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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Proverbs 10:11

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 life, that is pure and clean, not only not poisoned, but not muddled, with any corrupt... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:11

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, out of the abundance of his heart, overflows with good things, which minister grace to the hearers, and are for the use of edifying; things that are pleasant and profitable, grateful and acceptable, comforting, refreshing, and pleasing, and which tend to the good of the life that now is, and that... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life - חיים מקור mekor chaiyim , is the vein of lives; an allusion to the great aorta, which conveys the blood from the heart to every art of the body. The latter clause of this verse is the same with that of Proverbs 10:6 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

The service of speech, etc "Man is a talking animal," we say. But if we are distinguished from the brute creation by the mere fact of speech, how truly are we divided from one another by the use we make of that human faculty! To what height of worthiness one man may rise, and what inestimable service he may render, but to what depth of wrong another man may fall, and what mischief he may work, by the use of his tongue! I. THE SERVICE OF SPEECH . "By our words" we may do great... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:11

A well of life ( Proverbs 13:14 : Proverbs 18:4 ). The good man utters words of wisdom, comfort, and edification. God himself is said to have "the well of life" ( Psalms 36:9 ), and to be "the Fountain of living waters" ( Jeremiah 2:13 ): and the holy man, drawing from this supply, sheds life and health around. The second clause should be takes as in Proverbs 10:6 , but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence, the contrast being between the open usefulness of the good man's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Proverbs 10:11-14

A fourfold opposition I. SPEECH THAT QUICKENS AND SPEECH THAT KILLS . ( Proverbs 10:11 .) 1 . The speech of the wise and good is sound, "seasoned with salt;" that of the wicked is hollow or else poisonous. 2 . The former edifies, builds up and strengthens the good principle in the minds of those who convene with him; the bluer destroys the good, and sows evil in its stead. II. QUARRELSOMENESS AND AMIABILITY . ( Proverbs 10:12 ; see on Proverbs 6:14 ... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Proverbs 10:11

Proverbs 10:11. 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 life, the promoting of spiritual, and ensuring of eternal life; but violence, &c. See on Proverbs 10:6. As the mouth of a good man speaketh those things which are good and beneficial to himself and others, so the mouth of a wicked man uttereth violence, or injury, or things... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Proverbs 10:1-32

10:1-22:16PROVERBS OF SOLOMONThe proverbs in this section are usually written in a simple two-line form, each proverb usually being equal to one verse in our Bible. Although the editor of the book has in parts brought together proverbs dealing with a similar subject or principle, each proverb must be considered by itself.Clearly there is not enough space in a commentary of this size to explain each separate proverb. Readers will gain most benefit from Proverbs by reading it over a period (for... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 10:11

mouth. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , for what is spoken by it. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Proverbs 10:11

"The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."The RSV renders the second clause here, "The mouth of the wicked conceals violence." read more

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