Proverbs 25:5

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

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

Cross References

Proverbs 20:8

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

Proverbs 16:12

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

Proverbs 20:28

Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king; through loyalty he maintains his throne.

Isaiah 16:5

a throne will be established in love, and one will sit on it faithfully in the tent of David, judging and pursuing what is right, quick to execute justice.

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 for ever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this.

Proverbs 29:14

A king who judges the poor with fairness – his throne will be established for ever.

Esther 7:10

They hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai.  Then the king’s anger subsided.

1 Kings 2:46

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

1 Kings 2:33

The responsibility for their deaths will come back to Joab and to his descendants  for ever, but for David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne, there will be peace from the Lord for ever.’

1 Kings 2:45

but King Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will remain established before the Lord for ever.’

Proverbs 25:6

Don’t boast about yourself before the king, and don’t stand in the place of the great;