Proverbs 16:10
Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 disposeth his way: but the Lord must direct his steps.
11Weight and balance are judgments of the Lord: and his work all the weights of the bag.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15And he said to them: Why would you do so? know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining.
2 Samuel 14:16And the king hath hearkened to me to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of all that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the judgment which the king had judged, and they feared the king, seeing that the wisdom of God was in him to do judgment.
Psalms 72:1A psalm on Solomon.
Proverbs 16:12They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.
Isaiah 32:1Behold a king shall reign in justice, and princes shell 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 →