Proverbs 16:10

New English Translation

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

Genesis 44:5

Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

2 Samuel 14:16

Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!’

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard about the judicial decision which the king had rendered, they respected the king, for they realized that he possessed supernatural wisdom to make judicial decisions.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But once he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. He disobeyed the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to offer incense on the incense altar.

Psalm 99:4

The king is strong; he loves justice. You ensure that legal decisions will be made fairly; you promote justice and equity in Jacob.

Proverbs 29:4

A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

Hosea 10:4

They utter empty words, taking false oaths and making empty agreements. Therefore legal disputes sprout up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a plowed field.

Amos 5:7

The Israelites turn justice into bitterness; they throw what is fair and right to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Can horses run on rocky cliffs? Can one plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into a poisonous plant, and the fruit of righteous actions into a bitter plant.