28 In (A)a multitude of people is the glory of a king,
    but without people a prince is ruined.

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35 A servant who deals wisely has (A)the king's favor,
    but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully.

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10 (A)An oracle is on the lips of a king;
    his mouth does not sin in judgment.

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13 (A)Righteous lips are the delight of a king,
    and he loves him who speaks what is right.
14 (B)A king's wrath is a messenger of death,
    and a wise man will (C)appease it.
15 (D)In the light of a king's face there is life,
    and his (E)favor is like (F)the clouds that bring the spring rain.

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12 A king's wrath is like (A)the growling of a lion,
    but his (B)favor is like (C)dew on the grass.

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The terror of a king is like (A)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger (B)forfeits his life.

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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26 A wise king (A)winnows the wicked
    and drives (B)the wheel over them.

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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he (A)turns it wherever he will.

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11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
    and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.

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29 Do you see a man skillful in his work?
    He will (A)stand before kings;
    he will not stand before obscure men.

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21 My son, (A)fear the Lord and the king,
    and do not join with those who do otherwise,
22 for disaster will arise suddenly from them,
    and who knows the ruin that will come from them both?

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It is the glory of God to (A)conceal things,
    but the glory of kings is to (B)search things out.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
    so the heart of kings is (C)unsearchable.

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Take away (A)the dross from the silver,
    and (B)the smith has material for a vessel;
take away (C)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his (D)throne will be established in righteousness.

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Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
for (A)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

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By justice a king (A)builds up the land,
    but he who exacts gifts[a] tears it down.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:4 Or who taxes heavily

14 If a king (A)faithfully judges the poor,
    his throne will (B)be established forever.

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(A)It is not for kings, O Lemuel,
    it is not for kings (B)to drink wine,
    or for rulers to take (C)strong drink,
lest they drink and forget what has been decreed
    and (D)pervert the rights of all the afflicted.
Give strong drink to the one who (E)is perishing,
    and wine to (F)those in bitter distress;[a]
(G)let them drink and forget their poverty
    and remember their misery no more.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:6 Hebrew those bitter in soul

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