Proverbs 29:14
Good News Translation
If a king defends the rights of the poor, he will rule for a long time.

New Revised Standard Version
If a king judges the poor with equity, his throne will be established forever.

Contemporary English Version
Kings who are fair to the poor will rule a long time.

New American Bible
If a king is honestly for the rights of the poor, his throne stands firm forever.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.

king

Proverbs 29:4 A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.

Proverbs 16:12 They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Proverbs 20:28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

Proverbs 25:5 Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.

Proverbs 28:16 A prince void of prudence shall oppress many by calumny: but he that hateth covetousness, shall prolong his days.

Job 29:11-18 The ear that heard me blessed me, and the eye that saw me gave witness to me: . . .

Psalm 72:2-4,12-14 Give to the king thy judgment, O God, and to the king's son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment. . . .

Psalm 82:2,3 How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked? . . .

Psalm 89:2 For thou hast said: Mercy shall be built up for ever in the heavens: thy truth shall be prepared in them.

Isaiah 1:17 Learn to do well: seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge for the fatherless, defend the widow.

Isaiah 11:4 But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Jeremiah 5:28 They are grown gross and fat: and have most wickedly transgressed my words. They have not judged the cause of the widow, they have not managed the cause of the fatherless, and they have not judged the judgment of the poor.

Jeremiah 22:16 He judged the cause of the poor and needy for his own good: was it not therefore because he knew me, saith the Lord?

Daniel 4:27 And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?

his throne

Isaiah 9:6,7 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace. . . .

Luke 1:32,33 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. . . .

Hebrews 1:8,9 But to the Son: Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of justice is the sceptre of thy kingdom. . . .

Context
The Stiff-Necked will Be Destroyed
13The poor man and the creditor have met one another: the Lord is the enlightener of them both. 14The king that judgeth the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for ever.15The rod and reproof give wisdom: but the child that is left to his own will, bringeth his mother to shame.…
Cross References
Psalm 72:4
He shall judge the poor of the people, and he shall save the children of the poor: and he shall humble the oppressor.

Proverbs 16:12
They that act wickedly are abominable to the king: for the throne is established by justice.

Proverbs 20:28
Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his throne is strengthened by clemency.

Proverbs 25:5
Take away wickedness from the face of the king, and his throne shall be established with justice.

Proverbs 29:4
A just king setteth up the land: a covetous man shall destroy it.

Isaiah 11:4
But he shall judge the poor with justice, and shall reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall strike the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips he shall slay the wicked.

Proverbs 29:13
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