Proverbs 16:10
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10 Divination is on the lips of the king;
His mouth must not transgress in judgment.
Isaiah 32:1-2
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A Reign of Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
And princes will rule with justice.
2 A man will be as a hiding place from the wind,
And (B)a [a]cover from the tempest,
As rivers of water in a dry place,
As the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 32:2 shelter
Jeremiah 23:5-6
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5 “Behold, (A)the days are coming,” says the Lord,
“That I will raise to David a Branch of righteousness;
A King shall reign and [a]prosper,
(B)And execute [b]judgment and righteousness in the [c]earth.
6 (C)In His days Judah will be saved,
And Israel (D)will dwell safely;
Now (E)this is His name by which He will be called:
[d]THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
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- Jeremiah 23:5 act wisely
- Jeremiah 23:5 justice
- Jeremiah 23:5 land
- Jeremiah 23:6 Heb. YHWH Tsidkenu
Genesis 44:15
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15 And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?”
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Genesis 44:5
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5 Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”
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Amos 5:7
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7 You who (A)turn justice to wormwood,
And lay righteousness to rest in the earth!”
Hosea 10:4
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4 They have spoken words,
Swearing falsely in making a covenant.
Thus judgment springs up (A)like hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Proverbs 16:12-13
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12 It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness,
For (A)a throne is established by righteousness.
13 (B)Righteous lips are the delight of kings,
And they love him who speaks what is right.
Psalm 72:1-4
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Glory and Universality of the Messiah’s Reign
A Psalm (A)of Solomon.
72 Give the king Your judgments, O God,
And Your righteousness to the king’s Son.
2 (B)He will judge Your people with righteousness,
And Your poor with justice.
3 (C)The mountains will bring peace to the people,
And the little hills, by righteousness.
4 (D)He will bring justice to the poor of the people;
He will save the children of the needy,
And will [a]break in pieces the oppressor.
Footnotes
- Psalm 72:4 crush
Psalm 45:6-7
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6 (A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever;
A (B)scepter of righteousness is the scepter of Your kingdom.
7 You love righteousness and hate wickedness;
Therefore God, Your God, has (C)anointed You
With the oil of (D)gladness more than Your companions.
1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered; and they feared the king, for they saw that the (A)wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
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2 Samuel 23:3-4
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3 The God of Israel said,
(A)The Rock of Israel spoke to me:
‘He who rules over men must be just,
Ruling (B)in the fear of God.
4 And (C)he shall be like the light of the morning when the sun rises,
A morning without clouds,
Like the tender grass springing out of the earth,
By clear shining after rain.’
Deuteronomy 17:18-20
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18 “Also it shall be, when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write for himself a copy of this law in a book, from the one (A)before the priests, the Levites. 19 And (B)it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, that he may learn to fear the Lord his God and be careful to observe all the words of this law and these statutes, 20 that his heart may not [a]be lifted above his brethren, that he (C)may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left, and that he may [b]prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children in the midst of Israel.
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- Deuteronomy 17:20 become proud
- Deuteronomy 17:20 continue long in his kingdom
Amos 6:12
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12 Do horses run on rocks?
Does one plow there with oxen?
Yet (A)you have turned justice into gall,
And the fruit of righteousness into wormwood,
Psalm 99:4
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4 The King’s strength also loves justice;
You have established equity;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
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