⁸ Better is a little, with righteousness,
Than great revenues with injustice.

^10 [a]A divine sentence is in the lips of the king;
His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

¹² It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness;
For the throne is established by righteousness.
¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
And they love him that speaketh right.
¹⁴ The wrath of a king is as messengers of death;
But a wise man will pacify it.
¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
And his favor is as a cloud of the latter rain.