Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Transgresseth

Bible References

A divine sentence

Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.
Genesis 44:5
Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wrong!’”
Deuteronomy 17:18
When he is seated on his royal throne, he is to write a copy of this instruction for himself on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel spoke;
the Rock of Israel said to me,
“The one who rules the people with justice,
who rules in the fear of God,
Psalm 45:6
Your throne, God, is forever and ever;
the scepter of Your kingdom is a scepter of justice.
Psalm 72:1
Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.
Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 32:1
Indeed, a king will reign righteously,
and rulers will rule justly.
Jeremiah 23:5
“The days are coming”—this is the Lord’s declaration—
“when I will raise up a Righteous Branch of David.
He will reign wisely as king
and administer justice and righteousness in the land.

Transgresseth

Hosea 10:4
They speak mere words,
taking false oaths while making covenants.
So lawsuits break out
like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Amos 5:7
Those who turn justice into wormwood
throw righteousness to the ground.
Amos 6:12
Do horses gallop on the cliffs;
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood

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