What does Proverbs 14:28 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince."
Verse Proverbs 14:28. _IN THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE_] It is the interest of every state to promote _marriage_ by every means that is just and prudent; and to discourage, disgrace, and debase _celibacy_;...
A protest against the false ideal of national greatness to which Eastern kings, for the most part, have bowed down. Not conquest, or pomp, or gorgeous array, but a happy and numerous people form the t...
CHAPTER 14 THE WISE AND THE FOOLISH: THE RICH AND THE POOR The contrast now concerns the wise and the foolish, the rich and the poor. Let us see some of these contrasts. “In the mouth of the foolish i...
PROVERBS 14. In this, as in each of the preceding Chapter s in this section, aphorisms on the moral government of the world come first in number. There are rather more in this chapter of a political a...
IN THE MULTITUDE, &C.— _The more subjects a prince hath, the more glorious he is;_ but so much the more so, as he loves with more tenderness, as he preserves with more care, and as he governs with mor...
TEXT Proverbs 14:25-35 25. A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit. 26. In the fear of Jehovah is strong confidence; And his children shall have a place of refu...
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince. IN THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE (IS) THE KING'S HONOUR: BUT IN THE WANT OF PEOPLE (IS) THE D...
14:28 prince. (a-21) Or 'ruler,' as ch. 8.15....
1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife (Proverbs 31:10)....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 14 V1 The wise woman builds her house. The foolish woman pulls down her own house with her own hands....
IN THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE IS THE KING’S HONOUR. — Not in ambitious wars. In these words speaks the “man of rest” (1 Chronicles 22:9). (Comp. the description of Solomon’s kingdom in the days of his pr...
בְּ רָב ־עָ֥ם הַדְרַת ־מֶ֑לֶךְ וּ בְ אֶ֥פֶס לְ֝אֹ֗ם מְחִתַּ֥ת רָזֹֽון׃...
CHAPTER 15 THE INWARD UNAPPROACHABLE LIFE "The heart knoweth its own bitterness and a stranger doth not intermeddle with its joy."- Proverbs 14:10 "Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful, and the...
Verse Proverbs 14:7. The sense of this proverb is entirely altered in the Revision. The Authorized reading would make it mean that if a man is perceived to be devoid of knowledge he should be abandone...
In the multitude of (l) people [is] the king's honour: but in the lack of people [is] the destruction of the prince. (l) That is, the strength of a king stands in many people....
_King. Who formerly was styled "a shepherd," to remind him of the care with which he ought to seek the welfare of his subjects. (Calmet)_...
He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he. Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good. In all labour there i...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be follow...
IN THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE [IS] THE KING'S HONOUR,.... For it is a sign of a good and wise government, of clemency and righteousness being exercised, of liberty and property being enjoyed, of peace, p...
In the multitude of people [is] the king's honour: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince. Ver. 28. In the multitude of the people is the king's honour.] For that is a sign of p...
_In the multitude of people is the king's honour_ “The honour and splendour of a king depend upon the multitude, wealth, and strength of his subjects, whom, therefore, he ought to protect and cherish:...
V. 28. IN THE MULTITUDE OF PEOPLE IS THE KING'S HONOR, it serves for his glory, for the establishment of his name, if he reigns wisely and successfully over a large nation; BUT IN THE WANT OF PEOPLE I...
IS THE KING'S HONOUR, because it is an evidence of his wise and good government. Under _honour_ he here comprehends also strength and safety, (as appears from the opposite clause,) which depend much u...
Proverbs 14:28 multitude H7230 people H5971 kings H4428 honor H1927 lack H657 people H3816 downfall H4288 prince H7333 Exodus 1:12, Exodus 1:22; 1 Kings 4:20-21, 1 Kings 20:27;...
YHWH IS A REFUGE AND A WELLSPRING OF LIFE TO HIS PEOPLE WHOSE GLORY IS REVEALED, FIRSTLY, WHEN HIS PEOPLE ARE SELF-CONTROLLED AND SHOW COMPASSION ON THE NEEDY AND SECONDLY, BY HIS PROVIDING THEM A REF...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The house of the wicked, though built ever so strong and high, shall be brought to disgrace and at length made extinct. The...
Proverbs 14:1. _Every wise woman buildeth her house,_ as Proverbs 9:1, by training up her children to industry, piety and virtue. She is their first governess, and daily instils the elements of knowle...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 14:28 Verses Proverbs 14:28 and Proverbs 14:35, both of which concern a KING, provide a frame for this paragraph. A person must rule his HEART with WISDOM (vv. Proverbs 14:29...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 14:28. Miller translates “In a _great_ people.” _MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 14:28_ A KING’S TRUE GLORY I. HUMAN RULERS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THEIR PEOPLE FOR HONOUR. 1. _Th...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 14:1 EVERY WISE WOMAN BUILDETH HER HOUSE. Wise women order well their household matters and their families; they have an important influence, and exercise it beneficially. Γυναι...
Continuation of the contrasting of goodness and evil. Every wise woman (Proverbs 14:1) And wise and foolish contrasted always, too. Every wise woman builds her house (Proverbs 14:1): She takes care...
1 Kings 20:27; 1 Kings 4:20; 1 Kings 4:21; 2 Kings 10:32; 2 Kings 10:33; 2 Kings 13:7; Exodus 1:12; Exodus 1:22...