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
An abomination to kings [is] doing evil, for by righteousness the throne will be established.
Genesis 44:5
Is this not that from which my master drinks? Now he himself certainly practices divination with it. You have done evil [in] what you have done.'"
Deuteronomy 17:18
"{And then} {when he is sitting} on the throne of his kingdom, then he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll {before} the Levitical priests.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said to me, the rock of Israel has spoken; 'He who rules over mankind rules righteously, in the fear of God.
Psalm 45:6
Your throne, O God, [is] forever and ever. A scepter of uprightness [is] the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalm 72:1
O God, give your judgments to [the] king, and your righteousness to [the] king's son.
Psalm 99:4
And [the] strength of [the] king loves justice. You have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.
Jeremiah 23:5
"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will reign [as] king, and he will achieve success, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.

Transgresseth

Hosea 10:4
They utter words of vain oaths [when] {making covenants}, and judgment blossoms like a poisonous plant on the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
[Ah,] you who turn justice into wormwood and hurl righteousness to the ground!
Amos 6:12
Do horses run on rocks, or does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and [the] fruit of righteousness into wormwood!