THEOSISProverbs 22:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
He that loveth cleanness of heart, for the grace of his lips shall have the king for his friend.
אֹהֵ֥ב טהור־טְהָר־לֵ֑ב חֵ֥ן שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו רֵעֵ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 5:8Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
- Prov 16:13Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
- Ps 101 (100):6
- Prov 14:35A wise servant is acceptable to the king: he that is good for nothing shall feel his anger.
- Ps 45 (44):2
- Dan 3:30And we have not hearkened to thy commandments, nor have we observed nor done as thou hadst commanded us, that it might go well with us.
- Dan 6:20And coming near to the den, cried with a lamentable voice to Daniel, and said to him: Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou servest always, been able, thinkest thou, to deliver thee from the lions?
- Dan 6:23Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and he commanded that Daniel should be taken out of the den: and Daniel was taken out of the den, and no hurt was found in him, because he believed in his God.