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; or, whose lips are grace; i:e., gracious (Ecclesiastes 10:12 ; Psalms 45:2 ), the king (shall be) his friend. Pureness of heart, free from the foreign admixture of hypocrisy and self-seeking, is the only solid foundation for grace in the lips. DeDieu takes the second clause as part of the predicate, 'Whosoever loveth pureness of heart, his lips are gracious, and the king shall be his friend.' "The king" - namely, he who is a king according to the true ideal of kingship, especially the King of kings. The Vulgate supports the English version.