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Proverbs 22:11
Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.
Proverbs 22:11 · Young's Literal Translation
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Proverbs 22:11 in other translations
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
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In context
8 Whoso is sowing perverseness reapeth sorrow, And the rod of his anger weareth out.
9 The good of eye--he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.
10 Cast out a scorner--and contention goeth out, And strife and shame cease.
11 Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.
12 The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
13 The slothful hath said, `A lion is without, In the midst of the broad places I am slain.'
14 A deep pit is the mouth of strange women, The abhorred of Jehovah falleth there.
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