Proverbs 16:10

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ A divine sentence [is] in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

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  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 ¶ Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this [is] his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Hos 10:4 : 4 They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Shall horses run upon the rock? will [one] plow [there] with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
  • Gen 44:5 : 5 [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
  • Deut 17:18-20 : 18 And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of [that which is] before the priests the Levites: 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life: that he may learn to fear the LORD his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them: 20 That his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, [to] the right hand, or [to] the left: to the end that he may prolong [his] days in his kingdom, he, and his children, in the midst of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men [must be] just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God [was] in him, to do judgment.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 ¶ Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom [is] a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
  • Ps 72:1-4 : 1 ¶ [A Psalm] for Solomon. Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son. 2 ¶ He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. 3 The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, by righteousness. 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Prov 16:12-13 : 12 ¶ [It is] an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness. 13 ¶ Righteous lips [are] the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.

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