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 16:13-15
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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 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 22:29
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29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
he shall stand before kings;
he shall not stand before mean men.
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 25:2-3
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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.
Proverbs 25:4-5
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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.
Proverbs 25:6-7
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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 29:4
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4 The king by judgment establisheth the land:
but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
Proverbs 29:14
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14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,
his throne shall be established for ever.
Proverbs 31:4-7
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4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine;
nor for princes strong drink:
5 lest they drink, and forget the law,
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
6 Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish,
and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts.
7 Let him drink, and forget his poverty,
and remember his misery no more.
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