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 a hateful thing for kings to commit wickedness; for the throne is established by righteousness.
Genesis 44:5
Is this not that in which my lord drinks, and by which indeed he divines? You have done evil in so doing.
Deuteronomy 17:18
And it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write a copy of this Law in a book from before the priests, the Levites.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling in the fear of God,
Psalm 45:6
Your throne, O God, is forever and ever; the staff of Your kingdom is a staff of righteousness.
Psalm 72:1
A Psalm of Solomon. Give the King Your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the King's son.
Psalm 99:4
The king's strength also loved judgment; You established uprightness; You worked judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in judgment.
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and act wisely, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth.
Transgresseth
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant. So judgment springs up like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
You who turn judgment to wormwood and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 6:12
Shall horses run on the rock? Will one plow there with oxen? For you have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock;