Proverbs 29:4
When a king rules justly/fairly, he causes his nation to be strong, but a king who is concerned only with getting more money from the people ruins his nation.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 8:15David ruled over all the Israeli people, and he always did for them what was fair and just.
2 Kings 15:18He did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He committed the same kinds of sins that King Jeroboam #1 had committed, sins that led the people of Israel to sin. He continued to commit those sins for the rest of his life.
Psalms 89:14◄Your rule [MTY] over us is based on/As you rule over us, you are always► treating people fairly and justly, and on/are always faithfully loving us and doing what you promised.
Proverbs 8:15When kings are wise, they rule well; and when rulers are wise, they make laws that are just/fair.
Proverbs 16:10If God directs what a king says, what he decides is always right/fair.
Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on his throne to judge people can easily [MTY] find out what things that people have done are good and what things are evil.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:4
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance. Both the parts of this verse repeat what has been often said, but, on comparing them together, the sense of them will be enlarged from each other. 1. Be it observed, to the honour of a virtuous young man, that he loves wisdom, he is a philosopher (for that signifies a lover of wisdom ), for religion is the best philosophy; he avoids bad company, and especially the company of lewd women. Hereby he rejoices… Read the whole commentary →