Proverbs 16:10
A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth should not betray justice.
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1 Kings 3:28
When 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 26:16
But 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.

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a divine sentence

Proverbs 16:12, 13
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness. . . .

Genesis 44:5, 15
Is this not the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!'" . . .

Deuteronomy 17:18-20
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests. . . .

2 Samuel 23:3, 4
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, 'He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God, . . .

Psalm 45:6, 7
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. . . .

Psalm 72:1-4
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. . . .

Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Isaiah 32:1, 2
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. . . .

Jeremiah 23:5, 6
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a Righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as king and administer justice and righteousness in the land. . . .

transgresseth

Hosea 10:4
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.

Amos 5:7
You who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground--

Amos 6:12
"Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood--

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