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

Bible Comments

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 his prosperity; 1 Kings 4:20.)

Proverbs 14:28

28 In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.