Proverbs 20:28; 29:4,14 — A Righteous Ruler

BIBLE TEXT

Proverbs 20:28; 29:4,14

SUMMARY

A king should be marked by justice, loyalty, faithfulness, and righteousness.

ANALYSIS

Proverbs 20:28, like so many passages found in the prophets, the psalms, and elsewhere, notes that a king and his throne is preserved, not by might, but rather by faithfulness, and righteousness.  We know this by God’s throne being marked by justice.  

See, for example, Psalm 89:14; 97:2; 99:4; Isaiah 16:5; 32:1