Verse 11

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
  • Prov 13:14 : 14 The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.
  • Prov 18:4 : 4 The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.
  • Prov 20:15 : 15 There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe. 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse. 14 A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
  • Matt 12:34-37 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges. 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment. 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.
  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.
  • Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught. 21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.
  • Prov 10:32 : 32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.
  • Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement. 31 The lawe of his God is in his heart: therfore his feete shall not slide.
  • Ps 107:42 : 42 The righteous will marke this and reioyce: and the mouth of all wickednesse shalbe stopped.
  • Prov 15:7 : 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.
  • Prov 16:22-24 : 22 Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse. 23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes. 24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.
  • Jas 3:5-8 : 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth. 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell. 7 All the natures of beastes, & of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man: 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.