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Proverbs 14:28

Authority and leadership

26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.

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

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

29 He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.

30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of 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.

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Cross references

  • 1 Kings 4:20–21

    Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

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  • 2 Kings 13:7

    Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

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  • Exodus 1:22

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

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  • Exodus 1:12

    But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel.

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  • 1 Kings 20:27

    And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

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  • 2 Kings 10:32–33

    In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

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