Proverbs 14:34 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Righteousness exalteth a nation: But sin is a reproach to any people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Uprightness and right standing with God (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation) elevate a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

American Standard Version (1901)

Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.

Common English Bible

Righteousness dignifies a nation, but sin disgraces a people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Justice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable.

Proverbs 14:34 Cross References

2 Chronicles 28:19

For the Lord brought Judah low because of King Ahaz of Israel, for he had behaved without restraint in Judah and had been faithless to the Lord.

Psalm 107:34

a fruitful land into a salty waste, because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding, but it is not known in the heart of fools.

Proverbs 14:35

A servant who deals wisely has the king’s favor, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who makes heavy exactions ruins it.

Hosea 13:1

When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt through Baal and died.