Proverbs 14:28

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour of the prince.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:7

And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by threshing in the barnfloor.

Exodus 1:22

Pharao therefore charged all his people, saying: Whatsoever shall be born of the male sex, ye shall cast into the river: whatsoever of the female, ye shall save alive.

1 Kings 20:27

And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals went out on the other side, and camped over against them, like two little flocks of goats. But the Syrians filled the land.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased.

2 Samuel 19:7

Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night. And that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 14:29

He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

2 Samuel 24:3

And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king. But what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see, you that come from the north. Where is the flock that is given thee, thy beautiful cattle?