Proverbs 14:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 A large population brings glory to a king.
Without people a ruler is ruined.
Proverbs 14:35
Evangelical Heritage Version
35 A king favors a servant who acts wisely,
but he is furious with one who acts shamefully.
Proverbs 16:10
Evangelical Heritage Version
10 The king’s lips speak for God,
so his mouth should not betray justice.
Proverbs 16:13-15
Evangelical Heritage Version
13 Kings approve of righteous lips.
They love a person who speaks upright things.
14 The king’s anger is a messenger of death,
but a wise person can appease it.
15 There is life in the light from a king’s face,
and his favor is like a cloud that brings spring rain.
Proverbs 19:12
Evangelical Heritage Version
12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s growl,
but his favor is refreshing like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 20:2
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 The king’s rage is like a lion’s growl.
Whoever intrudes on him endangers his life.
Proverbs 20:8
Evangelical Heritage Version
8 When a king sits on his throne as judge,
he winnows out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:26
Evangelical Heritage Version
26 A wise king winnows out the wicked.
He rolls the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:28
Evangelical Heritage Version
28 Mercy and truth protect a king,
and he maintains his throne with mercy.
Proverbs 21:1
Evangelical Heritage Version
Wise and Foolish Behaviors
21 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the hand of the Lord.
He directs it wherever he desires.
Proverbs 22:11
Evangelical Heritage Version
11 A person who loves a pure heart and whose lips are gracious
will have a king as his friend.
Proverbs 22:29
Evangelical Heritage Version
29 Do you see a person who is efficient in his work?
He will serve kings.
He will not serve nobodies.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:29 Or unimportant people
Proverbs 24:21-22
Evangelical Heritage Version
21 Fear the Lord, my son, and also the king.
Do not associate with those who are rebellious,
22 because their disaster will take place suddenly.
Who knows what ruin the Lord and the king will cause?
Proverbs 25:2-3
Evangelical Heritage Version
2 It brings glory to God to hide a matter,
but it brings glory to kings to investigate a matter.
3 As heaven is high and earth is deep,
so there is no searching the heart of kings.
Proverbs 25:4-5
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 Remove impurities from silver,
and a vessel can be cast by a silversmith.
5 Remove a wicked person from a king’s presence,
and his throne will be established with righteousness.
Proverbs 25:6-7
Evangelical Heritage Version
6 Do not honor yourself in a king’s presence.
Do not stand in a place reserved for great people,
7 because it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than for you to be humiliated before a ruler
whom your eyes have seen.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:7 Many translations associate this line with verse 8: What you have seen with your eye do not bring quickly into court. Manuscript evidence supports a connection with verse 7, but sense seems to favor including it with verse 8.
Proverbs 29:4
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 A king brings stability to a land by justice,
but one who accepts bribes tears it down.
Proverbs 29:14
Evangelical Heritage Version
14 If a king judges poor people with truth,
his throne will be established permanently.
Proverbs 31:4-7
Evangelical Heritage Version
4 It is not for kings, Lemuel,
it is not for kings to drink wine,
nor for rulers to crave beer.
5 If he does, he will drink and forget what is decreed.
He will change the legal rights of all the oppressed.
6 Give beer to someone who is perishing
and wine to one whose soul is bitter.
7 He will drink and forget his poverty,
and he will no longer remember his trouble.
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