Proverbs 22:11
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
- KJV
- He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
- WEB
- He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
- ASV
- He that loveth pureness of heart, [For] the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
- DARBY
- He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
- BLB
- One loving a pure heart, [with] favor on his lips, the king [is] his friend.
- ÅB
- Den som elsker hjertets renhet, og hvis tale er tekkelig, han har kongen til venn.
- OTB
- Den som elsker et rent hjerte og hvis tale er nådig vil ha kongen som venn.
- B1930
- Den som elsker hjertets renhet, og hvis tale er tekkelig, han har kongen til venn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
Read in contextProverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
Read in contextPsalms 101:6
My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
Read in contextProverbs 14:35
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
Read in contextPsalms 45:2
You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
Read in contextDaniel 6:20–23
When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
Read in contextEzra 7:6–11
this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.
Read in contextEsther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
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