11Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace are his lips, a king is his friend.


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.'

Proverbs 22:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king's friend.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:11He that loves pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.