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.

In the multitude {H7230} of people {H5971} is the king's {H4428} honour {H1927}: but in the want {H657} of people {H3816} is the destruction {H4288} of the prince {H7333}.

A king's glory lies in having many subjects; if the prince's people are few, it is his ruin.

A large population is a king’s splendor, but a lack of subjects is a prince’s ruin.

In the multitude of people is the king’s glory; But in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

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Cross-References

  • 1 Kings 4:20 (4 votes)

    ¶ Judah and Israel [were] many, as the sand which [is] by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

  • 1 Kings 4:21 (4 votes)

    And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

  • 2 Kings 13:7 (3 votes)

    Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

  • Exodus 1:22 (2 votes)

    And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Every son that is born ye shall cast into the river, and every daughter ye shall save alive.

  • 1 Kings 20:27 (1 votes)

    And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

  • 2 Kings 10:32 (1 votes)

    In those days the LORD began to cut Israel short: and Hazael smote them in all the coasts of Israel;

  • 2 Kings 10:33 (1 votes)

    From Jordan eastward, all the land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the Reubenites, and the Manassites, from Aroer, which [is] by the river Arnon, even Gilead and Bashan.