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Proverbs 22:11 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 22 · verse 11
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.Proverbs 22:11 · King James Version
Proverbs 22:11 in context
9He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed; for he giveth of his bread to the poor.
10Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
12The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- purenessṭᵉhôwrpurityH2890 →
- purenessṭâhôwrpureH2889 →
- lovethʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- heartlêbthe heartH3820 →
- gracechêngraciousnessH2580 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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Here is, 1. The qualification of an accomplished, a complete gentleman, that is fit to be employed in public business. He must be an honest man, a man that loves pureness of heart and hates all impurity, not only pure from all fleshly lusts, but from all deceit and dissimulation, from all selfishness and sinister…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary