Proverbs 14:28 · KJV
“In the multitude of people {is} the king's honour: but in the want of people {is} the destruction of the prince.”
— Proverbs 14:28
The fear of the LORD {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
Proverbs 14 — Context
In the fear of the LORD {is} strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27The fear of the LORD {is} a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28In the multitude of people {is} the king's honour: but in the want of people {is} the destruction of the prince.
29{He that is} slow to wrath {is} of great understanding: but {he that is} hasty of spirit exalteth folly. {hasty...: Heb. short of spirit}
30A sound heart {is} the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
Cross References
1 Kings 4:20-21
Judah and Israel {were} many, as the sand which {is} by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
Exodus 1:22
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.
2 Kings 13:7
Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
1 Kings 20:27
And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country. {were all...: or, were nourished}
2 Kings 10:32-33
In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel; {to cut: Heb. to cut off the ends}
Exodus 1:12
But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and grew. And they were grieved because of the children of Israel. {But...: Heb. And as they afflicted them, so they multiplied, etc}