Proverbs 14:28 - The Scriptures 2009

²⁸ In a multitude of people Is a sovereign’s splendour, But in the lack of people Is the ruin of a prince.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king's honour: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ In a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a lack of people is the prince's ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Common English Bible

²⁸ A king’s glory is a large population, but a dwindling people is a ruler’s ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ In a multitude of people, there is dignity for the king. And in a paucity of people, there is disgrace for the prince.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour of the prince.

Proverbs 14:28 Cross References

2 Samuel 19:7

“And now, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by יהוה, if you do not go out, not one passes the night with you. And that is worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

2 Samuel 24:3

And Yo’aḇ said to the sovereign, “Even if יהוה your Elohim does add to the people a hundredfold more than there are, and the eyes of my master the sovereign see it, but why does my master the sovereign delight in this matter?”

1 Kings 20:27

And the children of Yisra’ĕl were mustered and were fed, and they went against them. And the children of Yisra’ĕl encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the land.

2 Kings 13:7

For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥaz only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the sovereign of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they increased and grew, and they were in dread of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of יהוה is a fountain of life, To turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your fair sheep?