Commentaries:Adam Clarke
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Proverbs 16:10
A divine sentence - kesem , "divination," as the margin has it. Is the meaning as follows? Though divination were applied to a righteous king' s lips, to induce him to punish the innocent and spare the guilty, yet would not his lips transgress in judgment; so firmly attached is he to God, and so much is he under the Divine care and influence. Whatever judgment such a one pronounces, it may be considered as a decision from God.
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