King James Version (1611)
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence couereth the mouth of the wicked.
New Life Bible
The mouth of the one who is right with God is a well of life, but the mouth of the sinful hides trouble.
New Revised Standard
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The mouth of a righteous man is a welspring of life: but iniquitie couereth the mouth of the wicked.
George Lamsa Translation
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked is covered with iniquity.
Good News Translation
A good person's words are a fountain of life, but a wicked person's words hide a violent nature.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
Revised Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There is a fountain of life in the hand of a righteous man; but destruction shall cover the mouth of the ungodly.
Christian Standard Bible®
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Hebrew Names Version
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
King James Version
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Lexham English Bible
A fountain of life is a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.
Literal Translation
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Young's Literal Translation
A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.
THE MESSAGE
The mouth of a good person is a deep, life-giving well, but the mouth of the wicked is a dark cave of abuse.
New American Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Legacy Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,But the mouth of the wicked covers up violence.

Contextual Overview

11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

mouth of a: Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 10:32, Proverbs 13:14, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 16:22-24, Proverbs 18:4, Proverbs 20:15, Psalms 37:30, Psalms 37:31, Ephesians 4:29

but: Proverbs 10:6, Psalms 107:42, Ecclesiastes 10:12-14, Matthew 12:34-37, James 3:5-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 9:20 - an husbandman 1 Kings 12:13 - answered Psalms 140:9 - let the mischief Proverbs 10:13 - the lips Proverbs 10:31 - mouth Proverbs 13:2 - the soul John 7:38 - out

Cross-References

Genesis 10:1
1 Chronicles 1:5-27">[xr] Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
Genesis 10:10
And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, Erech, Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.
Numbers 24:22
Nevertheless Kain shall be burned. How long until Asshur carries you away captive?"
Numbers 24:24
But ships shall come from the coasts of Cyprus, [fn] And they shall afflict Asshur and afflict Eber,And so shall Amalek, [fn] until he perishes."
2 Kings 19:36
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
Ezra 4:2
they came to Zerubbabel and the heads of the fathers' houses, and said to them, "Let us build with you, for we seek your God as you do; and we have sacrificed to Him since the days of Esarhaddon king of Assyria, who brought us here."
Psalms 83:8
Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot.Selah
Isaiah 37:37
So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.
Ezekiel 27:23
Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants.
Ezekiel 32:22
"Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life,.... Like a fountain of living water, continually running and flowing with water, wholesome, reviving, and refreshing; so the righteous man's mouth, out of the abundance of his heart, overflows with good things, which minister grace to the hearers, and are for the use of edifying; things that are pleasant and profitable, grateful and acceptable, comforting, refreshing, and pleasing, and which tend to the good of the life that now is, and that which is to come;

but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked; so that nothing comes out of it but what is pernicious and hurtful; what savours of rapine and violence; nothing but lying and deceit, cursing and swearing, and such like filthy and corrupt communication; :-. The Targum is, "the mouth of the ungodly covers injury"; which is meditated in the heart; so the Vulgate Latin version.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Proverbs 10:6. Streams of living water (like the “fountain of living waters” of Jeremiah 2:13; Jeremiah 17:13, and the “living water” of John 4:10), flow from the mouth of the righteous, but that of the wicked is “covered,” i. e., stopped and put to silence by their own violence.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 10:11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life — מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, is the vein of lives; an allusion to the great aorta, which conveys the blood from the heart to every part of the body. The latter clause of this verse is the same with that of Proverbs 10:6.


 
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