Proverbs 16:10

In 11 translations

BSB

A divine verdict is on the lips of a king; his mouth must not betray justice.

KJV

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

WEB

Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.

ASV

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

LSV

An oath [is] on the lips of a king, || In judgment his mouth does not trespass.

YLT

An oath [is] on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.

DBY

An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.

DRC

Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.

GNV

A diuine sentence shalbe in the lips of the King: his mouth shall not transgresse in iudgement.

JPS

A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth trespasseth not in judgment.

LXXE

There is an oracle upon the lips of a king; and his mouth shall not err in judgment.

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Original-language editions

WLC

קֶ֤סֶם ׀ עַֽל־שִׂפְתֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ בְּ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט לֹ֣א יִמְעַל־פִּֽיו׃

LXX-Br

Μαντεῖον ἐπὶ χείλεσι βασιλέως, ἐν δὲ κρίσει οὐ μὴ πλανηθῇ τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 32:1–2Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice. Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock…
• Genesis 44:15“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
• Genesis 44:5Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
• Proverbs 16:12–13Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness. Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
• 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.
• Hosea 10:4They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
• Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
• Deuteronomy 17:18–20When 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. It is to remain with him, and he is to read from it all the days of his…
• Psalms 45:6–7Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom. You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil…
• Jeremiah 23:5–6Behold, 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 will administer justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be…
• 2 Samuel 23:3–4The 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, is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the…
• Psalms 72:1–4Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness. May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice. May the mountains bring peace to the people, and…
• Psalms 99:4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• 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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