Verse 4

A king establishes a land by justice, but a man who accepts bribes tears it down.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:14 : 14 A king who judges the poor with truth will have his throne established forever.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 The Lord has sent a word against Jacob, and it will fall upon Israel.
  • Isa 49:8 : 8 This is what the Lord says: 'In the time of favor, I answered you, and in the day of salvation, I helped you. I will preserve you and make you a covenant to the people to restore the land and to distribute its desolate inheritances.'
  • Jer 22:13-17 : 13 Woe to him who builds his house without righteousness and his upper rooms without justice, making his neighbor work for nothing and not paying him for his labor. 14 He says, 'I will build for myself a great house with spacious upper rooms,' cutting out large windows for it, paneling it with cedar, and painting it with vermilion. 15 Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Your father ate and drank, but he practiced justice and righteousness, and it went well with him. 16 He defended the cause of the poor and needy, and it was well with him. Is this not what it means to know me? declares the LORD. 17 But your eyes and heart are set only on your dishonest gain, on shedding innocent blood, and on oppression and violence.
  • Dan 11:20 : 20 In his place, one will arise who will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor. In a short time, he will be destroyed, though not by anger or in battle.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are skilled at doing evil: the ruler demands gifts, the judge accepts bribes, and the powerful speak out their selfish desires. Together they weave a web of corrupt schemes.
  • 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 Samuel said to Saul, "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, which He gave you. If you had, the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness to all his people.
  • 1 Kgs 2:12 : 12 So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.
  • 2 Kgs 15:18-20 : 18 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD. During all his days, he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. 19 Then Pul, king of Assyria, invaded the land, and Menahem gave him a thousand talents of silver to gain his support and strengthen his hold on the kingdom. 20 Menahem exacted the silver from Israel, from all the wealthy men, demanding fifty shekels of silver from each to pay the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not remain in the land.
  • 2 Chr 9:8 : 8 May the LORD your God be praised! He delighted in you and placed you on his throne as king for the LORD your God. Because of His love for Israel and His desire to uphold them forever, He has made you king over them to govern with justice and righteousness.
  • Ps 89:14 : 14 Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand is exalted.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Prov 8:15 : 15 By me kings reign, and rulers enact just decrees.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment disperses all evil with his eyes.