Proverbs 16:10

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 10 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.

Context

v.9A man’s heart deviseth his way; But Jehovah directeth his steps.

v.10This passage

v.11A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s; All the weights of the bag are his work.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 17:18

    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:

  • Jeremiah 23:5

    Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.

  • Proverbs 16:12

    It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Psalms 45:6

    Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: A sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.

  • Genesis 44:5

    Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

  • Amos 6:12

    Shall horses run upon the rock? will one plowtherewith oxen? that ye have turned justice into gall, and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood;