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10 Cast out the scoffer, and contention will go out;
Yea, strife and ignominy will cease.
11 He that loveth [a]pureness of heart,
[b]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 the words of the treacherous man.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:11 Another reading is, the pure of heart.
  2. Proverbs 22:11 Or, Hath grace in his lips. Or, That hath grace in his lips