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

³⁵ The king’s favour is toward a wise servant:
    but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.

¹⁰ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king:
    his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.

¹³ Righteous lips are the delight of kings;
    and they love him that speaketh right.

¹⁴ The wrath of a king is as messengers of death:
    but a wise man will pacify it.

¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance is life;
    and his favour is as a cloud of the latter rain.

¹² The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
    but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

² The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
    whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

⁸ A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
    scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

²⁶ A wise king scattereth the wicked,
    and bringeth the wheel over them.

²⁸ Mercy and truth preserve the king:
    and his throne is upholden by mercy.