28 In a multitude of people is a king’s honor,
But in the lack of people is the downfall of a prince.

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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.

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Excellent speech is not becoming to a fool,
Much less lying lips to a prince.

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Excellent speech becometh not a fool:
    much less do lying lips a prince.

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Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.

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Many will intreat the favour of the prince:
    and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

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Listen to Your Father

23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
Consider carefully what is before you;
And put a knife to your throat
If you are a man given to appetite.
Do not desire his delicacies,
For they are deceptive food.

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23 When thou sittest to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before thee:
and put a knife to thy throat,
if thou be a man given to appetite.
Be not desirous of his dainties:
for they are deceitful meat.

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15 (A)By long forbearance a ruler is persuaded,
And a gentle tongue breaks a bone.

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15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded,
and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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Because of the transgression of a land, many are its princes;
But by a man of understanding and knowledge
Right will be prolonged.

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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.

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12 If a ruler pays attention to lies,
All his servants become wicked.

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12 If a ruler hearken to lies,
all his servants are wicked.

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26 (A)Many seek the ruler’s [a]favor,
But justice for man comes from the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:26 Lit. face

26 Many seek the ruler’s favour;
but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.

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