Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
In Context
33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Judges 2:6After Joshua had dismissed the people, the Israelites went out to take possession of the land, each to his own inheritance.
Psalms 107:34and fruitful land into fields of salt, because of the wickedness of its dwellers.
Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘I remember the devotion of your youth, your love as a bride, how you followed Me in the wilderness, in a land not sown.
Ezekiel 22:1Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:34
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. Observe, 1. Modesty is the badge of wisdom. He that is truly wise hides his treasure, so as not to boast of it ( Matt. xiii. 44 ), though he does not hide his talent, so as not to trade with it. His wisdom rests in his heart; he digests what he knows, and has it ready to him, but does not unseasonably talk of it and make a noise with it. The heart is the seat of the affections, and there wisdom… Read the whole commentary →