Proverbs 16:10
Inspired judgements are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.
World Messianic Bible British
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 plans his course, but the LORD directs his steps.
11Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”
2 Samuel 14:16For the king will hear, to deliver his servant out of the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28All Israel heard of the judgement which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
Psalms 72:1God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
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 →