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: for if they be wasted by unnecessary wars, or forced into other countries by oppression and unjust exactions, it proves the ruin of his kingdom.” Bishop Patrick.