Proverbs 14:28

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

A large population is a king’s splendour, but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:7

Jehoahaz did not have an army left, except for fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them,  making them like dust at threshing.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh then commanded all his people, ‘You must throw every son born to the Hebrews into the Nile, but let every daughter live.’

1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites mobilised, gathered supplies, and went to fight them. The Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the landscape.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they multiplied and spread so that the Egyptians came to dread  the Israelites.

2 Samuel 19:7

‘Now get up! Go out and encourage  your soldiers, for I swear by the Lord that if you don’t go out, not a man will remain with you tonight.  This will be worse for you than all the trouble that has come to you from your youth until now! ’

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the  Lord is a fountain of life, turning people away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:29

A patient person shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one promotes foolishness.

2 Samuel 24:3

Joab replied to the king, ‘May the Lord your God multiply the troops a hundred times more than they are   #– #while my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king want to do this? ’

Jeremiah 13:20

Look up and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?