Proverbs 25:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.
  • Prov 20:28 : 28 Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.
  • 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.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
  • Isa 16:5 : 5 Then 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.
  • 1 Kgs 2:33 : 33 So their blood will be on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed for ever; but for David and his seed and his family and the seat of his kingdom, there will be peace for ever from the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 2:46 : 46 So the king gave orders to Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada; and he went out and, falling on him, put him to death. And Solomon's authority over the kingdom was complete.
  • Esth 7:10 : 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
  • Ps 101:7-8 : 7 The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes. 8 Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.
  • Esth 8:11-17 : 11 In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force, 12 On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar. 13 A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters. 14 So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town. 15 And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy. 16 And the Jews had light and joy and honour. 17 And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

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  • Prov 16:12-13
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    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

  • Prov 25:4
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    4 Take away the waste from silver, and a vessel will come out for the silver-worker.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Prov 25:6
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    6 Do not take glory for yourself before the king, and do not put yourself in the place of the great:

  • Prov 2:22
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    22 But sinners will be cut off from the land, and those whose acts are false will be uprooted.

  • Prov 10:30-31
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

  • Prov 29:14
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    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.

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

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

  • Ps 1:5
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    5 For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

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

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Ps 37:10
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    10 For in a short time the evil-doer will be gone: you will go searching for his place, and it will not be there.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7 Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Ps 7:9
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    9 O 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 20:26
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    26 A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

  • Isa 16:5
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    5 Then 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 29:27
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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

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

  • Job 11:14
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    14 If you put far away the evil of your hands, and let no wrongdoing have a place in your tent;

  • Deut 25:1
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    1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3 For 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.

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

  • Exod 23:7
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    7 Keep yourselves far from any false business; never let the upright or him who has done no wrong be put to death: for I will make the evil-doer responsible for his sin.

  • Prov 11:5
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    5 The righteousness of the good man will make his way straight, but the sin of the evil-doer will be the cause of his fall.

  • 1 Sam 12:25
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    25 But if you still do evil, destruction will overtake you and your king.

  • Ps 5:4-5
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    4 For you are not a God who takes pleasure in wrongdoing; there is no evil with you.

    5 The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

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

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

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

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

  • Prov 14:19
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    19 The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Ps 45:6
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    6 Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; the rod of your kingdom is a rod of honour.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which comes by chance from a ruler:

  • Prov 10:25
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    25 When the storm-wind is past, the sinner is seen no longer, but the upright man is safe for ever.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32 The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

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

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

  • Job 36:17
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    15 Let the arm of the sinner and the evil-doer be broken; go on searching for his sin till there is no more.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The purposes of upright men are right, but the designs of evil-doers are deceit.

  • Ps 37:27
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    27 Be turned from evil, and do good; and your place will be for ever.

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    45 But a blessing will be on King Solomon, and the kingdom of David will keep its place before the Lord for ever.

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    5 In the day of his wrath kings will be wounded by the Lord at your right hand.

  • Ps 28:3
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    3 Do not take me away with the sinners and the workers of evil, who say words of peace to their neighbours, but evil is in their hearts.