Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 10:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Concerning The Mouth
10 Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh. 11 A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence. 12 Hatred awaketh contentions, And over all transgressions love covereth.
Cross References
Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
Proverbs 18:4
Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.
Psalm 37:30-31
The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
Psalm 107:42
The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.
Proverbs 10:32
The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.
Proverbs 16:22-24
A fountain of life is understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly.
Proverbs 20:15
Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, are lips of knowledge.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14
Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.
Matthew 12:34-37
Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
Ephesians 4:29
Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;
James 3:5-8
so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle!