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
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is to be established with righteousness.
Genesis 44:5
Is this not the one in which my lord drinks and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil in so doing.
Deuteronomy 17:18
And it shall be when he sits upon the throne of his kingdom that he shall cause a copy of this second law to be written in a book in the presence of the priests the Levites;
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel dictated unto me, the strong One of Israel spoke): He that rules over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
Psalm 45:6
Thy throne, O God, is eternal and for ever, the rod of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Psalm 72:1
Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Psalm 99:4
The king's strength is that he loves judgment; thou dost establish equity; thou dost execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 32:1
Behold, one king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall preside unto judgment.
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the earth.
Transgresseth
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment shall spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off doing righteousness in the earth,
Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rocks? will one plow there with oxen? why have ye turned judgment into hemlock, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood?