Verse 10

A decision is on the lips of a king; his mouth does not betray justice.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 32:1-2 : 1 Indeed, a king will reign in righteousness, and rulers will govern with justice. 2 Each man will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
  • Jer 23:5-6 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king, act wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land. 6 In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
  • Hos 10:4 : 4 They speak mere words, making covenants with false oaths, and judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
  • Amos 5:7 : 7 You who turn justice to bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground—
  • Amos 6:12 : 12 Do horses run on rocky cliffs? Does one plow there with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
  • Gen 44:5 : 5 'Is this not the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? You have done wrong in what you have done.'
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"
  • Deut 17:18-20 : 18 When he takes the throne of his kingdom, he is to write for himself on a scroll a copy of this law, taken from that of the Levitical priests. 19 It shall remain with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life so that he may learn to fear the LORD his God by carefully observing all the words of this law and these statutes to follow them. 20 In this way, his heart will not become proud above his fellow Israelites, and he will not turn aside from the commandment, to the right or to the left. He and his descendants will reign a long time over his kingdom in the midst of Israel.
  • 2 Sam 23:3-4 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me: 'The one who rules over people must be righteous, ruling in the fear of God.' 4 He is like the light of morning at sunrise, a morning without clouds, like brightness after rain that brings grass to sprout from the earth.
  • 1 Kgs 3:28 : 28 When all Israel heard the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of the king, for they saw that he had the wisdom of God to administer justice.
  • Ps 45:6-7 : 6 Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the nations fall beneath your feet. 7 Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of righteousness.
  • Ps 72:1-4 : 1 God, grant your judgments to the king and your righteousness to the king's son. 2 He will judge your people with righteousness and your afflicted ones with justice. 3 The mountains will bring peace to the people, and the hills will bring it in righteousness. 4 He will judge the poor of the people, save the children of the needy, and crush the oppressor.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The Mighty King loves justice; You have established equity; You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
  • Prov 16:12-13 : 12 Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established by righteousness. 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love those who speak honestly.