Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of people is the king’s glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
27The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, turning people from the snares of death.
29He who is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a quick temper displays folly.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread out. They started to dread the children of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:3Joab said to the king, “Now may the LORD your God add to the people, however many they may be, one hundred times; and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?”
1 Kings 20:27The children of Israel were mustered and given provisions, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats, but the Syrians filled the country.
2 Kings 13:7For he didn’t leave to Jehoahaz of the people any more than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria destroyed them and made them like the dust in 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 →