- Bible
- Proverbs
- Chapter 10
- Verse 6
Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
Blessings are upon the head of the just,.... That seeks for righteousness, not by the works of the law, but by faith; that lives by faith upon the righteousness of Christ, and is justified by it,…
Barnes' Notes
Covereth ... - The meaning is perhaps, the violence which the wicked has done is as a bandage over his mouth, reducing him to a silence and shame, like that of the leper Lev 13:45; Mic 3:7 or the…
Matthew Henry
Here is, 1. The head of the just crowned with blessings, with the blessings both of God and man. Variety of blessings, abundance of blessings, shall descend from above, and visibly abide on the head…
Cambridge Bible
violence covereth&c. This, which is the rendering both of A.V. and R.V. text, is to be preferred to the rendering of R.V. marg., "the mouth of the wicked covereth violence," i.e. in what he says there…
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