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Proverbs 10

Prov. 10:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Blessings
Brakah (Hebrew #1293)
benediction; by implication prosperity
KJV usage: blessing, liberal, pool, present.
Pronounce: ber-aw-kaw'
Origin: from 1288
are upon the head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of the just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
: buta violence
chamac (Hebrew #2555)
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
KJV usage: cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, X oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
Pronounce: khaw-mawce'
Origin: from 2554
covereth
kacah (Hebrew #3680)
properly, to plump, i.e. fill up hollows; by implication, to cover (for clothing or secrecy)
KJV usage: clad self, close, clothe, conceal, cover (self), (flee to) hide, overwhelm. Compare 3780.
Pronounce: kaw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
the mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
of the wicked
rasha` (Hebrew #7563)
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV usage: + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
Pronounce: raw-shaw'
Origin: from 7561
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Esther 7:8• 8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. (Esther 7:8)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Blessings.
Prov. 11:26• 26He that withholdeth corn, the people shall curse him: but blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it. (Prov. 11:26)
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Prov. 24:25• 25But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them. (Prov. 24:25)
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Prov. 28:20• 20A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. (Prov. 28:20)
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Deut. 28:2• 2And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God. (Deut. 28:2)
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Job 29:13• 13The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. (Job 29:13)
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2 Tim. 1:16‑18• 16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
 17But, when he was in Rome, he sought me out very diligently, and found me.
 18The Lord grant unto him that he may find mercy of the Lord in that day: and in how many things he ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou knowest very well. (2 Tim. 1:16‑18)
violence.
Prov. 10:11• 11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. (Prov. 10:11)
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Esther 7:8• 8Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face. (Esther 7:8)
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Psa. 107:42• 42The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth. (Psa. 107:42)
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Rom. 3:19• 19Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. (Rom. 3:19)
• In 2 Tim. 4:17 we find him {Paul} standing for judgment before Nero, whom he there denominates “the lion,” from whose mouth he was at that time delivered. Surely, despite his loneliness and his apparently despicable condition, blessings were even then upon the head of Christ’s doughty servant. On the other hand, how truly did violence cover the mouth of his oppressor. (“Proverbs Ten” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violencem.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked."