Proverbs 29:26

KJV1611 – Modern English

Many seek the ruler's favor; but every man's judgment comes from the LORD.

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  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.
  • Ps 20:9 : 9 Save, LORD: let the king hear us when we call.
  • Ps 62:12 : 12 Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy; for You render to every man according to his work.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, He makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, like the rivers of water; He turns it wherever He wills.
  • Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure: 11 Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man who executes my counsel from a far country: yes, I have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing, and He does according to His will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay His hand, or say to Him, What are you doing?
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: 28 And has extended mercy to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. And I was strengthened as the hand of the LORD my God was upon me, and I gathered chief men from Israel to go up with me.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 O Lord, I beg You, let now Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants, who desire to fear Your name: and prosper, I pray You, Your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king's cupbearer.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

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  • Prov 21:1-2
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    2Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 19:6
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    6Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend to him who gives gifts.

  • Prov 19:21-22
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    21There are many plans in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

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  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man obtains favor from the LORD, but a man of wicked plans will He condemn.

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  • Prov 16:1-2
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    6And said to the judges, Take heed what you do, for you judge not for man but for the LORD, who is with you in the judgment.

  • Prov 16:9-10
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    12If a ruler listens to lies, all his servants are wicked.

  • Prov 24:23
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    35The king's favor is toward a wise servant, but his wrath is against him who causes shame.

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    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 16:33
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    33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord does not approve.

  • Ps 75:7
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  • Prov 28:2
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  • Job 34:19
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    19How much less to Him who does not respect the persons of princes nor regard the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of His hands.

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  • Eccl 8:3-5
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