It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.


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Proverbs 25 5 Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Isaiah 32 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Psalms 2 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD, and against his anointed, saying,
Job 36 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Job 34 18 Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly?
Psalms 72 1 Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
Proverbs 20 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Psalms 94 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?
Psalms 105 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes;
Daniel 11 36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
1 Chronicles 16 21 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes,
Daniel 11 21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Proverbs 16 10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Proverbs 29 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Daniel 4 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Proverbs 12 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Psalms 10 16 The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.
1 Samuel 15 23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
Proverbs 20 2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 21 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Isaiah 40 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.
Leviticus 4 22 When a ruler hath sinned, and done somewhat through ignorance against any of the commandments of the LORD his God concerning things which should not be done, and is guilty;
Genesis 41 40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
Esther 4 11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Daniel 2 37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
Proverbs 25 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men:
Psalms 47 2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Psalms 99 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Psalms 47 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Proverbs 18 5 It is not good to accept the person of the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment.
Daniel 11 3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
1 Samuel 12 13 Now therefore behold the king whom ye have chosen, and whom ye have desired! and, behold, the LORD hath set a king over you.
Habakkuk 1 10 And they shall scoff at the kings, and the princes shall be a scorn unto them: they shall deride every strong hold; for they shall heap dust, and take it.
Nehemiah 9 37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.
Psalms 21 7 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Hosea 13 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
Proverbs 29 12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.
Hebrews 1 8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
Proverbs 29 4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Romans 13 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
1 Samuel 13 14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the LORD hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the LORD hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the LORD commanded thee.
2 Timothy 2 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
Isaiah 10 8 For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?
Malachi 1 14 But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the LORD a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
2 Samuel 19 27 And he hath slandered thy servant unto my lord the king; but my lord the king is as an angel of God: do therefore what is good in thine eyes.
Proverbs 20 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Ecclesiastes 8 4 Where the word of a king is, there is power: and who may say unto him, What doest thou?
1 Samuel 12 25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.
Proverbs 15 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Exodus 22 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the ruler of thy people.