Proverbs 22:11
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
In context
9 A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
Proverbs 22:11 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
- KJV King James Version
- He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
- WEB World English Bible
- He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully is the king’s friend.
- ASV American Standard Version
- He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.
- DBY Darby Translation
- He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend.
- WBS Webster Bible
- He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.