Proverbs 29:26 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁶ Many seek the favor of a ruler, but from the Lord a man gets justice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁶ Many seek the ruler's favour; But every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁶ Many crave and seek the ruler's favor, but the wise man [waits] for justice from the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁶ Many seek the ruler’s favor; But a man’s judgment cometh from Jehovah.

Common English Bible

²⁶ Many seek access to the ruler, but justice comes from the LORD.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁶ Many demand the face of the leader. But the judgment of each one proceeds from the Lord.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁶ Many seek the face of the prince: but the judgment of every one cometh forth from the Lord.

Proverbs 29:26 Cross References

Genesis 43:14

may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may send back your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

2 Samuel 14:1

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart went out to Absalom.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Esther 4:16

“Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. I and my maids will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”

Psalm 20:9

Give victory to the king, O Lord; answer us when we call.

Psalm 62:12

and that to thee, O Lord, belongs steadfast love. For thou dost requite a man according to his work.

Proverbs 16:14

A king's wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of a king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds that bring the spring rain.

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is wholly from the Lord.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

Proverbs 19:21

Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.

Proverbs 19:6

Many seek the favor of a generous man, and every one is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.”

Daniel 4:35

all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing; and he does according to his will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand or say to him, “What doest thou?”

1 Corinthians 4:4

I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me.