Proverbs 14:34 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

³⁴ Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁴ Righteousness exalteth a nation: But sin is a reproach to any people.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁴ 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)

³⁴ Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.

Common English Bible

³⁴ Righteousness dignifies a nation, but sin disgraces a people.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁴ Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable.

Proverbs 14:34 Cross References

Psalm 107:34

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

Hosea 13:1

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

Proverbs 14:33

Wisdom abides in the mind of a man of 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.

2 Chronicles 28:19

For the Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz king of Israel, for he had dealt wantonly in Judah and had been faithless to the Lord.

Proverbs 29:4

By justice a king gives stability to the land, but one who exacts gifts ruins it.