Proverbs 16:10
A kesem (oracle) is on the sfatayim (lips) of Melech, 1 his peh (mouth) must not betray mishpat. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
In Context
9The lev adam plans his derech, 1 but Hashem directeth his steps. 1
11A just weight and balance are Hashemʼs, 1 all the weights of the bag are His concern. 1
Cross References
Genesis 44:15And Yosef said unto them, What ma'aseh (deed) is this that ye have done? Know ye not that an ish like me can find things out as a menachesh (diviner)?
2 Samuel 14:16For HaMelech will hear, to deliver his amah (servant) out of the palm of the ish that would destroy me and beni (my son) together out of the nachalat Elohim.
1 Kings 3:28And kol Yisroel heard of the mishpat (judgment) in which HaMelech had given verdict; and they feared HaMelech; for they saw that the chochmat Elohim was within him, to administer mishpat (justice).
Psalms 72:1(Of Sh'lomo) 1 and Thy tzedakah unto the Ben Melech. 1
Proverbs 16:12It is to'evat melachim to commit resha (wickedness), 1 for the kisse is established through tzedakah. 1
Isaiah 32:1See, a Melech shall reign in tzedek, 1 and sarim shall rule in mishpat (justice). 1
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 →