A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; His mouth shall not transgress in judgment.
An oath is on the lips of a king, In judgment his mouth trespasseth not.
An oracle is on the lips of the king: his mouth will not err in judgment.
Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
Voices3
Divination is on the lips of the king, etc. He signifies that king, of whom it was said, God, give your judgment to the king (Psalm XVII). For who among temporal kings never errs in judgment? In whose lips is divination, because He not only …
Bede· Commentary on Proverbs, 735patristic
A divine sentence is in the lips of the king,.... Or "divination" (f), as the word signifies; or what is like to divination, as Aben Ezra and Gersom interpret it (g). What be says is as an oracle, and should be strictly true. Some understand it of the sagacity and penetration of kings, as was in Solomon, and appeared in his judging the two harlots; but such is not to be found in kings in common: rather therefore this expresses and designs what should be, and not what is, in kings.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
A divine sentence - קסם kesem, divination, as the margin has it. Is the meaning as follows? Though divination were applied to a righteous kings lips, to induce him to punish the innocent and spare the guilty, yet would not his lips transgress in judgment; so firmly attached is he to God, and so much is he under the Divine care and influence. Whatever judgment such a one pronounces, it may be considered as a decision from God.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches12
If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
When he is seated on his royal throne, he must write for himself a copy of this instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.
Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
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The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first — the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Amos 5:7There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.
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“Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the…
They speak mere words; with false oaths they make covenants. So judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of a field.
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Genesis 44:5Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
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He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.
You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
Let no one be found among you who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, practices divination or conjury, interprets omens, practices sorcery,
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