Proverbs 10:11 - Revised Standard Version CI

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ The mouth of the [uncompromisingly] righteous man is a well of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Common English Bible

¹¹ The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ The mouth of the just is a vein of life. And the mouth of the impious covers iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.

Proverbs 10:11 Cross References

Psalm 107:42

The upright see it and are glad; and all wickedness stops its mouth.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked, what is perverse.

Proverbs 10:6

Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 13:14

The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, that one may avoid the snares of death.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so the minds of fools.

Proverbs 18:4

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters; the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for edifying, as fits the occasion, that it may impart grace to those who hear.