Proverbs 14:28
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28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour:
but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
Proverbs 14:35
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35 The king’s favour is toward a wise servant:
but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
Proverbs 16:10
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10 A divine sentence is in the lips of the king:
his mouth transgresseth not in judgment.
Proverbs 16:12-15
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12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness:
for the throne is established by righteousness.
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.
Proverbs 17:7
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7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
much less do lying lips a prince.
Proverbs 17:11
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11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
Proverbs 19:12
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12 The king’s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:26
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26 A wise king scattereth the wicked,
and bringeth the wheel over them.
Proverbs 20:28
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28 Mercy and truth preserve the king:
and his throne is upholden by mercy.
Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water:
he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Proverbs 22:11
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11 He that loveth pureness of heart,
for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee:
2 and put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite.
3 Be not desirous of his dainties:
for they are deceitful meat.
Proverbs 24:21-22
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21 My son, fear thou the Lord and the king:
and meddle not with them that are given to change:
22 for their calamity shall rise suddenly;
and who knoweth the ruin of them both?
Proverbs 25:2-7
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver,
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.
5 Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men:
7 for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;
than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.
Proverbs 25:15
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15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 28:2-3
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2 For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof:
but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor
is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
Proverbs 28:15-16
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15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear;
so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
16 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor:
but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
Proverbs 29:4
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4 The king by judgment establisheth the land:
but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler hearken to lies,
all his servants are wicked.
Proverbs 29:14
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14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs 29:26
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26 Many seek the ruler’s favour;
but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.
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