Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 10:11

11. The mouth of a righteous man is a Well of life : but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked .

Continually sending forth Waters of Life, or such good and wholsom words, as are very refreshing and useful both to themselves and others, for the preserving of their natural Life and for the promoting of their Spiritual and eternal Life. We have the same Phrase, Psal▪ 36. 9.

The same words were used before, v. 6. where see the Notes; and they may be understood in the same sense here, and the opposition of this clause to the former, may be conceived thus: As the Mouth of a good man speaketh those things which are good and beneficial to himself and others, so the Mouth of the wicked uttereth violence, or injury, or things injurious to others, which at last fall upon himself. But it is no new thing for the same words and Phrases to be taken in different senses, in the same Chapter, and somtimes in the same verse, as Matth. 8. 22. and elsewhere; and therefore these words may here be, and are, by many translated and interpreted thus, the mouth of the wicked covereth (i. e. concealeth▪) violence or mischief, which he plotteth against others. And so here is a double opposition between the Righteous and the wicked; first in the contrary effects, the former causeth Life, the latter mischief and death; and secondly in the manner of producing them, the righteous doth it by uttering his words, and the wicked doth it by concealing his mind.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1+ letters]7. 30, [illegible: 1+ letters] Ch 14. 14.; [illegible: 1 word]. 6.