Proverbs 14:28
“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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
In the multitude of people is the king's honour,.... For it is a sign of a good and wise government, of clemency and…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
A protest against the false ideal of national greatness to which Eastern kings, for the most part, have bowed down. Not…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Here are two maxims in politics, which carry their own evidence with them: - 1. That it is much for the honour of a king…
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