...xii. 1 5. " the princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commended her before Pharaoh." Prov. xxv. 5. " take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established iu righteousness." 1 Chron. xxiv. 1 7. " after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah," &c....

...is the glory of God to conceal a thing; but the honour of kings is to search out a matter (xxv. 2). Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness (xxv. 5). As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people (xxviii....

...unsearchable. 4 Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer. 5 6 3Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men : I 'For...

...the first principles of government. They have reversed the caution suggested by the wisest of men, " Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established." We may learn a painful but necessary lesson from the case of the Apostles. So strong were their hopes...

...4 f. : Take away the dross from the silver, And there shall come forth a vessel for the goldsmith ; Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness. Proportionally the most frequently occurring are tetrastichs, the second half of which forms a proof...

...Ex. 19 : 6. The principle inculcated, in Prov. 25 : 5 will be manifested in the highest degree : " Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness." Obs. 4. In Ex. 19 : 5, 6 we have presented God's desire to exalt tbo Theocratic ordering by making...

...principle inculcated in Prov. 2o : 5 will be manifested in the highest degree : " Take away the wickod from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness." Obs. 4. In Ex. 19 : 5, 6 we have presented God's desire to exult the Theocratic ordering by making...

...Counsellors are not for a King upon the Lord's Throne. Solomon knew this, who said, (Prov. xxv. 5,) ' Take away the wicked from before the King, and his Throne shall be established in righteousness.' And (Prov. xx. 8,) ' A King upon a Throne scattereth away all evil with his eyes.' ' " The Lord's Throne...

...xii. 1 5. " the princes also of Pharaoh saw her and commended her before Pharaoh." Prov. xxv. 5. " take away the wicked from' before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness." 1 Chron. xxiv. 1 7. " after the death of Jehoiada came' the princes of Judah," &c. Isai. xxii. 15,...

...kings is unsearchable. Take away dross from the silver, And there comcth forth a vessel for the finer ; Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness" (ch. xxv. 3, etc.). ' The king by judgment establisheth the land : But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth...