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  Proverbs 16:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

• • 12 Wicked practices are detestable to kings,+

    For the throne is firmly established by righteousness.+

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  Proverbs 16:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

• • 12 Wicked practices are detestable to kings,+

    For the throne is firmly established by righteousness.+

• Proverbs 16:12

  New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References

• • 12 The doing of wickedness is something detestable to kings,+ for by righteousness is the throne firmly established.+

• Proverbs 16:12

  The Bible in Living English

• • 12 The doing of wrong is a thing kings abominate,

    because it is by right that a throne is made firm.

• Proverbs 16:12

  American Standard Version

• • 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness; For the throne is established by righteousness.

• Proverbs 16:12

  The Emphasized Bible

• • 12 The abomination of kings is to work lawlessness, For by righteousness is established a throne.

• Proverbs

  Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2025

• • 16:12 w07 5/15 20

• Proverbs

  Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition

• • 16:12

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/2007, p. 20