Proverbs 29:26

World English Bible (2000)

Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 19:6 : 6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
  • Ps 20:9 : 9 Save, Yahweh! Let the King answer us when we call! For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.
  • Ps 62:12 : 12 Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
  • Prov 16:7 : 7 When a man's ways please Yahweh, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.
  • Prov 19:21 : 21 There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.
  • Prov 21:1 : 1 The king's heart is in Yahweh's hand like the watercourses. He turns it wherever he desires.
  • Isa 46:9-9 : 9 Remember the former things of old: for I am God, and there is none else; [I am] God, and there is none like me; 10 declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not [yet] done; saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure; 11 calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man of my counsel from a far country; yes, I have spoken, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed, I will also do it.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 But I said, "I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my reward with my God."
  • Dan 4:35 : 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing; and he does according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay his hand, or ask him, What are you doing?
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself. Yet I am not justified by this, but he who judges me is the Lord.
  • Gen 43:14 : 14 May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."
  • Ezra 7:27-28 : 27 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of our fathers, who has put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of Yahweh which is in Jerusalem; 28 and has extended loving kindness to me before the king, and his counselors, and before all the king's mighty princes. I was strengthened according to the hand of Yahweh my God on me, and I gathered together out of Israel chief men to go up with me.
  • Neh 1:11 : 11 Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cup bearer to the king.
  • Esth 4:16 : 16 "Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."

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    25 The fear of man proves to be a snare, but whoever puts his trust in Yahweh is kept safe.

  • Prov 21:1-2
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    2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but Yahweh weighs the hearts.

  • Prov 19:6
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    6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.

  • Prov 19:21-22
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    21 There are many plans in a man's heart, but Yahweh's counsel will prevail.

    22 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness. A poor man is better than a liar.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2 A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 29:14
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    14 The king who fairly judges the poor, his throne shall be established forever.

  • Prov 14:28
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    28 In the multitude of people is the king's glory, but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.

  • Prov 16:1-2
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    1 The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.

    2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but Yahweh weighs the motives.

  • 2 Chr 19:6
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    6 and said to the judges, "Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.

  • Prov 16:9-10
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    9 A man's heart plans his course, but Yahweh directs his steps.

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  • Prov 29:12
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    12 If a ruler listens to lies, all of his officials are wicked.

  • Prov 24:23
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    23 These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.

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    35 The king's favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 16:33
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    33 The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh.

  • Lam 3:36
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    36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

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    7 But God is the judge. He puts down one, and lifts up another.

  • Prov 16:15
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    15 In the light of the king's face is life. His favor is like a cloud of the spring rain.

  • Prov 28:2
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    2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4 So you will find favor, and good understanding in the sight of God and man.

  • Prov 29:4
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    4 The king by justice makes the land stable, but he who takes bribes tears it down.

  • Prov 20:24
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    24 A man's steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?

  • Job 34:19
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    19 Who doesn't respect the persons of princes, nor respects the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

  • Prov 28:5
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    5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

  • Prov 29:2
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    2 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

  • Eccl 8:3-5
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    4 Blessed is the man who makes Yahweh his trust, and doesn't respect the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.

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    5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.

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    5 To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

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    16 Better is a little that the righteous has, than the abundance of many wicked.

  • 1 Kgs 3:28
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    28 All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.

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