Proverbs 29:4

Catholic Public Domain Version

A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.

Cross References

2 Samuel 8:15

And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.

1 Kings 2:12

Then Solomon sat upon the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was strengthened exceedingly.

2 Chronicles 9:8

Blessed is the Lord your God, who willed to set you upon his throne as a king for the Lord your God. Since God loves Israel, he wishes to preserve them unto eternity. For this reason, he appointed you as king over them, so that you may accomplish judgment and justice."

Job 11:6

so that he might reveal to you the secrets of wisdom, and how intricate his law is, and that you would understand how much less he requires of you than your iniquity deserves.

Psalm 89:14

We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days.

Psalm 99:4

Enter his gates with confession, his courts with hymns, and acknowledge him. Praise his name.

Proverbs 14:34

Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable.

Proverbs 16:10

Foreknowledge is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not err in judgment.

Proverbs 16:12

Those who act impiously are abominable to the king. For the throne is made firm by justice.

Proverbs 20:8

The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.

Proverbs 29:14

The king who judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be secured in eternity.

Proverbs 8:15

Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.

Isaiah 49:8

Thus says the Lord: In a pleasing time, I have heeded you, and in the day of salvation, I have assisted you. And I have preserved you, and I have presented you as a covenant of the people, so that you would lift up the earth, and possess the scattered inheritances,

Isaiah 9:7

His reign will be increased, and there will be no end to his peace. He will sit upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to confirm and strengthen it, in judgment and justice, from now even unto eternity. The zeal of the Lord of hosts shall accomplish this.

Daniel 11:20

And there will stand up in his place one who is most worthless and unworthy of kingly honor. And in a short time, he will be worn out, but not in fury, nor in battle.

Micah 7:3

The evil of their hands, they call good. The leader is demanding, and the judge is yielding, and the great is speaking the desire of his soul, and they have confused it.

1 Samuel 13:13

And Samuel said to Saul: "You have acted foolishly. You have not kept the commandments of the Lord your God, which he instructed to you. And if you had not acted in this way, the Lord would, here and now, have prepared your kingdom over Israel forever.