Proverbs 16:10

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

It is an abomination for kings to commit wicked acts,
For a throne is established on righteousness.

Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’”

“Now it shall come about when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, he shall write for himself a copy of this law on a scroll

in the presence of the Levitical priests.

“The God of Israel said,

The Rock of Israel spoke to me,

‘He who rules over men righteously,

Who rules in the fear of God,

Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;

A scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your kingdom.

A Psalm of Solomon.
Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s son.

The strength of the King loves justice;
You have established

equity;

You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Behold, a king will reign righteously
And princes will rule justly.

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the Lord,
“When I will raise up for David a righteous

Branch;

And He will reign as king and act wisely
And do justice and righteousness in the land.

They speak mere words,

With worthless oaths they make covenants;

And judgment sprouts like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.

For those who turn justice into wormwood
And cast righteousness down to the earth.”

Do horses run on rocks?
Or does one plow them with oxen?
Yet you have turned justice into poison
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,