Proverbs 16:10

Proverbs Of Solomon

⁹ The mind of man plans his way,
But the Lord directs his steps.
¹⁰ A divine decision is in the lips of the king;
His mouth should not err in judgment.
¹¹ A just balance and scales belong to the Lord;
All the weights of the bag are His concern.

Sin

Genesis 44:5

Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’”

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?”

Deuteronomy 17:18-20

“Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.

2 Samuel 23:3-4

“The God of Israel said,
The Rock of Israel spoke to me,
‘He who rules over men righteously,
Who rules in the fear of God,

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had handed down, they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

Psalm 45:6-7

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

Psalm 72:1-4

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

Psalm 99:4

The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 16:12-13

It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts,
For a throne is established on righteousness.

Isaiah 32:1-2

Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.

Jeremiah 23:5-6

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous Branch;
And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

Hosea 10:4

They speak mere words,
With worthless oaths they make covenants;
And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:7

For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,