Proverbs 14:28 Commentary, explanation, 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. ”

• Proverbs 14:28 - Albert 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 th...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  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.

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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 politica...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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 - It is the interest of every state to promote marriage by...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  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 w...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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)...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1. The prosperity of the family depends on the wife ( Proverbs 31:10-31 ).

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  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 h...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  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 aband...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  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...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.       Here are two maxims in politics, which carry their own evidence wi...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  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 muc...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  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 R...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  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 honou...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  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 k...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 beneficia...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  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 peop...

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• Proverbs 14:28 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  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

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