Proverbs 20:8 20:8 Proverbs 20:28 20:28 Psalms 101:7 101:7 Isaiah 16:5 16:5 Isaiah 11:4 11:4 Psalms 72:2 72:2 Proverbs 29:4 29:4 Hebrews 1:8 1:8 James 3:1 3:1 Leviticus 5:17 5:17 Luke 16:10 16:10 Matthew 25:14 25:14 Psalms 66:18 66:18 Isaiah 1:15 1:15 Psalms 109:7 109:7 Proverbs 15:8 15:8 Psalms 96:13 96:13 Revelation 6:2 6:2 Isaiah 11:3 11:3 Psalms 98:9 98:9 Psalms 11:7 11:7 Revelation 19:16 19:16 Jeremiah 23:5 23:5 Isaiah 9:7 9:7 Proverbs 25:5 Proverbs 29:14 Luke 12:48 Proverbs 28:9 Revelation 19:11 Psalms 99:4 Proverbs 16:12
Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
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This chapter in the commentary 1 Nephi 3 — I Will Go and Do — Casting Lots, Failed Strategies, and the Sacred Archive 2 Nephi 15 — Isaiah 5 — The Song of the Vineyard, the Six Woes, the Ensign to the Nations 2 Nephi 19 — Isaiah 9 — The People That Walked in Darkness, the Child Born, the Four Throne-Names 2 Nephi 20 — Isaiah 10 — The Assyrian as the Lord's Rod, the Remnant Returns, the Cedars Cut Down 2 Nephi 24 — Isaiah 14 — Israel Restored, the Taunt-Song over Babylon's King, Lucifer Fallen from Heaven 2 Nephi 28 — False Churches in the Latter Days — The Lull of Carnal Security, the Few Stripes, the Line upon Line 3 Nephi 11 — Behold, I Am Jesus Christ — The Descent of the Lord Alma 18 — Is It a Man? — Lamoni's Great-Spirit Question, Ammon's Pedagogical Bridge from Creation to Christ, and the King Overcome unto Falling-as-Dead Alma 31 — The Rameumptom — Worship Turned Inside Out, and the Prayer of a Sorrowing Heart Alma 38 — Bridle All Your Passions — Alma's Charge to Steady Shiblon Alma 44 — A Covenant of Peace — Moroni, Zerahemnah, and Mercy in Victory Alma 48 — If All Men Had Been Like unto Moroni — The Portrait of a Man of God in Power Alma 50 — The Happiest Time, and the Quarrel over a Border — Moroni's Peace and Morianton's Greed Alma 59 — The Doubt of Good Men — Nephihah Falls and Moroni's Anger Is Kindled Alma 60 — Righteous, and Wrong — Moroni's Epistle of Condemnation Jacob 1 — The Plates Pass to Jacob — Magnifying the Office, the Anxiety for Souls, and the Naming of Kings Jacob 2 — Tender Feelings Wounded — Jacob's Temple Sermon on Pride, Riches, and the David-Solomon Sin Mosiah 29 — The Reign of the Judges Established — Mosiah's Epistle on the Voice of the People, the Danger of the Unrighteous King, How Much Iniquity One Wicked King Causes, and Alma the Younger Chosen Chief Judge Doctrine and Covenants 23 — Under No Condemnation 1 Kings 22 — The Throne Above the Thrones — Four Hundred Prophets, One Micaiah, the Lying Spirit, and the Arrow That Kept the Word 2 Chronicles 17 — The King Who Sent Teachers — Jehoshaphat Seeks Early, His Heart Lifted Up Rightly, and the Book of the Law Carried to Every City 2 Chronicles 18 — The Unequal Yoke — Jehoshaphat Joins Ahab, the Four Hundred Who Flattered, the One Who Told the Truth, and the Arrow Shot at a Venture Esther 3 — The Man Who Would Not Bow — Haman the Agagite, the Ancient Enmity Awakened, and the Lot Cast Over a Loaded Table Esther 6 — The Night the King Could Not Sleep — A Fled Slumber, a Scroll Read at the Right Hour, and the Providence That Signs Its Work by Refusing to Sign It Esther 7 — The Pit He Dug Himself — Esther Names Her People, the Enemy Is Unmasked, and the Fifty-Cubit Gallows Finds Its Owner Esther 9 — The Day That Was Turned — The Great Reversal, the Hand Held Back from the Spoil, and the Feast That Remembers a God Who Is Never Named Job 42 — Now Mine Eye Seeth Thee — Job Repents by Encounter, God Vindicates His Servant Over the Friends, Job Prays for Those Who Wronged Him, and the Latter End Is Blessed More Than the Beginning Psalms 21 — The King Shall Joy in Thy Strength — The Thanksgiving After the Battle, the Crown of Pure Gold, and Length of Days For Ever Psalms 22 — The Psalm from the Cross — Forsaken, Pierced, and the Praise That Reaches the Ends of the World Cross-references from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge via openbible.info (CC BY) and from this project’s own chapter essays. Read Proverbs 16:12 in context .
