Proverbs 10:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. ”

Proverbs 10:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Proverbs 10:6 . Streams of living water (like the “fountain of living waters” of Jeremiah 2:13 ; Jeremiah 17:13 , and the “living water” of John 4:10 ), flow from the mouth of the right...
Proverbs 10:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:2 ( cf. Psalms 3:7 ). righteousness: the growth of the conception of righteousness is an important subject. As in the Pss., there is a specific class the righteous opposed to the...
Proverbs 10:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.
Proverbs 10:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life - מקור חיים mekor chaiyim, is the vein of lives; an all...
Proverbs 10:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life. He speaks words which issue in life (in the high...
Proverbs 10:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Here we reach the first collection of what were supposed to be Solomon's proverbs. Most of them consist of two lines parallel to each other. The parallelism is one of contrast, or agreement, or expla...
Proverbs 10:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. — If these words are to be taken as in Proverbs 10:6 , then the first line must mean that the righteous man speaks to his own profit. But perhaps it will...
Proverbs 10:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 11 WEALTH "Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death." Proverbs 10:2 "O'er weening statesmen have full long relied On fleets and armies and exter...
Proverbs 10:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Righteous and the Wicked Proverbs 10:1-16 Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city , Proverbs 10:15 ; but the treasures which have...
Proverbs 10:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here begin the proverbs proper. In this collection they are antithetical, They present a sharp contrast between wisdom and folly in the outworking of such in practical life. Seeing that this is indee...
Proverbs 10:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. Bles...
Proverbs 10:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life ,.... Like a fountain of living water, continually running and flowing with water, wholesome, reviving, and refreshing; so the righteous man's mouth,...
Proverbs 10:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Ver. 11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life. ] Vena vitae os iusti. A fountain runs a...
Proverbs 10:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life Continually sending forth waters of life, or such words as are refreshing and useful, both to himself and others, both for the preserving of natural l...
Proverbs 10:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. See here, 1. How industrious a good man is, by communicating his goodness, to do g...
Proverbs 10:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A well of life; continually sending forth waters of life, or such good and wholesome words as are very refreshing and useful, both to themselves and others, for the preserving of their natural life...
Proverbs 10:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Proverbs Of Solomon ( Proverbs 10:1 to Proverbs 22:16 ). The proverbs in this section are now introduced by the brief subheading ‘The Proverbs Of Solomon'. Contrast ‘The sayings of Solomon,...
Proverbs 10:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Proverbs 10:6-7 ; Proverbs 10:11 THE WAY TO PRESENT BLESSEDNESS AND FUTURE FAME We connect the first and last of these verses, because the latter clause in b...
Proverbs 10:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:1 . The Proverbs of Solomon. The nine preseding Chapter s may be regarded as a vestibule to the temple. Wisdom has been personified, and folly thrown into the darker shades. We have ha...
Proverbs 10:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

The mouth of the righteous is a well of life. Streams in the desert A man who receives, professes, and obeys the truth, is like a well of water; while a man who retains the form of religion, bu...
Proverbs 10:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1-22:16 Part III . FIRST GREAT COLLECTION (375) OF SOLOMONIC PROVERBS . Verse 1-12:28 First section. The sections are noted by their commencing usually with t...
Proverbs 10:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 11. The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, on account of the cheerful and helpful utterances which proceed from it; but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked, he hides it for a wh...
Proverbs 10:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 ; Ephesians 4:29 ; James 3:5-8 ; Matthew 12:34-37 ; Proverbs 10:20 ; Proverbs 10:21 ; Proverbs 10:32 ; Proverbs 10:6 ; Proverbs 13:14 ; Proverbs 15:7 ; Proverbs 16:22...

Proverbs 10:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 10:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 10:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 10:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 10:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 10:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 10:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 10:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge