Proverbs 22:11
Whoever is loving cleanness of heart, || His lips [are] grace, || A king [is] his friend.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
In Context
10Cast out a scorner—and contention goes out, || And strife and shame cease.
12The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, || And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
Cross References
Genesis 41:39And Pharaoh says to Joseph, “After God’s causing you to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as you;
Ezra 7:6Ezra himself has come up from Babylon, and he [is] a scribe ready in the Law of Moses, that YHWH God of Israel gave, and the king gives to him—according to the hand of his God YHWH on him—all his request.
Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew [is] second to King Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brothers, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Psalms 101:6My eyes are on the faithful of the land, || To dwell with me, || Whoever is walking in a perfect way, he serves me.
Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings, || And he loves whoever is speaking uprightly,
Daniel 3:30Then the king has caused Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego, to prosper in the province of Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:11
10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. See here, 1. What the scorner does. It is implied that he sows discord and makes mischief wherever he comes. Much of the strife and contention which disturb the peace of all societies is owing to the evil interpreter (as some read it), that construes every thing into the worst, to those that despise and deride every one that comes in their way and take a pride in bantering and abusing all mankind. 2. What is to be done with… Read the whole commentary →