The Meaning of Proverbs 10:6 Explained

Proverbs 10:6

KJV: Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

YLT: Blessings are for the head of the righteous, And the mouth of the wicked cover doth violence.

Darby: Blessings are upon the head of a righteous man; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.

ASV: Blessings are upon the head of the righteous; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Blessings  [are] upon the head  of the just:  but violence  covereth  the mouth  of the wicked. 

What does Proverbs 10:6 Mean?

Verse Meaning

The righteous receive blessings from God and other people. The wicked, on the other hand, conceal violence within themselves, and sorrow will cover their faces.

Context Summary

Proverbs 10:1-16 - The Righteous And The Wicked
Wealth has its advantages, which are more than apparent. The rich man's wealth is his strong city, Proverbs 10:15; but the treasures which have been obtained by wickedness are soon dissipated. They profit nothing, Proverbs 10:2. This book contains the striking thought that ill-earned wealth is never gathered for the benefit of the possessor, but rather for the benefit of the righteous, and must be useless until it gets into hands which will use it benevolently and rightly.
But there is another kind of wealth, which will never take wings to fly away, which no moth can corrupt nor thief steal, and which will avail not only here but here-after. Note the antithesis of Proverbs 10:2. If you would increase your wealth, give it away. See Proverbs 10:4.
The covering work of love, referred to in Proverbs 10:12, is emphasized in 1 Corinthians 13:7, r.v., margin, 1 Peter 4:8, and James 5:20. God covers sin, so that the memory of it is obliterated, Ezekiel 33:16. [source]

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 10

1  Proverbs of Solomon: observations of moral virtues, and their contrary vices

What do the individual words in Proverbs 10:6 mean?

Blessings [are] on the head of the righteous but the mouth of the wicked covers violence
בְּ֭רָכוֹת לְרֹ֣אשׁ צַדִּ֑יק וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְכַסֶּ֥ה חָמָֽס

בְּ֭רָכוֹת  Blessings  [are] 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: בְּרָכָה  
Sense: blessing.
לְרֹ֣אשׁ  on  the  head 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹאשׁ 
Sense: head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning.
צַדִּ֑יק  of  the  righteous 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: צַדִּיק  
Sense: just, lawful, righteous.
וּפִ֥י  but  the  mouth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: פֶּה  
Sense: mouth.
רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יְכַסֶּ֥ה  covers 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּסָה  
Sense: to cover, conceal, hide.
חָמָֽס  violence 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמָס  
Sense: violence, wrong, cruelty, injustice.