Proverbs 16:10
A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not transgresse in iudgement.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.
11A true weight and balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
Cross References
Genesis 44:15Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?
2 Samuel 14:16For the King wil heare, to deliuer his handmayde out of the hande of the man that woulde destroy mee, and also my sonne from the inheritance of God.
1 Kings 3:28And all Israel heard the iudgement, which the King had iudged, and they feared the King: for they sawe that the wisedome of God was in him to doe iustice.
Psalms 72:1A Psalme of Salomon. Give thy iudgements to the King, O God, and thy righteousnesse to the Kings sonne.
Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.
Isaiah 32:1Behold, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.
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 →