Proverbs 10:11
Strong's Lexicon
The mouth
פִּ֣י ()
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

of the righteous
צַדִּ֑יק (ṣad·dîq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6662: 1) just, lawful, righteous 1a) just, righteous (in government) 1b) just, right (in one's cause) 1c) just, righteous (in conduct and character) 1d) righteous (as justified and vindicated by God) 1e) right, correct, lawful

is a fountain
מְק֣וֹר (mə·qō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4726: 1) spring, fountain 1a) spring 1a1) of source of life, joy, purification (fig.) 1b) of the eye (fig.) 1c) source (of menstruous blood) 1d) flow (of blood after child birth)

of life,
חַ֭יִּים (ḥay·yîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: adj 1) living, alive 1a) green (of vegetation) 1b) flowing, fresh (of water) 1c) lively, active (of man) 1d) reviving (of the springtime) n m 2) relatives 3) life (abstract emphatic) 3a) life 3b) sustenance, maintenance n f 4) living thing, animal 4a) animal 4b) life 4c) appetite 4d) revival, renewal 5) community

but the mouth
וּפִ֥י (ū·p̄î)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: peh 1) mouth 1a) mouth (of man) 1b) mouth (as organ of speech) 1c) mouth (of animals) 1d) mouth, opening, orifice (of a well, river, etc) 1e) extremity, end pim 2) a weight equal to one third of a shekel, occurs only in 1Sa 13:21

of the wicked
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים (rə·šā·‘îm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7563: 1) wicked, criminal 1a) guilty one, one guilty of crime (subst) 1b) wicked (hostile to God) 1c) wicked, guilty of sin (against God or man)

conceals
יְכַסֶּ֥ה (yə·ḵas·seh)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3680: 1) to cover, conceal, hide 1a) (Qal) conceal, covered (participle) 1b) (Niphal) to be covered 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cover, clothe 1c2) to cover, conceal 1c3) to cover (for protection) 1c4) to cover over, spread over 1c5) to cover, overwhelm 1d) (Pual) 1d1) to be covered 1d2) to be clothed 1e) (Hithpael) to cover oneself, clothe oneself

violence.
חָמָֽס׃ (ḥā·mās)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2555: 1) violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Young's Literal Translation
A fountain of life [is] the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

New American Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

King James Bible
The mouth of a righteous [man is] a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

New Living Translation
The words of the godly are a life-giving fountain; the words of the wicked conceal violent intentions.

English Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

New American Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

King James Bible
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

International Standard Version
What the righteous say is a flowing fountain, but what the wicked say conceals violence.

NET Bible
The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

American Standard Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

English Revised Version
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Young's Literal Translation
A fountain of life is the mouth of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
















Cross References
Psalm 37:30
The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh of judgment.

Proverbs 10:6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 13:14
The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Proverbs 10:8
The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Proverbs 10:13
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.
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