12Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:12
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 12
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Wickedרֶ֑שַׁעH7562Noun - masculine singularbehaviorעֲשׂ֣וֹתH6213Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructis detestableתּוֹעֲבַ֣תH8441Noun - feminine singular constructfor kingsמְ֭לָכִיםH4428Noun - masculine pluralforכִּ֥יH3588Conjunctiona throneכִּסֵּֽא׃H3678Noun - masculine singularis establishedיִכּ֥וֹןH3559Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularthrough righteousnessבִ֝צְדָקָ֗הH6666Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular