Proverbs 29:14
A king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
In Context
13The indigent and the oppressor meet together; Jehovah lighteneth the eyes of them both.
15The rod and reproof give wisdom; but a child left [to himself] bringeth his mother to shame.
Cross References
Job 29:11When 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 the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
Psalms 89:2For I said, Loving-kindness shall be built up for ever; in the very heavens wilt thou establish thy faithfulness.
Proverbs 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king; and he upholdeth his throne by mercy.
Proverbs 28:16The prince void of intelligence is also a great oppressor: he that hateth covetousness shall prolong [his] days.
Isaiah 1:17learn to do well: seek judgment, gladden the oppressed, do justice to 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 →