Proverbs 16:12
Hebrew Text— Proverbs 16:12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
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Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
We know that God doesn’t listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God, and does his will, he listens to him.
before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
“If anyone sins, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, though he didn’t know it, he is still guilty, and shall bear his iniquity.
Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Let not many of you be teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier judgment.
And behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow. A crown was given to him, and he came out conquering, and to conquer.
If I cherished sin in my heart, the Lord wouldn’t have listened.
When he is judged, let him come out guilty. Let his prayer be turned into sin.
A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.
Learn to do well. Seek justice. Relieve the oppressed. Defend the fatherless. Plead for the widow.”
He said to him, “Most certainly, I tell you all, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
“To the angel of the assembly in Laodicea write: “The Amen, the Faithful and True Witness, the Beginning of God’s creation, says these things:
“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.
I commanded your judges at that time, saying, “Hear cases between your brothers and judge righteously between a man and his brother, and the foreigner who is living with him.
But king Solomon will be blessed, and David’s throne will be established before Yahweh forever.”
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.
I will cut off all the horns of the wicked, but the horns of the righteous shall be lifted up.
Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.
A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.
Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
“Should you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.
although I used to be a blasphemer, a persecutor, and insolent. However, I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief.
and in knowledge, self-control; and in self-control perseverance; and in perseverance godliness;
Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I come to you in a thick cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with you, and may also believe you forever.” Moses told the words of the people to Yahweh.
He bowed the heavens also, and came down. Thick darkness was under his feet.
He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment; and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
He encloses the face of his throne, and spreads his cloud on it.
We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.
For Yahweh is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright shall see his face.
Don’t withhold your tender mercies from me, Yahweh. Let your loving kindness and your truth continually preserve me.
As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever.
The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge.
Righteousness goes before him, And prepares the way for his steps.
Let them sing before Yahweh, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.
The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salvation on his head. He put on garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a mantle.
House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
You have covered yourself with a cloud, so that no prayer can pass through.
Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can’t stand your solemn assemblies.
Or what king, as he goes to encounter another king in war, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.
If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, “We want to hear you again concerning this.”
Therefore putting away falsehood, speak truth each one with his neighbor. For we are members of one another.
Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, including those who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so, Amen.
“To the angel of the assembly in Philadelphia write: “He who is holy, he who is true, he who has the key of David, he who opens and no one can shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says these things:
After these things I looked and saw a door opened in heaven, and the first voice that I heard, like a trumpet speaking with me, was one saying, “Come up here, and I will show you the things which must happen after this.”
The people stayed at a distance, and Moses came near to the thick darkness where God was.
The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
He made darkness a shelter around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
Will God hear his cry when trouble comes on him?
For truly my words are not false. One who is perfect in knowledge is with you.
I indeed declare, “Love stands firm forever. You established the heavens. Your faithfulness is in them.”
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
I looked, and saw a white cloud, and on the cloud one sitting like a son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.
A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
He who turns away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer is an abomination.
The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and serve justice to the poor and needy.”
but he who didn’t know, and did things worthy of stripes, will be beaten with few stripes. To whomever much is given, of him will much be required; and to whom much was entrusted, of him more will be asked.
As he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was terrified, and answered, “Go your way for this time, and when it is convenient for me, I will summon you.”
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.