Proverbs 16:10
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.”
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“A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.”
King James Version · Public Domain“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“An oath <FI>is<Fi> on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 16:10 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 44:5Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
- Genesis 44:15“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
- Deuteronomy 17:18When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
- 2 Samuel 14:16For the king will hear and deliver his maidservant from the hand of the man who would cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’
- 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
- 1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
- Psalms 45:6Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
- Psalms 72:1Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
- Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Proverbs 16:12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 29:4By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
- Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
- Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Hosea 10:4They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
- Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
- Amos 6:12“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
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