Proverbs 16:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:5 : 5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.
  • Prov 29:14 : 14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.
  • Luke 12:48 : 48 But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 As for the man whose ear is turned away from hearing the law, even his prayer is disgusting.
  • Deut 25:16 : 16 For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

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  • Prov 16:13-14
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    13Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

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  • Prov 25:5
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    5Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 16:10-11
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    10Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

    11True measures and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are his work.

  • Deut 25:16
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    16For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

    9The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

  • Job 34:17-18
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    17How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

    18He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

  • Prov 14:34-35
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    34By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

    35The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 11:1
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    1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

  • Job 36:7
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    7Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Ps 94:20
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    20What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Isa 16:5
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    5Then a king's seat will be based on mercy, and one will be seated on it in the tent of David for ever; judging uprightly, and quick to do righteousness.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For good faith goes out of my mouth, and false lips are disgusting to me.

  • Prov 20:8
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    8A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

  • Prov 29:4
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    4A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

  • Prov 12:3
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    3No man will make himself safe through evil-doing; but the root of upright men will never be moved.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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    4The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

  • Isa 32:1
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    1See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • Prov 20:28
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    28Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

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    2When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

  • Prov 6:16
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    16Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

  • Prov 21:15
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    15It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 17:26
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    26To give punishment to the upright is not good, or to give blows to the noble for their righteousness.

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    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

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    6Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

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    5For there seats for the judges were placed, even the rulers' seats of the line of David.

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    9O let the evil of the evil-doer come to an end, but give strength to the upright: for men's minds and hearts are tested by the God of righteousness.

  • Prov 8:15
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    15Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better is a little with righteousness, than great wealth with wrongdoing.

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    24He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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    16And again, I saw under the sun, in the place of the judges, that evil was there; and in the place of righteousness, that evil was there.

  • Prov 20:10
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    10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

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    2Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

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    3For the rod of sinners will not be resting on the heritage of the upright; so that the upright may not put out their hands to evil.