Proverbs 25:5

English Standard Version 2016

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

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

Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.

Isaiah 16:5

then a throne will be established in steadfast love, and on it will sit in faithfulness in the tent of David one who judges and seeks justice and is swift to do righteousness.”

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Proverbs 29:14

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

Esther 7:10

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king abated.

1 Kings 2:46

Then the king commanded Benaiah the 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 for David and for his descendants and for his house and for 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,