Proverbs 29:4
By justice a king gives stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
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Proverbs 29:14
A king who judges the poor with fairness--his throne will be established forever.

Proverbs 16:12
Wicked behavior is detestable to kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

Proverbs 20:8
A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

1 Samuel 13:13
"You have acted foolishly, " Samuel declared. "You have not kept the command the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.

2 Samuel 8:15
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

1 Kings 2:12
So Solomon sat on the throne of his father David, and his kingdom was firmly established.

Psalm 89:14
Righteousness and justice are the foundation of Your throne; loving devotion and truth go before You.

Psalm 99:4
The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Isaiah 9:7
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.

Isaiah 49:8
This is what the LORD says: "In the time of favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

he that receiveth gifts

2 Kings 15:18-20
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and throughout his reign he did not turn away from the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had caused Israel to commit. . . .

Jeremiah 22:13-17
"Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and will not give him his wages, . . .

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 destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

Micah 7:3
Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe; when the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
The king gives stability to the land by justice, But a man who takes bribes overthrows it.

King James Bible
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
By justice a king brings stability to a land, but a man who demands "contributions" demolishes it.

International Standard Version
A king brings stability to a land through justice, but a man who takes bribes brings it to ruin.

NET Bible
A king brings stability to a land by justice, but one who exacts tribute tears it down.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
The king by judgment establishes the land, and the evil one deprives it.
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