Proverbs 22:11
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
In context
8 Whoever sows injustice reaps calamity, and the rod they wield in fury will be broken.
9 The generous will themselves be blessed, for they share their food with the poor. 10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended. 11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend. 12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!” 14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 22:11 in the KJV
He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
- ESV English Standard Version
— Proverbs 22:11 in the ESV
He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.