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Proverbs 14:28
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In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
In the multitude of the people is the honour of a King, and for the want of people commeth the destruction of the Prince.
A large population is a king’s splendor,but a shortage of people is a ruler’s devastation.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, But in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
Kings of large nations have great honor. Rulers without a country have nothing.
In a multitude of people is a king's glory, But in a lack of people is a [pretentious] prince's ruin.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Rulers of powerful nations are held in honor; rulers of weak nations are nothing at all.
A king's glory lies in having many subjects; if the prince's people are few, it is his ruin.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the want of people is the ruin of the prince.
In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
A large population is a king's splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince's ruin.
In the multitude of people is the glory of the king, but without a population, a prince is ruined.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
A king is honored when he has many people to rule, but a prince is ruined if he has none.
A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler.
In a multitude of people is a king's honor, But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.
The shining-greatness of a king is in many people, but without people a prince has nothing.
In the multitude of a people, is the majesty of the king, but, in the ceasing of population, is the ruin of the prince.
In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.
In the abundance of population is the kings honor; but in the destruction of the people is the ruin of the king.
A king's greatness depends on how many people he rules; without them he is nothing.
In a multitude of people is a king's glory, But in the scarcity of people is a prince's ruin.
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 kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.
The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; but in the lack of people is the ruin of a prince.
The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple.
In the multitude of a people [is] the honour of a king, And in lack of people the ruin of a prince.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory, But in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
In a multitude of people is the glory of a king, but without people a prince is ruined.
In the multitude of people is the king's glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
In the multitude of people [is] the king's honor: but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince.
A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction.
The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.
The mark of a good leader is loyal followers; leadership is nothing without a following.
In a multitude of people is a king's glory, But in the dearth of people is a prince's ruin.
In a multitude of people is a king's splendor,But in the dearth of people is a prince's ruin.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Exodus 1:12, Exodus 1:22, 1 Kings 4:20, 1 Kings 4:21, 1 Kings 20:27, 2 Kings 10:32, 2 Kings 10:33, 2 Kings 13:7
Reciprocal: Exodus 1:9 - the people Exodus 5:5 - General 2 Samuel 19:7 - there 2 Samuel 24:3 - General 1 Chronicles 21:3 - The Lord Ezekiel 31:4 - waters 1 Corinthians 12:22 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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, plenty, and prosperity; which encourage subjects to serve their king cheerfully, and to continue under his reign and government peaceably; and which invites others from different parts to come and settle there also; by which the strength and glory of a king are much increased. This is true of the King of kings, of Jesus Christ, who is King of saints; his honour and glory, as Mediator, lies in a large number of voluntary subjects, made "willing" to serve him "in the day of [his] power" upon them, as numerous as the drops of the morning "dew",
Psalms 110:3; such as he had in the first times of the Gospel, both among the Jews and among the Gentiles; and as he will have more especially in the latter day, when those prophecies shall be fulfilled in
Isaiah 60:4; and so this is interpreted of the King Messiah, in an ancient writing b of the Jews;
but in the want of people [is] the destruction of the prince; or, "the consternation" c of him; if his people are destroyed in wars his ambition or cruelty has led him to; or they are driven out from his kingdom by persecution or oppression; hence follows a decay of trade, and consequently of riches; lack of cultivation of land, and so want of provision: in course of time there is such a decrease, that, as there are but few to carry on trade and till the land, so to fight for their prince, and defend his country; wherefore, when attacked by a foreign power, he is thrown into the utmost consternation, and is brought to destruction. This will be the case of the prince of darkness, the man of sin, antichrist; who, though however populous he may be, or has been, ruling over tongues, people, and nations, yet before long he will be deserted by them; one nation after another will fall off from him; they and their kings will hate him, make him bare and desolate, and burn him with fire, Revelation 17:15. Some render it, "the consternation of leanness" d; such consternation as causes leanness in a king.
b Zohar in Exod. fol. 67. 3, 4. c ××תת "formidat princeps", Tigurine version; "consternatio", Cocceius, Michaelis, Schultens. d "Consternatio macici", Gussetius, p. 785. "consternatio tabifica", Schultens; "contritio maciei", Gejerus; "terror tenuitatis", Mercerus, Gersom.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 true glory of a king. The word translated âprinceâ is of doubtful meaning; but the translation is supported by the Septuagint, Vulg, and most commentators.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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; to render bachelors incapable, after a given age, of all public employments: and to banish nunneries and monasteries from all parts of their dominions;-they have ever, from their invention, contributed more to vice than virtue; and are positively point blank against the law of God.
