Proverbs 14:28

Bible in Basic English 1965

A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:7

So get up now, and go out and say some kind words to your servants; for, by the Lord, I give you my oath, that if you do not go out, not one of them will keep with you tonight; and that will be worse for you than all the evil which has overtaken you from your earliest years.

2 Samuel 24:3

And Joab said to the king, Whatever the number of the people, may the Lord make it a hundred times as much, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it: but why does my lord the king take pleasure in doing this thing?

1 Kings 20:27

And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.

2 Kings 13:7

For out of all his army, Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen and ten carriages and ten thousand footmen; the king of Aram had given them up to destruction, crushing them like dust.

Exodus 1:12

But the more cruel they were to them, the more their number increased, till all the land was full of them. And the children of Israel were hated by the Egyptians.

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh gave orders to all his people, saying, Every son who comes to birth is to be put into the river, but every daughter may go on living.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish.

Jeremiah 13:20

Let your eyes be lifted up O Jerusalem, and see those who are coming from the north. Where is the flock which was given to you, your beautiful flock?