Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 6 Holy Bible
Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Blessings are on the head of the upright, but the face of sinners will be covered with sorrow.
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Blessings are upon the head of a righteous [man]; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
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Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Blessings are on the head of the righteous, But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
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Blessings `are' for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 6. - Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. So Ver. 11. This is usually explained to mean either that the consciousness of his own iniquity silences the sinner when he would speak against the righteous, or his violence and injustice, returning on his own head, are like a bandage over his mouth (Leviticus 13:45; Micah 3:7), reducing him to shame and silence. Others, again, consider the signification to be - in default of the good, honest words which should proceed from a man's mouth, the sinner pours forth injustice and wickedness. But it is best (as in Ver. 14) to take "mouth" as the subject: "The mouth of the wicked concealeth violence," that he may wait for the opportunity of practising it. The contrast is between the manifest blessedness of the righteous and the secret sinister proceedings of the evil. The Vulgate and Septuagint give, "the blessing of the Lord." For "violence" the Septuagint has πένθος ἄωρον, "untimely grief;" the Hebrew word chamas bearing also the sense of "misery."
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(6) Violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.--Curses and deeds of violence have proceeded from his mouth, but God frustrates them, they "return unto him void" (Isaiah 55:11), and, as it were, stop his mouth, reducing him to silence.
