Proverbs 25:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

KJV

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

WEB

Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.

ASV

Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

LSV

Take away the wicked before a king, || And his throne is established in righteousness.

YLT

Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

DBY

take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

DRC

Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.

GNV

Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.

JPS

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

LXXE

Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

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Original-language editions

WLC

הָג֣וֹ רָ֭שָׁע לִפְנֵי־מֶ֑לֶךְ וְיִכּ֖וֹן בַּצֶּ֣דֶק כִּסְאֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Κτεῖνε ἀσεβεῖς ἐκ προσώπου βασιλέως, καὶ κατορθώσει ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ ὁ θρόνος αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 101:7–8No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
• Proverbs 16:12Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
• Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
• Proverbs 20:28Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
• Isaiah 16:5in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
• 1 Kings 2:33Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”
• Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.…
• Proverbs 29:14A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
• 1 Kings 2:46Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.
• Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
• Esther 8:11–17By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including…

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