Proverbs 16:10 Cross References

Proverbs 16:10

10: The king speaks with divine wisdom; he must never judge unfairly.

Genesis 44:5

  1. What do you mean by stealing my master's personal silver drinking cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!'"

Genesis 44:15

  1. "What were you trying to do?" Joseph demanded. "Didn't you know that a man such as I would know who stole it?"

Hosea 10:4

  1. They spout empty words and make promises they don't intend to keep. So perverted justice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer's field.

Jeremiah 23:5

  1. "For the time is coming," says the LORD, "when I will place a righteous Branch on King David's throne. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
  2. And this is his name: `The LORD Is Our Righteousness.' In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.

Isaiah 32:1

  1. Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.
  2. He will shelter Israel from the storm and the wind. He will refresh her as a river in the desert and as the cool shadow of a large rock in a hot and weary land.

2 Samuel 23:3

  1. The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me: `The person who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
  2. he is like the light of the morning, like the sunrise bursting forth in a cloudless sky, like the refreshing rains that bring tender grass from the earth.'

1 Kings 3:28

  1. Word of the king's decision spread quickly throughout all Israel, and the people were awed as they realized the great wisdom God had given him to render decisions with justice.

Psalms 99:4

  1. Mighty king, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.

Psalms 45:6

  1. Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. Your royal power is expressed in justice.
  2. You love what is right and hate what is wrong. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.

Psalms 72:1

  1. Give justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king's son.
  2. Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.
  3. May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful, because the king does what is right.
  4. Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.

Amos 5:7

  1. You wicked people! You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the poor and oppressed. Righteousness and fair play are meaningless fictions to you.

Proverbs 16:12

  1. A king despises wrongdoing, for his rule depends on his justice.
  2. The king is pleased with righteous lips; he loves those who speak honestly.

Deuteronomy 17:18

  1. "When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy these laws on a scroll for himself in the presence of the Levitical priests.
  2. He must always keep this copy of the law with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the LORD his God by obeying all the terms of this law.
  3. This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. This will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.

Amos 6:12

  1. Can horses gallop over rocks? Can oxen be used to plow rocks? Stupid even to ask--but that's how stupid you are when you turn justice into poison and make bitter the sweet fruit of righteousness.
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