Proverbs 29:26

Bible in Basic English 1965

The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 43:14

And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.

2 Samuel 14:1

Now it was clear to Joab, the son of Zeruiah, that the king's heart was turning to Absalom.

Nehemiah 1:11

O Lord, let your ear take note of the prayer of your servant, and of the prayers of your servants, who take delight in worshipping your name: give help, O Lord, to your servant this day, and let him have mercy in the eyes of this man. Now I was the king's wine-servant.

Esther 4:16

Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

Psalm 20:9

Come to our help, Lord: let the king give ear to our cry.

Psalm 62:12

And mercy, O Lord, is yours, for you give to every man the reward of his work.

Proverbs 16:14

The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

Proverbs 16:15

In the light of the king's face there is life; and his approval is like a cloud of spring rain.

Proverbs 16:33

A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.

Proverbs 16:7

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

Proverbs 19:21

A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.

Proverbs 19:6

Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

Proverbs 21:1

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Isaiah 49:4

And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.

Daniel 4:35

And all the people of the earth are as nothing: he does his pleasure in the army of heaven and among the people of the earth: and no one is able to keep back his hand, or say to him, What are you doing?

1 Corinthians 4:4

For I am not conscious of any wrong in myself; but this does not make me clear, for it is the Lord who is my judge.