Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
In Context
35The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to the LORD your God’s voice, to observe to do all his commandments which I command you today, that the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Judges 2:6Now when Joshua had sent the people away, the children of Israel each went to his inheritance to possess the land.
Psalms 107:34and a fruitful land into a salt waste, for the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
Jeremiah 2:2“Go and proclaim in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, ‘The LORD says, “I remember for you the kindness of your youth, your love as a bride, how you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Ezekiel 22:1Moreover the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 14:34
33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of him that hath understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known. Observe, 1. Modesty is the badge of wisdom. He that is truly wise hides his treasure, so as not to boast of it ( Matt. xiii. 44 ), though he does not hide his talent, so as not to trade with it. His wisdom rests in his heart; he digests what he knows, and has it ready to him, but does not unseasonably talk of it and make a noise with it. The heart is the seat of the affections, and there wisdom… Read the whole commentary →