Proverbs 14:28
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.”
Read Proverbs 14:28 in the flow of Proverbs14 for its full sense, then follow the cross-references below to the passages that echo it. Open Proverbs14 to see the surrounding context.
“A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In the multitude of a people <FI>is<Fi> the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Proverbs 14:28 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.
- Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”
- 2 Samuel 24:3But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”
- 1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- 1 Kings 20:27The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.
- 2 Kings 10:32In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory
- 2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
- Jeremiah 13:20Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock entrusted to you, the sheep that were your pride?
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