Proverbs 20:28
Merci and treuthe kepen a kyng; and his trone is maad strong bi mekenesse.
Bible (Wycliffe)
In The King James Version
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
In Context
27The lanterne of the Lord is the spirit of man, that sekith out alle the priuetees of the wombe.
29The ful out ioiyng of yonge men is the strengthe of hem; and the dignyte of elde men is hoornesse.
Cross References
Psalms 21:7But Y am a worm, and not man; the schenschip of men, and the outcastyng of the puple.
Psalms 61:7For he is my God, and my saueour; myn helpere, Y schal not passe out.
Proverbs 3:3Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte.
Proverbs 16:12Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse.
Isaiah 16:5And the kyngis seete schal be maade redi in merci, and he schal sitte on it in treuthe, in the tabernacle of Dauid, demynge, and sekynge doom, and yeldynge swiftli that that is iust.