Proverbs 25:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.”
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“Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Take away the wickedfrombefore the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 25:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- 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 8:11By 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 women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
- Psalms 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
- 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.
- Proverbs 29:14A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established 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. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
- 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.
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