Proverbs 25:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ take away the wicked from the presence of the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne will be established in righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Common English Bible

⁵ Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Take away impiety from the face of the king, and his throne shall be made firm by justice.

Proverbs 25:5 Cross References

Proverbs 20:8

A king who sits on the throne of judgment winnows all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.

Isaiah 16:5

then a throne shall be established in steadfast love in the tent of David, and on it shall sit in faithfulness a ruler who seeks justice and is swift to do what is right.

Isaiah 9:7

Great will be his authority, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Proverbs 29:14

If a king judges the poor with equity, his throne will be established forever.

Esther 7:10

So they hung Haman on the pole that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck him down, and he died. So the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.

1 Kings 2:33

So shall their blood come back on the head of Joab and on the head of his descendants forever, but to David, and to his descendants, and to his house, and to his throne there shall be peace from the Lord forevermore.”

1 Kings 2:45

But King Solomon shall be blessed, and the throne of David shall be established before the Lord forever.”

Proverbs 25:6

Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence or stand in the place of the great,