Proverbs 22:11 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹¹He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

Proverbs 22:11 —

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Cross-References

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Matthew 5:8
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
Psalms 101:6
Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
Proverbs 14:35
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Psalms 45:2
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 11)

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 designs, that takes care to approve himself a man of sincerity, is just and fair from…

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

(vv. 11)

11. (Compare Margin). pureness of heart--and gentle, kind words win favor, even from kings.