Proverbs 16:10
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
In Context
9A man's heart devises his way, but LORD directs his steps.
11A just balance and scales are LORD's. All the weights of the bag are his work.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that ye have done? Know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
2 Samuel 14:16For the king will hear to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged. And they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
Psalms 72:1Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness to the king's son.
Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness, for the throne is established by righteousness.
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and rulers shall rule in justice.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:10
9 A man's heart deviseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. Man is here represented to us, 1. As a reasonable creature, that has the faculty of contriving for himself: His heart devises his way, designs an end, and projects ways and means leading to that end, which the inferior creatures, who are governed by sense and natural instinct, cannot do. The more shame for him if he do not devise the way how to please God and provide for his everlasting state. 2. But as a depending creature, that is subject to the… Read the whole commentary →