Verse 11

A fountain of life `is' the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessings `are' for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
• Prov 13:14 : 14 The law of the wise `is' a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.
• Prov 18:4 : 4 Deep waters `are' the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom `is' a flowing brook.
• Prov 20:15 : 15 Substance, gold, and a multitude of rubies, Yea, a precious vessel, `are' lips of knowledge.
• Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth `is' folly, And the latter end of his mouth `Is' mischievous madness. 14 And the fool multiplieth words: `Man knoweth not that which is, And that which is after him, who doth declare to him?'
• Matt 12:34-37 : 34 `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. 35 The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things. 36 `And I say to you, that every idle word that men may speak, they shall give for it a reckoning in a day of judgment; 37 for from thy words thou shalt be declared righteous, and from thy words thou shalt be declared unrighteous.'
• Eph 4:29 : 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;
• Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing. 21 The lips of the righteous delight many, And fools for lack of heart die.
• Prov 10:32 : 32 The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!
• Ps 37:30-31 : 30 The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment. 31 The law of his God `is' his heart, His steps do not slide.
• Ps 107:42 : 42 The upright do see and rejoice, And all perversity hath shut her mouth.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools `is' not right.
• Prov 16:22-24 : 22 A fountain of life `is' understanding to its possessors, The instruction of fools is folly. 23 The heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning, 24 Sayings of pleasantness `are' a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and healing to the bone.
• Jas 3:5-8 : 5 so also the tongue is a little member, and doth boast greatly; lo, a little fire how much wood it doth kindle! 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna. 7 For every nature, both of beasts and of fowls, both of creeping things and things of the sea, is subdued, and hath been subdued, by the human nature, 8 and the tongue no one of men is able to subdue, `it is' an unruly evil, full of deadly poison,