11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. …
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11)See here, 1. How industrious a good man is, by communicating his goodness, to do good with it: His mouth , the outlet of his mind, is a well of life ; it is a constant spring, whence issues good discourse for the edification of others, like streams that water the ground and make it fruitful, and for their consolation, like streams that quench the thirst of the weary traveller. It is like a well of…
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