Proverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, 1 His throne shall be established for ever. 1
KJV Cambridge Paragraph
In The King James Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
In Context
13The poor and the deceitful man meet together: 1 The Lord lighteneth both their eyes. 1
15The rod and reproof give wisdom: 1 But a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 1
Cross References
Job 29:11When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; 1 And when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 1
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; 1 The poor also, and him that hath no helper. 1
Psalms 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: 1 Thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens. 1
Proverbs 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king: 1 And his throne is upholden by mercy. 1
Proverbs 28:16The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: 1 But he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. 1
Isaiah 1:17Cease to do evil; learn to do well; 1 Seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, 1 Judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. 1
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 →