Proverbs 29:14
If a king judges the poor fairly, he will have a long rule.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
In Context
13Poor people and their oppressors have this in common: the Lord gives life to all of them.
Cross References
Job 29:11Everyone who listened to me praised me; whoever saw me commended me,
Psalms 72:12He will help the poor when they cry out to him, and help those who are suffering that have no one to support them.
Psalms 89:2For I have said, “Your unfailing love lasts forever; your faithfulness endures as long as the heavens.”
Proverbs 20:28Trustworthy love and faithfulness keep a king safe; trustworthy love supports his rule.
Proverbs 28:16An unwise ruler thoroughly extorts his people, but one who refuses to profit illegally will live long.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do good; strive for justice, condemn those who oppress others; support the rights of orphans, take up cases to defend widows.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:14
13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the Lord lighteneth both their eyes. This shows how wisely the great God serves the designs of his providence by persons of very different tempers, capacities, and conditions in the world, even, 1. By those that are contrary the one to the other. Some are poor and forced to borrow; others are rich, have a great deal of the mammon of unrighteousness (deceitful riches they are called), and they are creditors, or usurers, as it is in the margin. Some are poor, and… Read the whole commentary →