Proverbs 16:10

New International Version

The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”

Genesis 44:5

Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.’ ”

2 Samuel 14:16

Perhaps the king will agree to deliver his servant from the hand of the man who is trying to cut off both me and my son from God’s inheritance.’

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom from God to administer justice.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But after Uzziah became powerful, his pride led to his downfall. He was unfaithful to the Lord his God, and entered the temple of the Lord to burn incense on the altar of incense.

Psalm 99:4

The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives a country stability, but those who are greedy for bribes tear it down.

Hosea 10:4

They make many promises, take false oaths and make agreements; therefore lawsuits spring up like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.

Amos 5:7

There are those who turn justice into bitterness and cast righteousness to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into bitterness—