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 after it hath run, so doth a good man's mouth incessantly utter the "words of truth and soberness," Act 25:26 more perennis aquae. See the reason hereof: Psa 37:30-31 the "law of his God is in his heart," that "law of his mind," Rom 7:23 that counterpane of the written law, Heb 8:10 that "good treasure" Mat 12:35 that is daily drawn out, and yet not diminished. Salienti aquarum fonti undas si tollas, nec exhauritur, nec extenuatur, sed dulcesit. Take water from a well, it loses nothing, but becomes better and sweeter.
But violence covereth.] See Trapp on " Pro 10:6 "