Proverbs 29:26

The English Standar Version

Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the LORD that a man gets justice.

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

May God Almighty[1] grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man."Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Esther 4:16

"Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, and if I perish, I perish."

Psalm 20:9

O LORD, save the king! May he answer us when we call.

Psalm 62:12

and that to you, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For you will render to a man according to his work.

Proverbs 16:14

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the LORD, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of a generous man,[2] and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, "I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God."

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, and he does according to his will among the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, "What have you done?"

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.