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Proverbs 25:5

Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,

and his throne will be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 25:5 BSB

Proverbs 25:5 has 11 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Psalm 101:7–8 (7 votes) and Proverbs 16:12 (7 votes). 10 other verses point back to it. It links with 8 other books, from Leviticus 14 to Jeremiah 22.

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Which verses does Proverbs 25:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Psalm 101:7–87 votes

    No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

  2. Proverbs 16:127 votes

    Wicked behavior is detestable for kings, for a throne is established through righteousness.

  3. Proverbs 20:87 votes

    A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.

  4. Proverbs 20:285 votes

    Loving devotion and faithfulness preserve a king; by these he maintains his throne.

  5. Isaiah 16:55 votes

    in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.

  6. 1 Kings 2:333 votes

    Their blood will come back upon the heads of Joab and his descendants forever; but for David, his descendants, his house, and his throne, there shall be peace from the LORD forever.”

  7. 1 Kings 2:463 votes

    Then the king commanded Benaiah son of Jehoiada, and he went out and struck Shimei down, and he died. Thus the kingdom was firmly established in the hand of Solomon.

  8. Esther 7:103 votes

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

  9. Proverbs 29:143 votes

    A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.

  10. Isaiah 9:73 votes

    Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.

  11. Esther 8:11–172 votes

Which verses point to Proverbs 25:5?

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