Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king brings stability to a land,
but a man who demands “contributions”
demolishes it.

Proverbs 29:14

A king who judges the poor with fairness—
his throne will be established forever.

Samuel said to Saul, “You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.

1 Kings 2:12

Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.

2 Kings 15:18-20

He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.

2 Chronicles 9:8

May the Lord your God be praised! He delighted in you and put you on His throne as king for the Lord your God. Because Your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”

Psalm 89:14

Righteousness and justice are the foundation
of Your throne;
faithful love and truth go before You.

Psalm 99:4

The mighty King loves justice.
You have established fairness;
You have administered justice
and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 8:15

It is by me that kings reign
and rulers enact just law;

Proverbs 16:12

Wicked behavior is detestable to kings,
since a throne is established through righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8

A king sitting on a throne to judge
sifts out all evil with his eyes.

Isaiah 9:7

The dominion will be vast,
and its prosperity will never end.
He will reign on the throne of David
and over his kingdom,
to establish and sustain it
with justice and righteousness from now on and forever.
The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the Lord says:

I will answer you in a time of favor,
and I will help you in the day of salvation.
I will keep you, and I will appoint you
to be a covenant for the people,
to restore the land,
to make them possess the desolate inheritances,

Jeremiah 22:13-17

Woe for the one who builds his palace
through unrighteousness,
his upper rooms through injustice,
who makes his fellow man serve without pay
and will not give him his wages,

Daniel 11:20

“In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger or in battle.

Micah 7:3

Both hands are good at accomplishing evil:
the official and the judge demand a bribe;
when the powerful man communicates his evil desire,
they plot it together.

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