Proverbs 16:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹³Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

Proverbs 16:13 —

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Proverbs 14:35
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 22:11
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Psalms 101:5-7
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 13)

Here is a further character of good kings, that they love and delight in those that speak right. 1. They hate parasites and those that flatter them, and are very willing that all about them should deal faithfully with them and tell them that which is true, whether it be pleasing or displeasing, both concerning persons and things, that every thing should be set in a true light and nothing disguised…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

13. A specification of the general sentiment of Pr 16:12.