Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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Take away the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
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Passages linked to Proverbs 25:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 16:12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.
- Proverbs 20:8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
- Psalms 101:7-8 He who practices deceit won’t dwell within my house. He who speaks falsehood won’t be established before my eyes. Morning by morning, I will destroy all the wicked of the land, to cut off all the workers of iniquity from Yahweh’s city.
- Proverbs 20:28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
- Isaiah 16:5 A throne will be established in loving kindness. One will sit on it in truth, in the tent of David, judging, seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
- 1 Kings 2:33 So their blood will return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his offspring forever. But for David, for his offspring, for his house, and for his throne, there will be peace forever from Yahweh.”
- 1 Kings 2:46 So the king commanded Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; and he went out, and fell on him, so that he died. The kingdom was established in the hand of Solomon.
- Esther 7:10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
- Proverbs 29:14 The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
- Isaiah 9:7 Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
- Esther 8:11-17 In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together, and to defend their life, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions, on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar. A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad. The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor. In every province, and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast, and a good day. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews was fallen on them.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain It is not enough that he be pure himself:…
It is not enough that he be pure himself: but that he put away others that be corrupted.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Pro 25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the…
Pro 25:5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
Ver. 5. Take away the wicked.] Who are compared elsewhere also to dross, {Eze 22:19} and fitly; for as dross is a kind of unprofitable earth, and hath no good metal in it; so in the wicked is no good to be found, but pride, worldliness, &c. Frobisher, in his voyage to discover the Straits, being tossed up and down with foul weather, snows, and unconstant winds, returned home, having gathered a great quantity of stones, which he thought to be minerals, from which, when there could be drawn neither gold nor silver, nor any other metal, we have seen them, saith Master Camden, {a} cast forth to fix the highways. Evil counsellors about a prince are means of a great deal of mischief, as were Doeg, Haman, Rehoboam’s and Herod’s flatterers, Pharaoh’s sorcerers, &c. Of a certain prince of Germany it was said, Esset alius, si esset apud alios; He would be another man, if he were but among other men. Say they be not so drossy, but that some good ore is to be found in them; yet all is not good that hath some good in it. It is Scaliger’s note, Malum non est nisi in bono. The original nature of the devil is good, wherein all his wickedness subsisteth. When one highly commended the cardinal Julian to Sigismund, he answered, Tamen Romanus est, Yet he is a Roman, and therefore not to be trusted. Those cardinals and Popish bishops being much about princes, have greatly impoisoned them, and hindered the Reformation. Zuinglius fitly compares them to that wakeful dragon that kept the golden fleece, as the poets have feigned. They get the royalty of their ear, and then do with them whatsoever they wish. David therefore vows, as a good finer, to rid the court of such dross, {Psa 101:4} and gives order upon his death bed to his son Solomon, to take out of the way those men of blood, {1Ki 2:5-9} that his throne might be established in righteousness.
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{a} Camden’s Elizabeth, fol. 189.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain From before the king; from his court and councils.
From before the king; from his court and councils.
Shall be established, by removing them who by their wicked counsels and practices provoked God’s displeasure against the king, and blasted his reputation, and alienated the hearts of his people from him.
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Established in righteousness, by such impartial execution of justice.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Take away the wicked from before the king,.... Wicked…
Take away the wicked from before the king,.... Wicked ministers and counsellors; they are the "dross", worthless and useless; yea, hurtful and pernicious. The king is the "refiner", for whom the vessel is; the kingdom is the silver vessel refined; and which becomes much the better, when wicked men are removed from the court and cabinet council of kings; as well as the king is the happier, and his throne more firm and secure, as follows:
and his throne shall be established in righteousness; which he shall execute, wicked ministers being removed from him, who advised him to take unrighteous measures; and others being put in their room, who counsel him to do acts of justice; whereby his throne is secured, and he sits firm upon it, which before was tottering and shaking, and lie in great danger of being removed from it.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The interpretation of the proverb of Pro 25:4. The…
The interpretation of the proverb of Pro 25:4. The king himself, like the Lord whom he represents, is to sit as “a refiner of silver” Mal 3:3.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Justice. The wicked in a kingdom resemble rust on…
Justice. The wicked in a kingdom resemble rust on silver. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain before--or, "in presence of," as courtiers stood about a…
before--or, "in presence of," as courtiers stood about a king.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5) His throne shall be established in righteousness—whereas violence…
(5) His throne shall be established in righteousness—whereas violence and wrong pull it down. (Jer_21:12; Jer_22:3, sqq.; Zec_7:9, sqq.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Take away the wicked from before the king. Let…
Take away the wicked from before the king. Let the wicked be removed from the presence of the king, as dross is separated from the pure silver. (see the same metaphor, Isa_1:25 Jer_6:29, etc.) And his throne shall be established in righteousness. (Pro_16:12:29:14) The king detects the evil and punishes them; and this confirms his rule and secures the continuance of his dynasty. Thus righteousness triumphs, and wickedness is properly dealt with. Septuagint, "Slay the ungodly from the face of the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness."
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