Proverbs 29:14 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁴The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.

Proverbs 29:14 —

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Cross-References

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Proverbs 16:12
It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
Isaiah 11:4
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Proverbs 29:4
The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Psalms 72:2-4
He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment. …
Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 14)

Here is, 1. The duty of magistrates, and that is, to judge faithfully between man and man, and to determine all causes brought before them, according to truth and equity, particularly to take care of the poor, not to countenance them in an unjust cause for the sake of their poverty (Exod. 23:3), but to see that their poverty do not turn to their prejudice if they have a just cause. The rich will l…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 14)

14. (Compare Pr 20:28; 25:5). Such is the character of the King of kings (Psa 72:4, 12).