Proverbs 16:10

English Standard Version

¹⁰^(A)An oracle is on the lips of a king;
his mouth does not sin in judgment.

Proverbs 16:10

New International Version

¹⁰The lips of a king speak as an oracle,
and his mouth does not betray justice.^(A)

Hosea 10:4

English Standard Version

⁴They utter ^(A)mere words;
with empty^[a] oaths they make covenants;
so ^(B)judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
^(C)in the furrows of the field.

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Hosea 10:4 Or vain (see Exodus 20:7)

Hosea 10:4

New International Version

⁴They make many promises,
    take false oaths^(A)
    and make agreements;^(B)
therefore lawsuits spring up
    like poisonous weeds^(C) in a plowed field.

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Jeremiah 23:5-6

English Standard Version

⁵^(A)“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous ^(B)Branch, and ^(C)he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. ⁶In his days Judah will be saved, and ^(D)Israel will ^(E)dwell securely. And this is the name by which he will be called: ^(F)‘The Lord is our righteousness.’

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Jeremiah 23:5-6

New International Version

⁵“The days are coming,” declares the Lord,
    “when I will raise up for David^[a] a righteous Branch,^(A)
a King^(B) who will reign^(C) wisely
    and do what is just and right^(D) in the land.
⁶In his days Judah will be saved
    and Israel will live in safety.^(E)
This is the name^(F) by which he will be called:
    The Lord Our Righteous Savior.^(G)

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Jeremiah 23:5 Or up from David’s line

Isaiah 32:1-2

English Standard Version

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.

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Isaiah 32:1-2

New International Version

The Kingdom of Righteousness

32 See, a king^(A) will reign in righteousness
    and rulers will rule with justice.^(B)
²Each one will be like a shelter^(C) from the wind
    and a refuge from the storm,^(D)
like streams of water^(E) in the desert^(F)
    and the shadow of a great rock in a thirsty land.

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Genesis 44:15

English Standard Version

¹⁵Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me ^(A)can indeed practice divination?”

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Genesis 44:15

New International Version

¹⁵Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done?^(A) Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?^(B)”

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Genesis 44:5

English Standard Version

⁵Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and ^(A)by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”

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Genesis 44:5

New International Version

⁵Isn’t this the cup^(A) my master drinks from and also uses for divination?^(B) This is a wicked thing you have done.’”

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Amos 5:7

English Standard Version

⁷O ^(A)you who turn justice to wormwood^[a]
and cast down righteousness to the earth!

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Amos 5:7 Or to bitter fruit

Amos 5:7

New International Version

⁷There are those who turn justice into bitterness^(A)
and cast righteousness^(B) to the ground.^(C)

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Proverbs 16:12-13

English Standard Version

¹²It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
for ^(A)the throne is established by righteousness.
¹³^(B)Righteous lips are the delight of a king,
and he loves him who speaks what is right.

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Proverbs 16:12-13

New International Version

¹²Kings detest wrongdoing,
for a throne is established through righteousness.^(A)

¹³Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.^(B)

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Psalm 99:4

English Standard Version

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 99:4

New International Version

⁴The King^(A) is mighty, he loves justice^(B)—
you have established equity;^(C)
in Jacob you have done
what is just and right.^(D)

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Psalm 72:1-4

English Standard Version

Give the King Your Justice

Of ^(A)Solomon.

72 Give the king your ^(B)justice, O God,
    and your righteousness to the royal son!
²May he ^(C)judge your people with righteousness,
    and your poor with justice!
³Let the mountains bear ^(D)prosperity for the people,
    and the hills, in righteousness!
⁴May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
    give deliverance to the children of the needy,
    and crush the oppressor!

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Psalm 72:1-4

New International Version

Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

¹Endow the king with your justice,^(A) O God,
the royal son with your righteousness.
²May he judge your people in righteousness,^(B)
your afflicted ones with justice.

³May the mountains bring prosperity to the people,
    the hills the fruit of righteousness.
⁴May he defend the afflicted^(C) among the people
    and save the children of the needy;^(D)
    may he crush the oppressor.^(E)

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Psalm 45:6-7

English Standard Version

⁶^(A)Your throne, O God, is forever and ever.
    The ^(B)scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
⁷    ^(C)you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore ^(D)God, your God, has ^(E)anointed you
    with the oil of ^(F)gladness ^(G)beyond your companions;

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Psalm 45:6-7

New International Version

⁶Your throne, O God,^[a] will last for ever and ever;^(A)
    a scepter of justice will be the scepter of your kingdom.
⁷You love righteousness^(B) and hate wickedness;^(C)
    therefore God, your God, has set you above your companions
    by anointing^(D) you with the oil of joy.^(E)

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Psalm 45:6 Here the king is addressed as God’s representative.

1 Kings 3:28

English Standard Version

²⁸And 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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1 Kings 3:28

New International Version

²⁸When all Israel heard the verdict the king had given, they held the king in awe, because they saw that he had wisdom^(A) from God to administer justice.

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2 Samuel 23:3-4

English Standard Version

³The 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,
⁴he ^(C)dawns on them like the morning light,
    like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
    like rain^[a] that makes grass to sprout from the earth.

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2 Samuel 23:4 Hebrew from rain

2 Samuel 23:3-4

New International Version

³The God of Israel spoke,
    the Rock^(A) of Israel said to me:
‘When one rules over people in righteousness,^(B)
    when he rules in the fear^(C) of God,^(D)
⁴he is like the light^(E) of morning^(F) at sunrise^(G)
    on a cloudless morning,
like the brightness after rain^(H)
    that brings grass from the earth.’

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Hosea 10:4 English Standard Version

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Isaiah 32:1-2 English Standard Version

A King Will Reign in Righteousness

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The Kingdom of Righteousness

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Genesis 44:15 English Standard Version

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Genesis 44:5 English Standard Version

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Amos 5:7 English Standard Version

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Psalm 99:4 English Standard Version

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Psalm 72:1-4 English Standard Version

Give the King Your Justice

Of (A)Solomon.

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Psalm 72

Of Solomon.

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