Proverbs 14:28
The honor of a king [is] in the multitude of a people, || And the ruin of a prince in lack of people.
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In Context
27The fear of YHWH [is] a fountain of life, || To turn aside from snares of death.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12and as they afflict it, so it multiplies, and so it breaks forth, and they are distressed because of the sons of Israel;
2 Samuel 24:3And Joab says to the king, “Indeed, your God YHWH adds to the people, as they are, one hundred times, and the eyes of my lord the king are seeing; and my lord the king, why is he desirous of this thing?”
1 Kings 20:27and the sons of Israel have been inspected, and supported, and go to meet them, and the sons of Israel encamp before them, like two flocks of goats, and the Arameans have filled the land.
2 Kings 13:7for he did not leave to Jehoahaz of the people except fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen, for the king of Aram has destroyed them, and makes them as dust for threshing.
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 →