A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.
Cross References
1 Kings 3:28When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
2 Chronicles 26:16But when Uzziah grew powerful, his arrogance led to his own destruction. He was unfaithful to the LORD his God, for he entered the temple of the LORD to burn incense on the altar of incense.
Treasury of Scripture
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresses not in judgment.
a divine sentence
Proverbs 16:12,13
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness…
Genesis 44:5,15
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing…
Deuteronomy 17:18-20
And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites: …
transgresseth
Hosea 10:4
They have spoken words, swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
Amos 5:7
Ye who turn judgment to wormwood, and leave off righteousness in the earth,
Amos 6:12
Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plow there with oxen? for ye have turned judgment into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into hemlock:
