Proverbs 25:5
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
In other translations
Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Psalm 101:7-87 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. 8 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 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
- Proverbs 20:8A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
- Proverbs 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.
- Isaiah 16:5And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.in 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 shall therefore return upon the head of Joab, and upon the head of his seed for ever: but upon David, and upon his seed, and upon his house, and upon his throne, shall there be peace for ever from the Lord.Their 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 shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.Of 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. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- Esther 7:10So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
- 1 Kings 2:46So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; which went out, and fell upon him, that he died. And the kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.Then 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.
- Proverbs 29:14The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
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