Proverbs 16:10
Foreknowledge is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not err in judgment.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
In Context
9The heart of man disposes his way. But it is for Lord to direct his steps.
11Weights and scales are judgments of the Lord. And all the stones in the bag are his work.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15And he said to them: “Why would you choose to act in this way? Could you be ignorant that there is no one like me in the knowledge of discerning signs?”
2 Samuel 14:16And the king listened, and he freed his handmaid from the hand of all who were willing to take away me and my son together, from the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28Then all of Israel heard about the judgment that the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to accomplish judgment.
Psalms 72:1A Psalm of Asaph. How good is God to Israel, to those who are upright in heart.
Proverbs 16:12Those who act impiously are abominable to the king. For the throne is made firm by justice.
Isaiah 32:1Behold, the king will reign in justice, and the princes will rule in judgment.
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 →