Proverbs 14:35

The Scriptures 2009

The sovereign’s delight is toward a wise servant, But his wrath is towards him who causes shame.

Cross References

Matthew 25:23

His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ”

Matthew 25:21

And his master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy servant. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ ”

Proverbs 22:11

He who loves cleanness of heart, Whose speech is pleasant, A sovereign is his friend.

Proverbs 29:12

If a ruler listens to lying words, All his servants become wrong.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away the wrong from before the sovereign, And his throne is established in righteousness.

Proverbs 20:26

A wise sovereign winnows out the wrong, And turns the wheel over them.

Proverbs 20:8

A sovereign who sits on the throne of judgment Is scattering all evil with his eyes.

Proverbs 19:26

He who plunders a father, Chases away his mother, Is a son causing shame and bringing reproach.

Proverbs 17:2

A wise servant rules over a son who causes shame, And shares an inheritance among the brothers.

Proverbs 10:5

He who gathers in summer is a wise son, He who sleeps in harvest is a son who causes shame.

Proverbs 14:34

Righteousness exalts a nation; And loving-commitment, To the peoples is sin.

Genesis 41:38

And Pharaoh said to his servants, “Could we find another like him, a man in whom is the Spirit of Elohim?”

Esther 7:7

And the sovereign, arising in his wrath from the feast of wine, went into the palace garden. And Haman remained before Sovereigness Estĕr, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil had been decided against him by the sovereign.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of sovereigns, And they love him who speaks what is straight.