Psalms 72:1
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
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Psalms 72:1
God, give the king your justice; your righteousness to the royal son.
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Psalms 72:2
He will judge your people with righteousness, and your poor with justice.
Psalms 72:3
The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
Psalms 72:4
He will judge the poor of the people. He will save the children of the needy, and will break the oppressor in pieces.
2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
2 Samuel 23:4
shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
1 Kings 10:9
Blessed is Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel. Because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore he made you king, to do justice and righteousness.”
Proverbs 8:15
By me kings reign, and princes decree justice.
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Jeremiah 23:5
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell safely. This is his name by which he will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
Psalms 2:6
“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
Isaiah 9:6
For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
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.
Jeremiah 33:15
“In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Jeremiah 33:16
In those days Judah will be saved, and Jerusalem will dwell safely. This is the name by which she will be called: Yahweh our righteousness.”
Jeremiah 33:17
For Yahweh says: “David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
Zechariah 9:9
Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Hebrews 7:2
to whom also Abraham divided a tenth part of all (being first, by interpretation, “king of righteousness”, and then also “king of Salem”, which means “king of peace”,
Genesis 49:10
The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
Hosea 3:5
Afterward the children of Israel shall return and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.
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Isaiah 32:1
Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
Isaiah 32:2
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
Revelation 19:11
I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it is called Faithful and True. In righteousness he judges and makes war.
Psalms 45:5
Your arrows are sharp. The nations fall under you, with arrows in the heart of the king’s enemies.
Psalms 45:6
Your throne, God, is forever and ever. A scepter of equity is the scepter of your kingdom.
Psalms 45:7
You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
Hebrews 1:8
But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. The scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your Kingdom.
Hebrews 1:9
You have loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.”
Psalms 99:4
The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
2 Samuel 8:15
David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness for all his people.
2 Chronicles 31:20
Hezekiah did so throughout all Judah; and he did that which was good, right, and faithful before Yahweh his God.
Psalms 45:1
My heart overflows with a noble theme. I recite my verses for the king. My tongue is like the pen of a skillful writer.
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1 Kings 3:9
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
1 Kings 3:28
All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to do justice.
1 Chronicles 29:19
and give to Solomon my son a perfect heart, to keep your commandments, your testimonies, and your statutes, and to do all these things, and to build the palace, for which I have made provision.”
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Psalms 72:5
They shall fear you while the sun endures; and as long as the moon, throughout all generations.
Psalms 72:6
He will come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
Psalms 72:7
In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
Psalms 72:12
For he will deliver the needy when he cries; the poor, who has no helper.
Psalms 72:13
He will have pity on the poor and needy. He will save the souls of the needy.
Psalms 72:14
He will redeem their soul from oppression and violence. Their blood will be precious in his sight.
Revelation 11:15
The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
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Isaiah 11:2
Yahweh’s Spirit will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
Isaiah 11:3
His delight will be in the fear of Yahweh. He will not judge by the sight of his eyes, neither decide by the hearing of his ears;
Isaiah 11:4
but he will judge the poor with righteousness, and decide with equity for the humble of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips he will kill the wicked.
Isaiah 11:5
Righteousness will be the belt around his waist, and faithfulness the belt around his waist.
John 3:34
For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
Isaiah 28:6
and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
John 5:22
For the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,
John 5:30
I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is righteous, because I don’t seek my own will, but the will of my Father who sent me.
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Psalms 72:8
He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, from the River to the ends of the earth.
Psalms 72:9
Those who dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him. His enemies shall lick the dust.
Psalms 72:10
The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
Psalms 72:11
Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
Psalms 72:15
He will live; and Sheba’s gold will be given to him. Men will pray for him continually. They will bless him all day long.
Psalms 72:16
Abundance of grain shall be throughout the land. Its fruit sways like Lebanon. Let it flourish, thriving like the grass of the field.
Psalms 72:17
His name endures forever. His name continues as long as the sun. Men shall be blessed by him. All nations will call him blessed.
Psalms 72:18
Praise be to Yahweh God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
Psalms 72:19
Blessed be his glorious name forever! Let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen and amen.
Psalms 72:20
This ends the prayers by David, the son of Jesse.
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1 Chronicles 22:12
May Yahweh give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of Yahweh your God.
2 Chronicles 1:10
Now give me wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this great people of yours?”
James 1:5
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.
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Psalms 82:2
“How long will you judge unjustly, and show partiality to the wicked?” Selah.
Psalms 82:3
“Defend the weak, the poor, and the fatherless. Maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.
Psalms 82:4
Rescue the weak and needy. Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
2 Chronicles 19:6
and said to the judges, “Consider what you do, for you don’t judge for man, but for Yahweh; and he is with you in the judgment.
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Psalms 127:1
Unless Yahweh builds the house, they who build it labor in vain. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
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1 Kings 1:47
Moreover the king’s servants came to bless our lord king David, saying, ‘May your God make the name of Solomon better than your name, and make his throne greater than your throne;’ and the king bowed himself on the bed.
1 Kings 1:48
Also thus said the king, ‘Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who has given one to sit on my throne today, my eyes even seeing it.’ ”
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1 Kings 1:39
Zadok the priest took the horn of oil from the Tent, and anointed Solomon. They blew the trumpet; and all the people said, “Long live king Solomon!”
1 Chronicles 28:5
Of all my sons (for Yahweh has given me many sons), he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of Yahweh’s kingdom over Israel.
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Revelation 15:3
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations.
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Revelation 19:2
for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.”
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