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Proverbs 14:28

A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

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ASV

In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

KJV

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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8 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בְּרָב־be.rov-[is] in [the] multitude ofH7230 →
עָ֥ם'ama peopleH5971 →
הַדְרַת־had.rat-[the] glory ofH1927 →
מֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekha kingH4428 →
וּבְאֶ֥פֶסu.ve.'E.fesand in notH657 →
לְ֝אֹ֗םle.'Oma peopleH3816 →
מְחִתַּ֥תme.chi.Tat[the] ruin ofH4288 →
רָזֽוֹן׃ra.Zona rulerH7333 →

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1 Corinthians 12:22On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,1 Kings 4:20–21The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.2 Samuel 19:7Now therefore get up! Go out and speak comfort to your servants, for I swear by the LORD that if you do not go out, not a man will remain with you tonight. This will be worse for you than all the adversity that has befallen you from your youth until now!”Exodus 1:22Then Pharaoh commanded all his people: “Every son born to the Hebrews you must throw into the Nile, but every daughter you may allow to live.”2 Kings 13:7Jehoahaz had no army left, except fifty horsemen, ten chariots, and ten thousand foot soldiers, because the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.Ezekiel 31:4The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.Exodus 1:12But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and flourished; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites.Exodus 1:9“Look,” he said to his people, “the Israelites have become too numerous and too powerful for us.Exodus 5:5Pharaoh also said, “Look, the people of the land are now numerous, and you would be stopping them from their labor.”2 Samuel 24:3But Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God multiply the troops a hundred times over, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king want to do such a thing?”1 Kings 4:20The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.1 Chronicles 21:3But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”1 Kings 20:27The Israelites also mobilized, gathered supplies, and marched out to meet them. The Israelites camped before them like two small flocks of goats, while the Arameans covered the countryside.2 Kings 10:32–33In those days the LORD began to reduce the size of Israel. Hazael defeated the Israelites throughout their territory

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King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
King Solomon in Old Age — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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