THEOSISProverbs 10:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The mouth of the just is a vein of life: and the mouth of the wicked covereth iniquity.
מְק֣וֹר חַ֭יִּים פִּ֣י צַדִּ֑יק וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְכַסֶּ֥ה חָמָֽס׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 13:14The law of the wise is a fountain of life, that he may decline from the ruin of death.
- Prov 10:6The blessing of the Lord is upon the head of the just: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Prov 18:4Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom is an overflowing stream.
- Prov 10:20The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
- Prov 10:21The lips of the just teach many: but they that are ignorant, shall die in the want of understanding.
- Eph 4:29Let no evil speech proceed from your mouth: but that which is good, to the edification of faith: that it may administer grace to the hearers.
- Prov 16:22Knowledge is a fountain of life to him that possesseth it: the instruction of fools is foolishness.
- Prov 16:24Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.