Proverbs 16:10

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

When a king speaks, his words are law. So when he makes a decision, it is never a mistake.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “Why have you done this? Didn’t you know that I have a special way of learning secrets? No one is better at this than I am!”

Genesis 44:5

My master drinks from that cup, and he uses it to learn secret things. What you did was wrong!’”

Amos 5:7

You should go to the Lord for help. He is the one who made the Pleiades and Orion. He changes darkness into the morning light. He changes the day into the dark night. He calls for the waters of the sea and pours them out on the earth. His name is YAHWEH! He keeps one strong city safe, and he lets another strong city be destroyed.” You change justice to poison. You throw away fairness like trash.

Hosea 10:4

They make promises, but they are only telling lies. They don’t keep their promises. They make agreements with other countries. God does not like those agreements. The judges are like poisonous weeds growing in a plowed field.

1 Kings 3:28

The people of Israel respected the king when they heard about this decision. They saw he had the wisdom of God to make the right decisions.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run over loose rocks? No, and people don’t use cows for plowing. But you turned everything upside down. You changed justice and goodness to bitter poison.

Psalm 99:4

You are the powerful King who loves justice. You have made things right. You have brought goodness and fairness to Jacob.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when Uzziah became strong, his pride caused him to be destroyed. He was not faithful to the Lord his God. He went into the Lord’s Temple to burn incense on the altar for burning incense.

2 Samuel 14:16

The king will listen to me and save me from the man who wants to kill me and my son. That man just wants to keep us from getting what God gave us.’

Proverbs 29:4

A nation will be strong when it has a fair and just king. A nation will be weak when it has a king who is selfish and demands gifts.