Proverbs 16:10

New International Reader's Version

A king speaks as if his words come from God. And what he says does not turn right into wrong.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What have you done? Don’t you know that a man like me has ways to find things out?”

Genesis 44:5

Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from? Doesn’t he also use it to find things out? You have done an evil thing.’ ”

2 Samuel 14:16

A man is trying to separate me and my son from the property God gave us. Perhaps the king will agree to save me from that man.’

1 Kings 3:28

All the Israelites heard about the decision the king had given. That gave them great respect for him. They saw that God had given him wisdom. They knew that Solomon would do what was right and fair when he judged people.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride brought him down. He wasn’t faithful to the Lord his God. He entered the Lord’s temple to burn incense on the altar for burning incense.

Psalm 99:4

The King is mighty and loves justice. He has set up the rules for fairness. He has done what is right and fair for the people of Jacob.

Proverbs 29:4

By doing what is fair, a king makes a country secure. But those who only want money tear it down.

Hosea 10:4

They make a lot of promises. They make agreements among themselves. They make promises they don’t mean to keep. So court cases spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Amos 5:7

There are people among you who turn what is fair into something bitter. They throw down to the ground what is right.

Amos 6:12

Horses don’t run on rocky ground. People don’t plow the sea with oxen. But you have turned fair treatment into poison. You have turned the fruit of right living into bitterness.