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Proverbs 14:28 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 14 · verse 28
In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.Proverbs 14:28 · King James Version
Proverbs 14:28 in context
26In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
29He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalteth folly.
30A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- destructionmᵉchittâhproperly, a dissolutionH4288 →
- multituderôbabundanceH7230 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- king'smeleka kingH4428 →
- honourhădârâhdecorationH1927 →
- peoplelᵉʼôma communityH3816 →
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Here are two maxims in politics, which carry their own evidence with them: - 1. That it is much for the honour of a king to have a populous kingdom; it is a sign that he rules well, since strangers are hereby invited to come and settle under his protection and his own subjects live comfortably;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary