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New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Holman Bible
but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
International Standard Version
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.
A Conservative Version
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
American Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Amplified
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.
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.
Darby Translation
The mouth of a righteous man is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Julia Smith Translation
A fountain of life the mouth of the just one: and violence shall cover the mouth of the unjust
King James 2000
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A fountain of life [is] a mouth of righteousness, and a mouth of wickedness conceals violence.
Modern King James verseion
The mouth of a righteous one is a well of life; but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
NET Bible
The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
New Heart English Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
The Emphasized Bible
A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
10
He that winks with the eye causes sorrow, and he that speaks foolishness shall fall.
11
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Cross References
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just, but the mouth of the wicked covers violence.
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
Psalm 37:30-31
Pe The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue brings forth judgment.
Psalm 107:42
The righteous shall see it and rejoice, and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the just is as choice silver, but the understanding of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous shall know the will of God, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversion.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise disperse wisdom, but the heart of the foolish does not so.
Proverbs 16:22-24
Understanding is a wellspring of life unto him that has it, but the instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15
There is gold and a multitude of precious stones, but the lips of wisdom are a precious vessel.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
The words from the mouth of the wise man are grace, but the lips of the fool will swallow up himself.
Matthew 12:34-37
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good for edification, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
James 3:5-8
In the same manner, the tongue is a very small member and boasts of great things. Behold, how great a forest a little fire kindles!