Proverbs 29:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A king, by right rule, makes the land safe; but one full of desires makes it a waste.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:14 : 14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.
  • Isa 9:7 : 7 Of the increase of his rule and of peace there will be no end, on the seat of David, and in his kingdom; to make it strong, supporting it with wise decision and righteousness, now and for ever. By the fixed purpose of the Lord of armies this will be done.
  • Isa 49:8 : 8 This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
  • Jer 22:13-17 : 13 A curse is on him who is building his house by wrongdoing, and his rooms by doing what is not right; who makes use of his neighbour without payment, and gives him nothing for his work; 14 Who says, I will make a wide house for myself, and rooms of great size, and has windows cut out, and has it roofed with cedar and painted with bright red. 15 Are you to be a king because you make more use of cedar than your father? did not your father take food and drink and do right, judging in righteousness, and then it was well for him? 16 He was judge in the cause of the poor and those in need; then it was well. Was not this to have knowledge of me? says the Lord. 17 But your eyes and your heart are fixed only on profit for yourself, on causing the death of him who has done no wrong, and on violent and cruel acts.
  • Dan 11:20 : 20 Then his place will be taken by one who will send out a man with the glory of a king to get wealth together; but after a short time destruction will overtake him, but not in wrath or in the fight.
  • Mic 7:3 : 3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.
  • 1 Sam 13:13 : 13 And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.
  • 2 Sam 8:15 : 15 And David was king over all Israel, judging and giving right decisions for all his people.
  • 1 Kgs 2:12 : 12 And Solomon took his place on the seat of David his father, and his kingdom was made safe and strong.
  • 2 Kgs 15:18-20 : 18 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord; he did not keep himself from the sin which Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, did and made Israel do. 19 In his day, Pul, the king of Assyria, came up against the land; and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver so that he might let him keep the kingdom. 20 And Menahem got the money from Israel, from all the men of wealth, fifty silver shekels from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria went back without stopping in the land.
  • 2 Chr 9:8 : 8 Praise be to the Lord your God whose pleasure it was to put you on the seat of his kingdom to be king for the Lord your God: because, in his love for Israel, it was the purpose of your God to make them strong for ever, he made you king over them, to be their judge in righteousness.
  • Ps 89:14 : 14 The seat of your kingdom is resting on righteousness and right judging: mercy and good faith come before your face.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
  • Prov 8:15 : 15 Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.
  • Prov 16:12 : 12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

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    14 The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7 The wise are troubled by the ways of the cruel, and the giving of money is the destruction of the heart.

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    4 The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5 A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

  • Prov 16:12-14
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    12 Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

    13 Lips of righteousness are the delight of kings; and he who says what is upright is dear to him.

    14 The wrath of the king is like those who give news of death, but a wise man will put peace in place of it.

  • Exod 23:8
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    8 Take no rewards in a cause: for rewards make blind those who have eyes to see, and make the decisions of the upright false.

  • Deut 16:19
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    19 You are not to be moved in your judging by a man's position, you are not to take rewards; for rewards make the eyes of the wise man blind, and the decisions of the upright false.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 Decision is in the lips of the king: his mouth will not go wrong in judging.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27 He whose desires are fixed on profit is a cause of trouble to his family; but he who has no desire for offerings will have life.

  • Prov 20:28
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    28 Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

  • Prov 25:5
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    5 Take away evil-doers from before the king, and the seat of his power will be made strong in righteousness.

  • Prov 20:8
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    8 A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

  • Prov 29:2-3
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    2 When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

    3 A man who is a lover of wisdom is a joy to his father: but he who goes in the company of loose women is a waster of wealth.

  • Prov 17:8
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    8 An offering of money is like a stone of great price in the eyes of him who has it: wherever he goes, he does well.

  • Prov 20:26
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    26 A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6 Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Ps 75:7
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    7 But God is the judge, putting down one, and lifting up another.

  • Prov 28:2
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    2 Because of the sin of the land, its troubles are increased; but by a man of wisdom and knowledge they will be put out like a fire.

  • Prov 22:12
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    12 The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 The word of a king has authority; and who may say to him, What is this you are doing?

  • Job 36:17
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  • Prov 29:26-27
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    26 The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23 Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Isa 1:23
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    23 Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

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    12 If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

  • Job 12:19
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    19 He makes priests prisoners, overturning those in safe positions;

  • Prov 8:15
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    15 Through me kings have their power, and rulers give right decisions.

  • Prov 28:16
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    16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Eccl 10:17
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    17 Happy is the land whose ruler is of noble birth, and whose chiefs take food at the right time, for strength and not for feasting.

  • Prov 14:34-35
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    34 By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples.

    35 The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame.

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    1 See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12 The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3 Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 11:11
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    11 By the blessing of the upright man the town is made great, but it is overturned by the mouth of the evil-doer.

  • Prov 17:19
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    19 The lover of fighting is a lover of sin: he who makes high his doorway is looking for destruction.

  • Prov 18:16
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    16 A man's offering makes room for him, letting him come before great men.

  • Ezek 16:33
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    33 They give payment to all loose women: but you give rewards to your lovers, offering them payment so that they may come to you on every side for your cheap love.

  • Job 36:7
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    7 Lifting them up to the seat of kings, and making them safe for ever.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Prov 19:6
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    6 Great numbers will make attempts to get the approval of a ruler: and every man is the special friend of him who has something to give.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Prov 28:4
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    4 Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36 In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.