Bible Cross References
A divine sentence
Proverbs 16:12
Kings cannot tolerate evil, because justice is what makes a government strong.
Proverbs 16:13
A king wants to hear the truth and will favor those who speak it.
Genesis 44:5
Why did you steal my master's silver cup? It is the one he drinks from, the one he uses for divination. You have committed a serious crime!' "
Genesis 44:15
and Joseph said, "What have you done? Didn't you know that a man in my position could find you out by practicing divination?"
Deuteronomy 17:18-20
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When he becomes king, he is to have a copy of the book of God's laws and teachings made from the original copy kept by the levitical priests.
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He is to keep this book near him and read from it all his life, so that he will learn to honor the LORD and to obey faithfully everything that is commanded in it.
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This will keep him from thinking that he is better than other Israelites and from disobeying the LORD's commands in any way. Then he will reign for many years, and his descendants will rule Israel for many generations.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel has spoken; the protector of Israel said to me: "The king who rules with justice, who rules in obedience to God,
2 Samuel 23:4
is like the sun shining on a cloudless dawn, the sun that makes the grass sparkle after rain."
Psalm 45:6
The kingdom that God has given you will last forever and ever. You rule over your people with justice;
Psalm 45:7
you love what is right and hate what is evil. That is why God, your God, has chosen you and has poured out more happiness on you than on any other king.
Psalm 72:1-4
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Teach the king to judge with your righteousness, O God; share with him your own justice,
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so that he will rule over your people with justice and govern the oppressed with righteousness.
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May the land enjoy prosperity; may it experience righteousness.
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May the king judge the poor fairly; may he help the needy and defeat their oppressors.
Psalm 99:4
Mighty king, you love what is right; you have established justice in Israel; you have brought righteousness and fairness.
Isaiah 32:1
Some day there will be a king who rules with integrity, and national leaders who govern with justice.
Isaiah 32:2
Each of them will be like a shelter from the wind and a place to hide from storms. They will be like streams flowing in a desert, like the shadow of a giant rock in a barren land.
Jeremiah 23:5
The LORD says, "The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called 'The LORD Our Salvation.'
transgresseth
Hosea 10:4
They utter empty words and make false promises and useless treaties. Justice has become injustice, growing like poisonous weeds in a plowed field.
Amos 5:7
You are doomed, you that twist justice and cheat people out of their rights!
Amos 6:12
Do horses gallop on rocks? Does anyone plow the sea with oxen? Yet you have turned justice into poison, and right into wrong.