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Proverbs 29:14
A king who judges the poor with fairness— his throne will be established forever.
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Micah 7:3
Both hands are good at accomplishing evil: the official and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful man communicates his evil desire, they plot it together.
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Proverbs 20:8
A king sitting on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
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Jeremiah 22:13-17
Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upper rooms through injustice, who makes his fellow man serve without pay and will not give him his wages,who says,“ I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upper rooms.” He will cut windows in it, and it will be paneled with cedar and painted with vermilion.Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him.He took up the case of the poor and needy, then it went well. Is this not what it means to know Me? This is the Lord’s declaration.But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.
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Isaiah 49:8
This is what the Lord says: I will answer you in a time of favor, and I will help you in the day of salvation. I will keep you, and I will appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to make them possess the desolate inheritances,
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1 Samuel 13 13
Samuel said to Saul,“ You have been foolish. You have not kept the command which the Lord your God gave you. It was at this time that the Lord would have permanently established your reign over Israel,
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Proverbs 8:15
It is by me that kings reign and rulers enact just law;
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Isaiah 9:7
The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Hosts will accomplish this.
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2 Chronicles 9 8
May the Lord your God be praised! He delighted in you and put you on His throne as king for the Lord your God. Because Your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has set you over them as king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
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Psalms 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established fairness; You have administered justice and righteousness in Jacob.
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1 Kings 2 12
Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingship was firmly established.
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Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, since a throne is established through righteousness.
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2 Samuel 8 15
So David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness for all his people.
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Daniel 11:20
“ In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger or in battle.
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2 Kings 15 18-2 Kings 15 20
He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. Throughout his reign, he did not turn away from the sins Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit.Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, so Menahem gave Pul 75,000 pounds of silver so that Pul would support him to strengthen his grip on the kingdom.Then Menahem exacted 20 ounces of silver from each of the wealthy men of Israel to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria withdrew and did not stay there in the land.
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Psalms 89:14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; faithful love and truth go before You.
