Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
A divine sentence
Transgresseth
Bible References
A divine sentence
Proverbs 16:12 Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.
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,
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.
the scepter of Your
Psalm 72:1
Solomonic.God, give Your justice to the king
and Your righteousness to the king’s son.
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.
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.
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.
“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.
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.
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—
does anyone plow there with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood