Proverbs 20:28
Kings will continue to rule as long as they faithfully love their people and are loyal to them and as long as they rule righteously/fairly.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 21:7Yahweh, you are God Almighty, and ◄I trust/the king trusts► in you. Because you faithfully love me/him, disastrous things will never happen to me/him.
Psalms 61:7Allow us to rule forever while you observe us; watch over us while you faithfully love us and do for us what you promised.
Proverbs 3:3Always faithfully love others and ◄be faithful/do what you say that you will do►; doing those things will cause others to be pleased with you; it will be as though you are wearing a beautiful necklace. Keep those things in your mind/inner being.
Proverbs 16:12Kings detest those who do evil, because it is people doing what is fair/right that causes their governments to be [MTY] strong.
Isaiah 16:5Then Yahweh will appoint someone to be king who will be a descendant of King David. As he rules [MTY], he will be merciful and truthful. He will always do what is fair/just and quickly do what is righteous.”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 20:28
27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord , searching all the inward parts of the belly. We have here the dignity of the soul, the great soul of man, that light which lighteth every man. 1. It is a divine light; it is the candle of the Lord, a candle of his lighting, for it is the inspiration of the Almighty that gives us understanding. He forms the spirit of man within him. It is after the image of God that man is created in knowledge. Conscience, that noble faculty, is God's deputy in the soul; it is a… Read the whole commentary →