Proverbs 16:10

Tree of Life Version

An oracle is on the lips of the king— let his mouth never be treacherous in judgment.

Cross References

Genesis 44:15

“What’s this deed you’ve done?” Joseph said to them, “Didn’t you know that a man like me can discern by divination?”

Genesis 44:5

Isn’t this the one from which my lord drinks? He even uses it especially to discern by divination. What you’ve done is evil!”

2 Samuel 14:16

Surely the king will hear, to deliver his maidservant from the hand of the one who would eliminate both me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.’

1 Kings 3:28

When all Israel heard of the verdict that the king had given, they were in awe of the king. For they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.

2 Chronicles 26:16

But when he became strong, his heart grew so haughty that he acted corruptly. For he trespassed against Adonai his God by entering into the Temple of Adonai to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

Psalm 99:4

The might of a king loves justice. You have established fairness. You executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king brings stability to a land, but one who takes bribes brings it ruin.

Hosea 10:4

They spoke words— empty oaths to make a covenant. But judgment springs up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.

Amos 5:7

You who turn justice to wormwood threw righteousness to the ground.

Amos 6:12

Will horses run on the cliff? Will one plow there with oxen? Yet you turned justice into venom, the fruit of righteousness into wormwood.