Proverbs 16:10

קֶסֶם ׀ עַֽל ־ שִׂפְתֵי ־ מֶלֶךְ בְּמִשְׁפָּט לֹא יִמְעַל ־ פִּֽיו ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

In Context

9לֵב אָדָם יְחַשֵּׁב דַּרְכּוֹ וַֽיהוָה יָכִין צַעֲדֽוֹ ׃

11פֶּלֶס ׀ וּמֹאזְנֵי מִשְׁפָּט לַֽיהוָה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ כָּל ־ אַבְנֵי ־ כִֽיס ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 44:15וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם יוֹסֵף מָֽה ־ הַמַּעֲשֶׂה הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר עֲשִׂיתֶם הֲלוֹא יְדַעְתֶּם כִּֽי ־ נַחֵשׁ יְנַחֵשׁ אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר כָּמֹֽנִי ׃

2 Samuel 14:16כִּי יִשְׁמַע הַמֶּלֶךְ לְהַצִּיל אֶת ־ אֲמָתוֹ מִכַּף הָאִישׁ לְהַשְׁמִיד אֹתִי וְאֶת ־ בְּנִי יַחַד מִֽנַּחֲלַת אֱלֹהִֽים ׃

1 Kings 3:28וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ כָל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת ־ הַמִּשְׁפָּט אֲשֶׁר שָׁפַט הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּֽרְאוּ מִפְּנֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ כִּי רָאוּ כִּֽי ־ חָכְמַת אֱלֹהִים בְּקִרְבּוֹ לַעֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט ׃ ס

Psalms 72:1לִשְׁלֹמֹה ׀ אֱ‍ֽלֹהִים מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ לְמֶלֶךְ תֵּן וְצִדְקָתְךָ לְבֶן ־ מֶֽלֶךְ ׃

Proverbs 16:12תּוֹעֲבַת מְלָכִים עֲשׂוֹת רֶשַׁע כִּי בִצְדָקָה יִכּוֹן כִּסֵּֽא ׃

Isaiah 32:1הֵן לְצֶדֶק יִמְלָךְ ־ מֶלֶךְ וּלְשָׂרִים לְמִשְׁפָּט יָשֹֽׂרוּ ׃

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 →

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