2 Chronicles 9:8
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8 Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you (A)and set you on his throne as king for the Lord your God! (B)Because your God loved Israel and would establish them forever, he has made you king over them, that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
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2 Chronicles 2:11
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11 Then Hiram the king of Tyre answered in a letter that he sent to Solomon, (A)“Because the Lord loves his people, he has made you king over them.”
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Isaiah 32:1-2
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A King Will Reign in Righteousness
32 Behold, (A)a king will reign in righteousness,
and princes will rule in justice.
2 (B)Each will be like a hiding place from the wind,
a shelter from the storm,
(C)like streams of water in a dry place,
like the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
1 Chronicles 29:23
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23 (A)Then Solomon sat on the (B)throne of the Lord as king in place of David his father. And he prospered, and all Israel obeyed him.
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Deuteronomy 7:8
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8 but (A)it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping (B)the oath that he swore to your fathers, 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.
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Hebrews 1:8-9
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8 But of the Son he says,
(A)“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.
9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness;
therefore God, your God, (B)has anointed you
with (C)the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”
2 Corinthians 9:12-15
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12 For the ministry of this service is not only supplying (A)the needs of the saints but is also overflowing in many thanksgivings to God. 13 By their approval of this service, (B)they[a] will glorify God because of your submission that comes from your (C)confession of the gospel of Christ, and the generosity of your contribution for them and for all others, 14 while they long for you and pray for you, because of the surpassing grace of God upon you. 15 (D)Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
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Jeremiah 33:15-16
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15 In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous (A)Branch to spring up for David, and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. 16 In those days Judah will be saved, (B)and Jerusalem will dwell securely. And this is the name by which it will be called: (C)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’
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Isaiah 11:1-5
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The Righteous Reign of the Branch
11 There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of (A)Jesse,
and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
2 And (B)the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,
the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
the Spirit of counsel and might,
the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
3 And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord.
(C)He shall not judge by (D)what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by (E)what his ears hear,
4 but (F)with righteousness he shall judge the poor,
and decide with equity for the meek of the earth;
and he shall (G)strike the earth with the rod of his mouth,
and (H)with the breath of his lips (I)he shall kill the wicked.
5 Righteousness shall be the belt of his waist,
and (J)faithfulness the belt of his loins.
Isaiah 9:7
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7 Of the increase of his government and of peace
(A)there will be no end,
on the throne of David and over his kingdom,
to establish it and to uphold it
(B)with justice and with righteousness
from this time forth and forevermore.
(C)The zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Psalm 99:4
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4 (A)The King in his might (B)loves justice.[a]
You have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.
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- Psalm 99:4 Or The might of the King loves justice
Psalm 72:2
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2 May he (A)judge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
Psalm 22:8
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8 (A)“He trusts in the Lord; let him (B)deliver him;
let him rescue him, for he (C)delights in him!”
Psalm 18:19
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1 Chronicles 29:20
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20 Then David said to all the assembly, (A)“Bless the Lord your God.” And all the assembly blessed the Lord, the God of their fathers, (B)and bowed their heads and paid homage to the Lord and to the king.
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1 Chronicles 29:10
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David Prays in the Assembly
10 Therefore David blessed the Lord in the presence of all the assembly. And David said: (A)“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of Israel our father, forever and ever.
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1 Chronicles 28:5
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5 And of (A)all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he (B)has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
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1 Chronicles 17:22
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22 And you made your people Israel to be your people forever, and you, O Lord, became their God.
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1 Kings 10:9
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9 (A)Blessed be the Lord your God, who has delighted in you and set you on the throne of Israel! (B)Because the Lord loved Israel forever, he has made you king, (C)that you may execute justice and righteousness.”
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1 Kings 3:28
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28 And all Israel heard of the judgment that the king had rendered, and they stood in awe of the king, because they perceived that (A)the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
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2 Samuel 23:3
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3 The God of Israel has spoken;
(A)the Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling (B)in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 15:25-26
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25 Then the king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will (A)bring me back and let me see both it and his (B)dwelling place. 26 But if he says, ‘I have no (C)pleasure in you,’ behold, here I am, (D)let him do to me what seems good to him.”
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2 Samuel 8:15
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David's Officials
15 So David reigned over all Israel. And David administered justice and equity to all his people.
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