²⁸ In a multitude of people is the honor of the king, but the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

³⁵ The king’s favor 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 a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.

¹⁵ In the light of the king’s countenance there is life, and his favor is as a cloud of latter rain.

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

² The wrath 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 on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

²⁶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and driveth 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 turneth it whithersoever He will.