Proverbs 29:14
If kings judge poor people fairly, they will continue to rule for a long time.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
In Context
Cross References
Job 29:11When they [SYN] all heard what I told them, they said good things about me. When they [SYN] saw me (OR, what I had done), they commended me,
Psalms 72:12They will rescue poor people when they ◄cry out/plead► for help, and help those who are needy and those who have no one to help them.
Psalms 89:2I will tell people that you will faithfully love us forever, and that your being faithful to do what you have promised is as permanent as the sky.
Proverbs 20:28Kings 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.
Proverbs 28:16Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress the people they rule, but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving people will live (OR, rule) for a long time.
Isaiah 1:17Learn to do things that are good! Try to cause people to do what is just. Help people who are ◄oppressed/treated cruelly►. Defend orphans and widows when people take them to court.”
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 →