Proverbs 14:28
Good News Translation
A king's greatness depends on how many people he rules; without them he is nothing.

New Revised Standard Version
The glory of a king is a multitude of people; without people a prince is ruined.

Contemporary English Version
Rulers of powerful nations are held in honor; rulers of weak nations are nothing at all.

New American Bible
A multitude of subjects is the glory of the king; but if his people are few, a prince is ruined.

Douay-Rheims Bible
In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.

Exodus 1:12,22 But the more they oppressed them, the more they were multiplied and increased. . . .

1 Kings 4:20,21 Juda and Israel were innumerable, as the sand of the sea in multitude; eating and drinking, and rejoicing. . . .

1 Kings 20:27 And the children of Israel were mustered, and taking victuals, went out on the other side, and encamped over against them, like two little flocks of goats: but the Syrians filled the land.

2 Kings 10:32,33 In those days the Lord began to be weary of Israel: and Hazael ravaged them in all the coasts of Israel, . . .

2 Kings 13:7 And Joachaz had no more left of the people than fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen: for the king of Syria had slain them, and had brought them low as dust by threshing in the barnfloor.

Context
The Wise Woman
27The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death. 28In the multitude of people is the dignity of the king: and in the small number of the people the dishonour of the prince.29He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.…
Cross References
2 Samuel 19:7
Now therefore arise, and go out, and speak to the satisfaction of thy servants: for I swear to thee by the Lord, that if thou wilt not go forth, there will not tarry with thee so much as one this night: and that will be worse to thee, than all the evils that have befallen thee from thy youth until now.

Proverbs 14:27
The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to decline from the ruin of death.

Proverbs 14:29
He that is patient, is governed with much wisdom: but he that is impatient, exalteth his folly.

Proverbs 14:27
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