Proverbs 29:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.

He that receiveth gifts overthroweth it - literally, 'a man of oblations.' Terumoth is elsewhere sacred oblations. So here, 'a man who wishes oblations to be offered him as if he were a priest' (Rabbi Salomon). (Ezekiel 45:13.)

Proverbs 29:4

4 The king by judgment establisheth the land: but heb that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.