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Proverbs 16:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth. "

Proverbs 16:13

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11 Honest balances and scales are the LORD’s; all the weights in the bag are his work.

12 It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings. They value one who speaks the truth.

14 The king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

15 In the light of the king’s face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

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A further mark of good kings is that they love and take pleasure in those who speak rightly. They hate flatterers and people who only try to please them. They want everyone around them to deal honestly with them and tell the truth, whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, about people and about matters of state. In this way, everything is seen clearly and nothing is hidden or distorted (Proverbs 29:12).

Good kings also do more than practice righteousness themselves. They make sure to appoint people under them who will also act justly, which matters greatly to the people. The people must obey not only the king as their highest ruler, but also the governors sent by him (1 Peter 2:14). So a good king will choose men of conscience for positions of power, men who can speak what is right and wise, and who know how to say the proper thing at the proper time.

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"They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies."

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Isaiah 32:1

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"Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice."

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Proverbs 16:1

"The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD."

Proverbs 16:2

"All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the motives."

Proverbs 16:3

"Commit your deeds to the LORD, and your plans shall succeed."

Proverbs 16:4

"The LORD has made everything for its own end— yes, even the wicked for the day of evil."

Proverbs 16:5

"Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD; they shall certainly not be unpunished."

Proverbs 16:6

"By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of the LORD men depart from evil."

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