Proverbs 14:28
In the multitude of a people, is the majesty of the king, but, in the ceasing of population, is the ruin of the prince.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
27The reverence of Yahweh, is a well-spring of life, that a man may avoid the snares of death.
29One slow to anger, hath great understanding, but, the hasty in spirit, exalteth folly.
Cross References
Exodus 1:12But the more they were humiliating them, the more, were they multiplying, and, the more, were they breaking forth, so they were filled with alarm because of the sons of Israel.
2 Samuel 24:3Then said Joab unto the king—Yea, Yahweh thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, a hundredfold, and [suffer] the eyes of my lord the king, to see it,—but, my lord the king, wherefore doth he find pleasure in this thing?
1 Kings 20:27and, the sons of Israel, were numbered, and provisioned, and went to meet them,—and the sons of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of goats, whereas, the Syrians, filled the land.
2 Kings 13:7For he had not left remaining unto Jehoahaz a people, save only fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen,—for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like 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 →