Cross references

Proverbs 22:11

He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips

will have the king for a friend.

Proverbs 22:11 BSB

Proverbs 22:11 has 13 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 4 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Proverbs 16:13 (9 votes) and Matthew 5:8 (9 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Genesis 41 to Luke 4.

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Which verses does Proverbs 22:11 point to?

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  1. Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

  2. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

  3. My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

  4. A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.

  5. Psalm 45:23 votes

    You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips; therefore God has blessed you forever.

  6. this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him. So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, and temple servants. …

  7. When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?” Then Daniel replied, “O king, may you live forever! …

  8. Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you. You shall be in charge of my house, and all my people are to obey your commands. Only with regard to the throne will I be greater than you.” …

  9. “What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.” …

  10. For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.

  11. Luke 4:221 vote

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