Proverbs 29:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁴ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established continuously.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established for ever.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ If a king judges the poor honestly, his throne will be established forever.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ The king who judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be secured in eternity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

Proverbs 29:14 Cross References

Psalm 89:2

For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever; Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.

Proverbs 16:12

It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: For the throne is established by righteousness.

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and truth preserve the king: And his throne is upholden by mercy.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wicked from before the king, And his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Proverbs 28:16

The prince that lacketh understanding is also a great oppressor: But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.

Proverbs 29:4

The king by judgement establisheth the land: But he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Isaiah 1:17

learn to do well; seek judgement, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

Isaiah 11:4

but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 22:16

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well. Was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 5:28

They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness: they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they should prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge,

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.