Proverbs 14:28

The Scriptures 2009

In a multitude of people Is a sovereign’s splendour, But in the lack of people Is the ruin of a prince.

Cross References

2 Kings 13:7

For He left of the army of Yeho’aḥaz only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the sovereign of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

Exodus 1:22

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, “Throw every son who is born into the river, and keep alive every daughter.”

1 Kings 20:27

And the children of Yisra’ĕl were mustered and were fed, and they went against them. And the children of Yisra’ĕl encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, while the Arameans filled the land.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they increased and grew, and they were in dread of the children of Yisra’ĕl.

2 Samuel 19:7

“And now, arise, go out and speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by יהוה, if you do not go out, not one passes the night with you. And that is worse for you than all the evil that has come upon you from your youth until now.”

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of יהוה is a fountain of life, To turn away from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:29

He who is patient has great understanding, But he who is short of spirit exalts folly.

2 Samuel 24:3

And Yo’aḇ said to the sovereign, “Even if יהוה your Elohim does add to the people a hundredfold more than there are, and the eyes of my master the sovereign see it, but why does my master the sovereign delight in this matter?”

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 fair sheep?