Genesis 44:5
5Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and aby this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”Genesis 44:15
15Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me bcan indeed practice divination?”Deuteronomy 17:18-20
18“And when he sits on the throne of his kingdom, che shall write for himself in a book a copy of this law, dapproved by ▼▼Hebrew from before
the Levitical priests. 19And fit shall be with him, and he shall read in it all the days of his life, gthat he may learn to fear the Lord his God by keeping all the words of this law and these statutes, and doing them, 20that his heart may not be lifted up above his brothers, and that he hmay not turn aside from the commandment, either to the right hand or to the left, iso that he may continue long in his kingdom, he and his children, in Israel. 2 Samuel 23:3-4
3The God of Israel has spoken;jthe Rock of Israel has said to me:
When one rules justly over men,
ruling kin the fear of God,
4he ldawns on them like the morning light,
like the sun shining forth on a cloudless morning,
like rain ▼
▼Hebrew from rain
that makes grass to sprout from the earth.Psalms 45:6-7
6 nYour throne, O God, is forever and ever.The oscepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness;
7 pyou have loved righteousness and hated wickedness.
Therefore qGod, your God, has ranointed you
with the oil of sgladness tbeyond your companions;
Psalms 72:1-4
Give the King Your Justice
Of uSolomon.
1 Give the king your vjustice, O God,and your righteousness to the royal son!
2May he wjudge your people with righteousness,
and your poor with justice!
3Let the mountains bear xprosperity for the people,
and the hills, in righteousness!
4May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,
give deliverance to the children of the needy,
and crush the oppressor!
Proverbs 16:12-13
12It is an abomination to kings to do evil,for ythe throne is established by righteousness.
13 zRighteous lips are the delight of a king,
and he loves him who speaks what is right.
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