Proverbs 29:4
A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15And David reigned over all Israel: and David did judgment and justice to all his people.
2 Kings 15:18And he did that which was evil before the Lord: he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, the son of Nabat, who made Israel to sin, all his days.
Psalms 89:14We are filled in the morning with thy mercy: and we have rejoiced, and are delighted all our days.
Proverbs 8:15By me kings reign, and lawgivers decree just things.
Proverbs 16:10Divination is in the lips of the king, his mouth shall not err in judgment.
Proverbs 20:8The king, that sitteth on the throne of judgment, scattereth away all evil with his look.
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 →