Proverbs 10:11 – A Fountain of Life

BIBLE TEXT

Proverbs 10:11

SUMMARY

How one speaks can bring life or death.

ANALYSIS

Proverbs 10:11 speaks of the mouth of the righteous as “a fountain of life.” Water, when it is a flood, can bring death, but water can also give life. The contrast of these two different aspects of water is found throughout the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. This imagery of the “Fountain of life” thereby gives weight to what the righteous have to say. (See “The Role of Imagery” entry in Bible in the World – Proverbs.)