Proverbs 14:35

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The king's favour [is] toward a wise servant: but his wrath is [against] him that causeth shame.

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  • Matt 24:45-51 : 45 ‹Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?› 46 ‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.› 47 ‹Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.› 48 ‹But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;› 49 ‹And shall begin to smite› [his] ‹fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;› 50 ‹The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and in an hour that he is not aware of,› 51 ‹And shall cut him asunder, and appoint› [him] ‹his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.›
  • Prov 22:11 : 11 ¶ He that loveth pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips the king [shall be] his friend.
  • Prov 25:5 : 5 Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.
  • Prov 29:12 : 12 ¶ If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants [are] wicked.
  • Matt 25:21 : 21 ‹His lord said unto him, Well done,› [thou] ‹good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.›
  • Matt 25:23 : 23 ‹His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.›
  • Luke 12:42-48 : 42 And the Lord said, ‹Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom› [his] ‹lord shall make ruler over his household, to give› [them their] ‹portion of meat in due season?› 43 ‹Blessed› [is] ‹that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.› 44 ‹Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.› 45 ‹But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;› 46 ‹The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for› [him], ‹and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.› 47 ‹And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not› [himself], ‹neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many› [stripes]. 48 ‹But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few› [stripes]. ‹For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.›
  • Ps 101:4-8 : 4 A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked [person]. 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer. 6 Mine eyes [shall be] upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land; that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD.
  • Prov 10:5 : 5 ¶ He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 ¶ A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
  • Prov 19:12-13 : 12 ¶ The king's wrath [is] as the roaring of a lion; but his favour [is] as dew upon the grass. 13 ¶ A foolish son [is] the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife [are] a continual dropping.
  • Prov 19:26 : 26 ¶ He that wasteth [his] father, [and] chaseth away [his] mother, [is] a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 ¶ A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
  • Prov 20:26 : 26 ¶ A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.

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