Proverbs 25:5

The Scriptures 2009

Take away the wrong from before the sovereign, And his throne is established in righteousness.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:8

A sovereign who sits on the throne of judgment Is scattering all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination for sovereigns To commit wrongness, For a throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:28

Loving-commitment and truth watch over the sovereign, And he shall support his throne by loving-commitment.

Isaiah 16:5

“And in loving-commitment the throne shall be established. And One shall sit on it in truth, in the Tent of Dawiḏ, judging and seeking right-ruling, and speeding righteousness.”

Isaiah 9:7

Of the increase of His rule and peace there is no end, upon the throne of Dawiḏ and over His reign, to establish it and sustain it with right-ruling and with righteousness from now on, even forever. The ardour of יהוה of hosts does this.

Proverbs 29:14

The sovereign who rightly rules the poor with truth, His throne is established forever.

Esther 7:10

And they hanged Haman on the wooden structure that he had prepared for Mordeḵai, and the sovereign’s wrath abated.

1 Kings 2:46

So the sovereign commanded Benayahu son of Yehoyaḏa, and he went out and fell on him, and he died. And the reign was established in the hand of Shelomoh.

1 Kings 2:33

“So shall their blood return upon the head of Yo’aḇ and upon the head of his seed forever. But upon Dawiḏ and his seed, upon his house and his throne, there is to be peace forever from יהוה.”

1 Kings 2:45

“But Sovereign Shelomoh is blessed, and the throne of Dawiḏ is established before יהוה forever.”

Proverbs 25:6

Do not exalt yourself before a sovereign, And do not stand in the place of great men;