²⁸ ¶ In the multitude of the people is the king’s glory, but in the failure of the people is the weakness of the prince.

³⁵ ¶ The king’s favour is toward the wise slave, but his wrath is against him that causes shame.

¹⁰ ¶ A divine sentence is in the lips of the king; his mouth does not transgress in judgment.

¹³ ¶ Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him that speaks that which is right.

¹⁴ ¶ The wrath of the king is as a messenger of death, but the wise man will avoid 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 the king is as the roaring of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

⁸ ¶ A king that sits in the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.

²⁶ ¶ A wise king scatters the wicked and brings the wheel over them.

²⁸ ¶ Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by mercy.

21 ¶ The king’s heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water, he turns it wherever he will.