Proverbs 29:14

מֶלֶךְ שׁוֹפֵט בֶּֽאֱמֶת דַּלִּים כִּסְאוֹ לָעַד יִכּֽוֹן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

In Context

13רָשׁ וְאִישׁ תְּכָכִים נִפְגָּשׁוּ מֵאִיר ־ עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם יְהוָֽה ׃

15שֵׁבֶט וְתוֹכַחַת יִתֵּן חָכְמָה וְנַעַר מְשֻׁלָּח מֵבִישׁ אִמּֽוֹ ׃

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Cross References

Job 29:11כִּי אֹזֶן שָׁמְעָה וַֽתְּאַשְּׁרֵנִי וְעַיִן רָאֲתָה וַתְּעִידֵֽנִי ׃

Psalms 72:12כִּֽי ־ יַצִּיל אֶבְיוֹן מְשַׁוֵּעַ וְעָנִי וְֽאֵין ־ עֹזֵר לֽוֹ ׃

Psalms 89:2חַֽסְדֵי יְהוָה עוֹלָם אָשִׁירָה לְדֹר וָדֹר ׀ אוֹדִיעַ אֱמוּנָתְךָ בְּפִֽי ׃

Proverbs 20:28חֶסֶד וֶאֱמֶת יִצְּרוּ ־ מֶלֶךְ וְסָעַד בַּחֶסֶד כִּסְאֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 28:16נָגִיד חֲסַר תְּבוּנוֹת וְרַב מַעֲשַׁקּוֹת שנאי בֶצַע יַאֲרִיךְ יָמִֽים ׃ פ

Isaiah 1:17לִמְדוּ הֵיטֵב דִּרְשׁוּ מִשְׁפָּט אַשְּׁרוּ חָמוֹץ שִׁפְטוּ יָתוֹם רִיבוּ אַלְמָנָֽה ׃ ס

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 →

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