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 be better here to interpret the second line in the sense of “the mouth of the godless hideth violence,” i.e., it conceals under deceitful words the mischief intended for others. With God is the “well of life” (Psalms 36:9; Revelation 22:17); and in like manner the “mouth of the righteous” brings comfort and refreshment to the weary and heavy laden.
Related Commentaries of Proverbs 10:11
Proverbs 10:11
11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.