Proverbs 14:28
The glory of a king is the number of his subjects, for a ruler is nothing without them.
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In Context
27Respecting the Lord is like a fountain of life, so you can avoid the snares of death.
29If you're slow to get angry, you're very wise; but if you have a short fuse you glorify stupidity.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more the Israelites were mistreated, the more they grew in numbers and spread out—and the more the Egyptians detested them.
2 Samuel 24:3But Joab replied to the king, “May the Lord multiply his people a hundred times over, Your Majesty, and may you live to see it! But why does Your Majesty want to do this?”
1 Kings 20:27The Israelite army was also called up and provided with supplies. They went to confront the Arameans. But when the Israelites set up their camp opposite the enemy they looked like two little flocks of goats in comparison with the Aramean army that filled the whole land.
2 Kings 13:7All that was left of Jehoahaz's army were fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand soldiers, for the king of Aram had destroyed the rest, turning them into dust like that when grain is threshed.
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 →