Proverbs 29:14

All About Life

¹³ The poor and the lender meet together; the LORD lighteneth both their eyes. ¹⁴ The seat of the king that faithfully judgeth the poor, shall continue sure for ever more. ¹⁵ The rod and correction minister wisdom; but if a child be not looked unto, he bringeth his mother to shame.

Cause of the Poor

Proverbs 16:12

It is a great abomination when kings are wicked; for a king's seat should be holden up with righteousness.

Psalm 72:2-4

Then shall he judge thy people according unto right, and defend the poor.

Proverbs 25:5

Take away ungodliness from the king, and his seat shall be established with righteousness.

Proverbs 29:4

With true judgment the king setteth up the land; but if he be a man that taketh gifts, he turneth it upside down.

Isaiah 11:4

But he shall judge the causes of the poor with righteousness, and shall rebuke with equity for the humble of the earth. And he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall slay the wicked.

Job 29:11-18

When all they that heard me, called me happy, and when all they that saw me, wished me good.

Psalm 72:12-14

For he shall deliver the poor when he crieth, and the needy that hath no help.

Psalm 82:2-3

How long will ye give wrong judgment, and accept the persons of the ungodly? Selah.

Psalm 89:2

For I have said, "Mercy shall be set up for ever; thy truth shalt thou establish in the heavens."

Proverbs 20:28

Mercy and faithfulness preserve the king, and with loving-kindness his seat is holden up.

Proverbs 28:16

Where the prince is without understanding, there is great oppression and wrong; but if he be such one as hateth covetousness, he shall long reign.

Isaiah 1:17

Study to do righteously, and help the oppressed. Avenge the fatherless and defend the cause of widows. Come, let us show each his grief to other and make an atonement, saith the LORD.

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a child is born, and unto us a son is given. Upon his shoulders shall the kingdom lie, and he shall be called with his own name, "Wonderful, the giver of counsel, the mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of peace."

Jeremiah 5:28

hereof are they fat and wealthy, and are run away from me with shameful blasphemies. They minister not the law, they make no end of the fatherless cause, they judge not the poor according to equity.

Jeremiah 22:16

Yea when he helped the oppressed and poor to their right, then prospered he well. From whence came this? But only because he had me before his eyes, sayeth the LORD.

Daniel 4:27

Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."

Luke 1:32-33

He shall be great, and shall be called the son of the highest. And the Lord God shall give unto him the seat of his father David:

Hebrews 1:8-9

But unto the son he saith, "God, thy seat shall be forever, and ever. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.