1 Kings 10:9

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Interconfessional

Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king to execute justice and righteousness.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 23:3

The God of Israel has spoken, the Rock of Israel has said to me: One who rules over people justly, ruling in the fear of God,

2 Samuel 5:12

David then perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

2 Samuel 8:15

So David reigned over all Israel; and David administered justice and equity to all his people.

1 Kings 3:28

All Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered; and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that the wisdom of God was in him, to execute justice.

1 Kings 5:7

When Hiram heard the words of Solomon, he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed be the Lord today, who has given to David a wise son to be over this great people.”

1 Chronicles 17:22

And you made your people Israel to be your people forever; and you, O Lord, became their God.

2 Chronicles 2:11

Then King Huram of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, “Because the Lord loves his people he has made you king over them.”

Psalm 18:19

He brought me out into a broad place; he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Psalm 22:8

“Commit your cause to the Lord; let him deliver— let him rescue the one in whom he delights!”

Psalm 72:2

May he judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.

Isaiah 42:1

Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 62:4

You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate; but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.

Isaiah 9:6

For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 9:7

His authority shall grow continually, and there shall be endless peace for the throne of David and his kingdom. He will establish and uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time onward and forevermore. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.

Jeremiah 31:3

the Lord appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

Malachi 1:2

I have loved you, says the Lord. But you say, “How have you loved us?” Is not Esau Jacob's brother? says the Lord. Yet I have loved Jacob

Deuteronomy 7:8

It was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath that he swore to your ancestors, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.