Proverbs 16:10
There should be a wise sentence on the lips of the king: his mouth should never commit a trespass in judging.
Leeser Tanakh
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 deviseth his way; but the Lord directeth firmly his steps.
11A just balance and scales belong to the Lord: his work are all the weights in the bag.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
2 Samuel 14:16For the king may hear [me], to deliver his hand-maid out of the hand of the man [that desireth] to exterminate me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28And when all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had given, they feared the king; for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to exercise justice.
Psalms 72:1“By Solomon.” O God, give unto the king thy decisions, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Proverbs 16:12It should be an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; for through righteousness [alone] can a throne be established.
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes 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 →