Pro 16:12, Ecc 3:16, Isa 1:21, 16:5, 61:8, Jer 22:3, 15-17, Eze 45:9 | ESV | STEP | It is an abomination to kings to do evil , for the throne is established by righteousness .

t[See ver. 15 above]

u[Judg. 2:10]

v ver. 3; [ch. 26:15]

w ch. 44:6

x[ch. 46:18]

Proverbs 16:12

12 It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
for ^athe throne is established by righteousness.

Ecclesiastes 3:16

From Dust to Dust

16 Moreover, ^bI saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even ^cthere was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness.

Isaiah 1:21

The Unfaithful City

21 How the faithful city
^dhas become a whore, ^{▼▼Or become unchaste}
^fshe who was full of justice!
Righteousness lodged in her,
but now murderers.

Isaiah 16:5

5 ^gthen a throne will be established in steadfast love,
and on it will sit in faithfulness
in the tent of David
one who judges and seeks justice
and is swift to do righteousness.”

Isaiah 61:8

8 ^hFor I the Lord love justice;
I hate robbery and wrong; ^{▼▼Or robbery with a burnt offering}
^jI will faithfully give them their recompense,
^kand I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

Jeremiah 22:3

3 Thus says the Lord: ^lDo justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And ^mdo no wrong or violence ⁿto the resident alien, ^othe fatherless, and the widow, nor ^pshed innocent blood in this place.

Jeremiah 22:15-17

15 Do you think you are a king
because you compete in cedar?
Did not your father eat and drink
and ^qdo justice and righteousness?
^rThen it was well with him.
16 ^sHe judged the cause of the poor and needy;
^tthen it was well.
Is not this ^uto know me?
declares the Lord.
17 But you have eyes and heart
only for your dishonest gain,
^vfor shedding innocent blood,
and for practicing oppression and violence.”

Ezekiel 45:9

9 “Thus says the Lord God: ^wEnough, O princes of Israel! Put away violence and oppression, and execute justice and righteousness. Cease ^xyour evictions of my people, declares the Lord God.