Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
In Context
35The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:1And it shall come to pass, if you shall hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command you this day, that the LORD your God will set you on high above all nations of the earth:
Judges 2:6And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
Jeremiah 2:2Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; I remember you, the kindness of your youth, the love of yours espousals, when you went after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.
Ezekiel 22:1Moreover the word of the LORD came unto 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 →