Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
In Context
11A true weight and balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke.
13Righteous lips are the delite of Kings, and the King loueth him that speaketh right things.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 17:5Therefore the Lord stablished the kingdome in his hande, and all Iudah brought presents to Iehoshaphat, so that he had of riches and honour in abundance.
Proverbs 20:18Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.
Proverbs 28:9He that turneth away his eare from hearing the Law, euen his prayer shalbe abominable.
Proverbs 29:14A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.
Revelation 19:11And I sawe heauen open, and behold, a white horse, and he that sate vpon him, was called, Faithfull and true, and he iudgeth and fighteth righteously.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:12
11 A just weight and balance are the Lord 's: all the weights of the bag are his work. Note, 1. The administration of public justice by the magistrate is an ordinance of God; in it the scales are held, and ought to be held by a steady and impartial hand; and we ought to submit to it, for the Lord's sake, and to see his authority in that of the magistrate, Rom. xiii. 1 ; 1 Pet. ii. 13 . 2. The observance of justice in commerce between man and man is likewise a divine appointment. He taught men discretion to make… Read the whole commentary →