Psalms 45:2

The king is the most excellent of men, his lips full of grace, blessed by God forever. It matters because these surpassing qualities point ultimately to Christ.

Cross-references · 17

• Luke 4:22And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph’s son?
• Song 5:10–16My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
• Ps 21:6For thou hast made him most blessed for ever: thou hast made him exceeding glad with thy countenance.
• John 7:46The officers answered, Never man spake like this man.
• Heb 7:26For such an high priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than the heavens;
• John 1:14And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• Song 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
• Ps 72:17–19His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall be blessed in him: all nations shall call him blessed.
• Prov 22:11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
• Rev 1:13–18And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
• Matt 17:2And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
• Zech 9:17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
• Isa 61:1The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
• Isa 50:4The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
• Heb 1:3–4Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
• Phil 2:9–11Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:
• Col 1:15–18Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature:

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