Proverbs...on good government:





Pr.14:35 

A king delights in a wise servant, but a shameful servant incurs his wrath.
(NIV)



Pr.16:10 

The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth should not betray justice.
(NIV)



Pr.16:12 

Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness.
(NIV)



Pr.16:13 

Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value a man who speaks the truth.
(NIV)



Pr.20:26 

A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
(NIV)



Pr.22:11 

He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king
for his friend. (NIV)



Pr.25:4-5:

4 Remove the dross from the silver, and out comes material for [a] the silversmith;
5 remove the wicked from the king's presence, and his throne will be established
through righteousness. (NIV) 



Pr.29:4 

By justice a king gives a country stability, but one who is greedy for bribes
tears it down. (NIV)



Pr.29:14 

If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will always be secure.
(NIV)



Pr.31:3-5:

3 do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings.
4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel--not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers
to crave beer, 5 lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive
all the oppressed of their rights. (NIV)









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