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He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully Is the king`s friend.
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Heart and Lips Connected
Commentators unanimously agree that this verse links a person's inner character to their outward speech. A heart that loves purity—sincerity, truth, and integrity—will naturally produce gracious, pleasant, and edifying words. As one scholar puts it, 'as is a man's heart, so are his lips.' The grace on the lips is the evidence of the purity in the heart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
More literally, “He who loves purity of heart, his lips are gracious, the king is his friend.”
19th Century
Anglican
For the grace of his lips.—Rather, who has grace of lips; one who loves the truth and can speak it pleasantly.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
He that loveth pureness of heart Though man's heart is naturally impure, and all that is in it, the thoughts, affect…
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God will be the Friend of a man in whose spirit there is no guile; all the saints have this honour.
