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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 10) Proverbs 10:11-14 KJV
"The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction."
Proverbs Chapter 10, Verse 11-14
Proverbs 10:11-14 in Context (Verses 8–17 KJV)
8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.**
9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.*
11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
13
In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.*
14
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
15
The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
16
The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
17
He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.*