Proverbs 14:28

Modern English Version

In the multitude of people is the glory of a king, but in the lack of subjects is the ruin of a prince.

Cross References

2 Samuel 19:7

Now go out and speak reassuringly to your servants, for I swear by the Lord that if you do not go out, no man will stay with you this night, and this will be worse for you than any calamity that has come against you from your youth until now.”

2 Samuel 24:3

Joab said to the king, “May the Lord your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, in the sight of my lord the king; but why does my lord the king so desire this thing?”

1 Kings 20:27

The Israelites were assembled and were all present, and they went against them, and the Israelites camped in front of them like two little flocks of kids, while the Arameans filled the country.

2 Kings 13:7

So Jehoahaz had only fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen left, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew so that as a result they abhorred the sons of Israel.

Exodus 1:22

Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, “You must cast every son that is born into the river, and you must preserve every daughter’s life.”

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is slow to anger is of great understanding, but he who is hasty in temper exalts folly.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those who come from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your beautiful flock?