11 He that loveth with a pure heart, and hath grace on his lips, will have the king as his friend.
Proverbs 22:11 Cross References - Leeser
Genesis 41:39-57
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Inasmuch as God hath caused thee to know all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according to thy word shall all my people be ruled, only in regard to the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph’s hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a golden chain about his neck;
43 And he caused him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bend the knee: and he placed him thus over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh; but without thee shall no man lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph’s name Zaphenath-pa’neach; and he gave him Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’, the priest of On, for wife. And Joseph went out over all the land of Egypt.
46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh, and went throughout all the land of Egypt.
47 And the earth brought forth in the seven years of plenty by handfuls.
48 And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field of the city, which was round about it, laid he up in the same.
49 And Joseph heaped up corn as the sand of the sea, very much; until he left off numbering, for it was without number.
50 And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, whom Assenath the daughter of Poti-phera’ the priest of On, bore unto him.
51 And Joseph called the name of the first-born Menasseh: For God said he hath made me forget all my toil, and all my father’s house.
52 And the name of the second he called Ephraim; For God said he hath caused me to be fruitful in the land of my affliction.
53 And the seven years of plenty, that was in the land of Egypt, were ended.
54 And the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said; and there was famine in all the countries, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
55 And when all the land of Egypt also felt hunger, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
56 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the store-houses, wherein corn was, and sold unto the Egyptians; for the famine grew strong in the land of Egypt.
57 And all the countries came into Egypt to buy corn of Joseph; because the famine was sore in all the countries.
Ezra 7:6-11
6 This ‘Ezra went up from Babylon; and he was a practised expounder in the law of Moses, which the Lord the God of Israel hath given; and the king gave him, according to the hand of the Lord his God upon him, all his request.
7 And there went up some of the children of Israel, and of the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gate-keepers, and the temple-servants, unto Jerusalem, in the seventh year of king Artaxerxes.
8 And he came to Jerusalem in the fifth month, which was in the seventh year of the king.
9 For on the first day of the first month was the commencement of the expedition from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month came he to Jerusalem, according to the good hand of his God upon him.
10 For ‘Ezra had directed his heart to inquire in the law of the Lord, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
11 Now this is the copy of the letter which king Artaxerxes gave unto ‘Ezra the priest, the expounder of the law, the expounder of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes for Israel.
Nehemiah 2:4-6
4 Then said the king unto me, For what then dost thou make request? Then did I pray to the God of heaven.
5 And I said unto the king, If it seem good to the king, and if thy servant might be pleasing in thy presence, I desire that thou wouldst send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
6 And the king said unto me, while the queen was sitting beside him, When is thy journey to be undertaken? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to let me go; and I indicated to him a time.
Esther 10:3
3 For Mordecai the Jew was the second in rank after king Achashverosh, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the multitude of his brethren, a promoter of good to his people, and speaking peace to all its seed.
Psalms 45:2
2 (45:3) Thou art more fair than the children of men; grace is poured out over thy lips: therefore hath God blessed thee for ever.
Psalms 101:6
6 My eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may abide with me: he that walketh in the way of the perfect, he it is that shall serve me.
Proverbs 14:35
35 The king’s favor is bestowed on an intelligent servant; but his wrath is against him that deserveth shame.
Proverbs 16:13
13 Righteous lips should obtain the favor of kings; and him that speaketh uprightly should they love.
Daniel 2:46-49
46 Then did king Nebuchadnezzar fall upon his face, and he bowed down to Daniel, and ordered that they should offer an oblation and sweet odors unto him.
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is the God of gods, and the Lord of kings, and the revealer of secrets; because thou hast been able to reveal this secret.
48 Then did the king elevate Daniel, and gave him many great presents, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the superintendents over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 Then requested Daniel of the king, that he might appoint Shadrach, Meshach, and ‘Abed-nego, over the public service of the province of Babylon; but Daniel remained in the gate of the king.
Daniel 3:30
30 Then did the king promote Shadrach, Meshach, and ‘Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.
Daniel 6:20-23
20 (6:21) And when he came near to the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king commenced and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God, whom thou worshippest continually, been able to deliver thee from the lions!
21 (6:22) Then spoke Daniel with the king, O king, live for ever.
22 (6:23) My God sent his angel, and locked up the mouths of the lions, and they have not hurt me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, had I done nothing injurious.
23 (6:24) Then was the king exceedingly glad within himself, and concerning Daniel he ordered to bring him up out of the den. So was Daniel brought up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in his God.