Proverbs 29:4
A just king guides the land. A man of avarice will destroy it.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
In Context
5A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all of Israel. And David accomplished judgment and justice with all his people.
2 Kings 15:18And he did what was evil before the Lord. He did not withdraw from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, who caused Israel to sin, during all his days.
Psalms 89:14We were filled in the morning with your mercy, and we exulted and delighted all our days.
Proverbs 8:15Through me, kings reign and legislators decree just conditions.
Proverbs 16:10Foreknowledge is in the lips of the king. His mouth shall not err in judgment.
Proverbs 20:8The king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters all evil with his gaze.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:4
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. Both the parts of this verse repeat what has been often said, but, on comparing them together, the sense of them will be enlarged from each other. 1. Be it observed, to the honour of a virtuous young man, that he loves wisdom, he is a philosopher (for that signifies a lover of wisdom ), for religion is the best philosophy; he avoids bad company, and especially the company of lewd women. Hereby he rejoices… Read the whole commentary →