Proverbs 14:28 - Tree of Life Version

²⁸ A large population is a king’s glory, but lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king's honour: But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ In a multitude of people is the king's glory, but in a lack of people is the prince's ruin.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Common English Bible

²⁸ A king’s glory is a large population, but a dwindling people is a ruler’s ruin.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ In a multitude of people, there is dignity for the king. And in a paucity of people, there is disgrace for the prince.

Proverbs 14:28 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 19:7

by loving those who hate you, and hating those who love you! For you have shown today that officers and officials are nothing to you. For today I realize that if Absalom were alive and all of us were dead, then it would have pleased you well.

2 Samuel 24:3

But Joab said to the king, “May Adonai your God add to the people a hundred times as many as they are, while the eyes of my lord the king looks on! But why does my lord the king desire such a thing?”

1 Kings 20:27

Now the children of Israel were mustered, given provisions, and marched against them. But when the children of Israel encamped before them, they looked like two little flocks of goats while the Arameans covered the land.

2 Kings 13:7

Indeed, Jehoahaz was not left with a force of more than 50 horsemen, 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and trampled them like dust when threshing.

Exodus 1:12

But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread. So the Egyptians dreaded the presence of Bnei-Yisrael.

Exodus 1:22

But Pharaoh charged all his people saying, “You are to cast every son that is born into the river, but let every daughter live.”

Proverbs 14:27

The fear of Adonai is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death.

Proverbs 14:29

One who is slow to anger shows great understanding, but a quick-tempered one exalts folly.

Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock given to you, Your beautiful sheep?