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Proverbs 14:28

Authority and leadership

26 He who fears the LORD is secure in confidence, and his children shall have a place of refuge.

27 The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning a man from the snares of death.

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

29 A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.

30 A tranquil heart is life to the body, but envy rots the bones.

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BSB
A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.
KJV
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
WEB
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
ASV
In the multitude of people is the king`s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
DARBY
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
BLB
In a multitude of people [is] the glory of a king, and in a lack of people [is] the ruin of a prince.
ÅB
Meget folk er kongens ære, men mangel på folk er fyrstens fall.
OTB
En nasjons mengde er en konges ære, men en fyrste er ødelagt når han ikke har noen tilhengere.
B1930
Meget folk er kongens ære, men mangel på folk er fyrstens fall.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 4:20–21

    The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

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  • 2 Kings 13:7

    Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.

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  • Exodus 1:22

    Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”

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  • Exodus 1:12

    But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.

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  • 1 Kings 20:27

    The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.

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  • 2 Kings 10:32–33

    In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

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