Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 22:11
More literally, “He that loveth pureness of heart, his lips are gracious, the king is his friend.”
More literally, “He that loveth pureness of heart, his lips are gracious, the king is his friend.”
Verse Proverbs 22:11. _HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART_] Who aims to be what God would have him to be - _the King_ of kings _shall be his Friend_. There is no class of men that value _uprightness_ mo...
CHAPTER 22 INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED Better than great riches, better than silver and gold is a name and loving favor. If a person has riches and a bad name and is not well thought of, he is less honorab...
PROVERBS 22:6. IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO puts more into the Heb. than it contains. It is lit. train up a child in proportion to his way_ i.e._ train him suitably. The moral implication is absent. The st...
HE THAT, &C. Aramaean, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "Jehovah". PURENESS OF HEART. one pure of heart....
for _the grace of_ If this rendering be retained, with both A.V. and R.V. text, it will mean that purity of heart, honest and good motives, will produce such winning speech as, by contrast with the em...
HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART— The LXX and Arabic read, _The Lord loveth pure hearts, and all those who are free from sin are acceptable to him._ They who insist upon the Hebrew reading as perfect,...
TEXT Proverbs 22:11-21 11. He that loveth pureness of heart, For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend. 12. The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth...
He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART (FOR) THE GRACE OF HIS LIPS (OR AS MARGIN, AND WHO HATH GRACE IN HIS LIPS;...
1. To be regarded with favour is better than silver and gold. This v. is inscribed in large letters on the walls of Manchester Exchange. Rabbi Simeon used to say: 'There are only three crowns; the cro...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 22 V1 It is better to be a responsible person than to have great wealth. It is better that people trust you than for you to receive silver and...
Because Solomon was a king, his decisions affected many people. His friends needed to advise him and to inform him. He needed to choose the right friends. Solomon needed honest friends who would spea...
FOR THE GRACE OF HIS LIPS. — Rather, _who has grace of lips_; one who loves the truth and can speak it pleasantly....
אֹהֵ֥ב _טְהָר_† ־לֵ֑ב חֵ֥ן שְׂ֝פָתָ֗יו רֵעֵ֥הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ
CHANNEL 23 THE TREATMENT OF THE POOR "The rich and the needy meet together; The Lord is the maker of them all."- Proverbs 22:2 "He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed, for he giveth of his b...
“HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART” Proverbs 22:1-16 Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness...
Verse Proverbs 22:2. The question that naturally arises on reading this is, Where do they meet together? This proverb is often used as having reference to the sanctuary or house of prayer; but a very...
He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the (g) king [shall be] his friend. (g) He shows that princes should use their familiarity, whose conscience is good, and their talk wise...
_He. Septuagint, "the Lord loveth pious hearts. All the irreproachable are acceptable to him. The king feeds with lips," by his just ordinances. (Haydock) --- Kings hate duplicity; but require that th...
Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. The eyes of the LORD...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART,.... Though man's heart is naturally impure, and all that is in it, the thoughts, affections, mind, conscience, understanding, and will; yet there is such a thing as p...
He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend. Ver. 11. _He that loveth pureness of heart._] That is vexed at his inward pollutions, and affecteth (what...
_He that loveth pureness of heart_ Who is plain-hearted or sincere, and abhors dissimulation; whose heart is so free from guile that he places his pleasure in the integrity of his mind, and the purity...
V. 11. HE THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART, FOR THE GRACE OF HIS LIPS THE KING SHALL BE HIS FRIEND, literally, "He who loves purity, integrity, of heart, and to whom is grace of lips, the king is his fri...
FOR THE GRACE OF HIS LIPS: Or, and hath grace in his lips...
THAT LOVETH PURENESS OF HEART; who is plain-hearted or sincere, and abhors dissimulation. For the grace of his lips; for those gracious speeches which naturally and commonly flow from a pure heart. Or...
Proverbs 22:11 loves H157 (H8802) purity H2890 (H8675) H2889 heart H3820 grace H2580 lips H8193 king...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who walk humbly with God in obedience to the commands of His Word and in submission to the disposals of His providenc...
Proverbs 22:1. _A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches._ When a man lives revered for his piety, it is better than to be feared for his power. Proverbs 22:2. _The rich and the poor meet...
_He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend._ PURITY What is purity--this bright and blessed strength of human life? The foundation of all purity must re...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 22:10 The SCOFFER, who will be driven out, is contrasted with the person of pure HEART and gracious SPEECH, who will be welcomed by the...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 22:11_ A ROAD TO ROYAL FRIENDSHIP I. THE PURE IN HEART DESERVE TO BE HONOURED WITH THE FRIENDSHIP OF THE KING. Where there is purity of heart, the springs of moral life a...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 22:1 A GOOD NAME IS RATHER TO BE CHOSEN THAN GREAT RICHES. It will be observed that "good" in the Authorized Version is in italics, showing that the epithet is not expressed in th...
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold (Proverbs 22:1). The good name, so important, so valuable. Good reputation, so important. "Rather to...
Daniel 2:46; Daniel 3:30; Daniel 6:20; Esther 10:3; Ezra 7:6;...