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Kings, Justice, and the Righteous Throne
Royal authority is measured by justice. Honest weights belong to the LORD, wickedness destabilizes a throne, righteous speech serves good rule, and the king’s anger or favor can become a matter of death or life; power is therefore accountable to a moral order it did not create.
Deuteronomy places Israel’s king under Torah so he will not exalt himself above his brothers; Proverbs likewise presents righteous judgment and truthful speech as essential to stable kingship.
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