Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of people the dishonour of the prince.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.
29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied, and increased:
2 Samuel 24:3And Joab said to the king: The Lord thy God increase thy people, and make them as many more as they are now, and again multiply them a hundredfold in the sight of my lord the king: but what meaneth my lord the king by this kind of thing?
1 Kings 20:27And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals went out on the other side, and camped over against them, like two little hocks of goats: but the Syrians filled the land.
2 Kings 13:7And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by thrashing in the barnfloor.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:27-28
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 these two verses we are invited and encouraged to live in the fear of God by the advantages which attend a religious life. The fear of the Lord is here put for all gracious principles, producing gracious practices. 1. Where this reigns it produces a holy security and serenity of mind. There is in it a strong confidence; it enables a… Read the whole commentary →