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“He That Loveth Pureness of Heart”
[Proverbs 22:1-16](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/1-16)
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Great riches are not always a great blessing. When they are held in trust for God, they afford the opportunity of giving a vast amount of happiness to the benefactor as well as to those benefited. But we recall other riches, which do not consist in what a man has, but in what he is. There are four levels of human experience-to have, to do, to know, and to be-and these in their order are like iron, silver, gold, precious stones.
Some of these riches are enumerated here: a good name and loving favor, [Proverbs 22:1](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/1) ; the faith that hides in God, [Proverbs 22:3](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/3) ; true humility and godly fear, [Proverbs 22:4](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/4) ; the child-heart, [Proverbs 22:6](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/6) ; the beautiful eye and open hand, [Proverbs 22:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/9) ; purity of heart and thought, [Proverbs 22:11](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/11) ; alacrity and diligence, [Proverbs 22:13](../../../kjv/proverbs/22/13) . If only we would cultivate the inward graces and gifts of our soul-life, all who feel our influence would be proportionately enriched.

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