Proverbs 29:14
The king who faithfully judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
In Context
13The poor man and the oppressor meet together. LORD enlightens the eyes of them both.
15The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself causes shame to his mother.
Cross References
Job 29:11For when the ear heard [me], then it blessed me, and when the eye saw [me], it gave witness to me.
Psalms 72:12For he will deliver a needy man when he cries, and a poor man, who has no helper.
Psalms 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up forever. Thy faithfulness thou will establish in the very heavens.
Proverbs 20:28Kindness and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by kindness.
Proverbs 28:16The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, [but] he who hates covetousness shall prolong his days.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:14
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes. This shows how wisely the great God serves the designs of his providence by persons of very different tempers, capacities, and conditions in the world, even, 1. By those that are contrary the one to the other. Some are poor and forced to borrow; others are rich, have a great deal of the mammon of unrighteousness (deceitful riches they are called), and they are creditors, or usurers, as it is in the margin. Some are poor, and… Read the whole commentary →