Proverbs 29:14

A king who judges the poor fairly will have a securely established throne. It links just treatment of the vulnerable to lasting, stable rule.

Cross-references · 18

• Prov 16:12It is an abomination to kings to commit wickedness: for the throne is established by righteousness.
• Isa 11:4But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
• Prov 29:4The king by judgment establisheth the land: but he that receiveth gifts overthroweth it.
• Prov 20:28Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
• Ps 72:2–4He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
• Isa 9:6–7For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
• Prov 28:16The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor: but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days.
• Ps 89:2For I have said, Mercy shall be built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt thou establish in the very heavens.
• Heb 1:8–9But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom.
• Prov 25:5Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
• Ps 72:12–14For he shall deliver the needy when he crieth; the poor also, and him that hath no helper.
• Dan 4:27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
• Job 29:11–18When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me:
• Jer 5:28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
• Isa 1:17Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
• Ps 82:2–3How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
• Jer 22:16He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.
• Luke 1:32–33He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David:

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