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Isaiah 32:1-2
Look, a righteous king is coming! And honest princes will rule under him.Each one will be like a shelter from the wind and a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land.
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Genesis 44:5
Why have you stolen my master’s silver cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!’”
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Genesis 44:15
“ What have you done?” Joseph demanded.“ Don’t you know that a man like me can predict the future?”
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Jeremiah 23:5-6
“ For the time is coming,” says the Lord,“ when I will raise up a righteous descendant from King David’s line. He will be a King who rules with wisdom. He will do what is just and right throughout the land.And this will be his name:‘ The Lord Is Our Righteousness.’ In that day Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in safety.
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Hosea 10:4
They spout empty words and make covenants they don’t intend to keep. So injustice springs up among them like poisonous weeds in a farmer’s field.
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Psalms 45:6-7
Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.You love justice and hate evil. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you, pouring out the oil of joy on you more than on anyone else.
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Psalms 72:1-4
Give your love of justice to the king, O God, and righteousness to the king’s son.Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.May the mountains yield prosperity for all, and may the hills be fruitful.Help him to defend the poor, to rescue the children of the needy, and to crush their oppressors.
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2 Samuel 23 3-2 Samuel 23 4
The God of Israel spoke. The Rock of Israel said to me:‘ The one who rules righteously, who rules in the fear of God,is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.’
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Deuteronomy 17:18-20
“ When he sits on the throne as king, he must copy for himself this body of instruction on a scroll in the presence of the Levitical priests.He must always keep that copy with him and read it daily as long as he lives. That way he will learn to fear the Lord his God by obeying all the terms of these instructions and decrees.This regular reading will prevent him from becoming proud and acting as if he is above his fellow citizens. It will also prevent him from turning away from these commands in the smallest way. And it will ensure that he and his descendants will reign for many generations in Israel.
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1 Kings 3 28
When all Israel heard the king’s decision, the people were in awe of the king, for they saw the wisdom God had given him for rendering justice.
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Proverbs 16:12-13
A king detests wrongdoing, for his rule is built on justice.The king is pleased with words from righteous lips; he loves those who speak honestly.
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Psalms 99:4
Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established fairness. You have acted with justice and righteousness throughout Israel.
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Amos 5:7
You twist justice, making it a bitter pill for the oppressed. You treat the righteous like dirt.
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Amos 6:12
Can horses gallop over boulders? Can oxen be used to plow them? But that’s how foolish you are when you turn justice into poison and the sweet fruit of righteousness into bitterness.
