Proverbs 16:10
Insightful decisions are on the lips of a king, 1 his mouth should not betray justice. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
In Context
9In his heart a person plans out his way, 1 but Yahweh directs his steps. 1
11Honest scales come from Yahweh; 1 all the weights in the bag are his work. 1
Cross References
Genesis 44:15Joseph said to them, “What is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me practices divination?”
2 Samuel 14:16Perhaps the king will listen to me and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together, out of the inheritance God gave us.'
1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment which the king had rendered, they feared the king, because they saw that the wisdom of God was in him for giving judgments.
Psalms 72:1Give the king your righteous decrees, God, 1 your righteousness to the king's son. 1
Proverbs 16:12When kings do wicked things, that is something to be despised, 1 for a throne is established by doing what is right. 1
Isaiah 32:1Look, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule in 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 →