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Proverbs 29:26
26Many seek the ruler’s favor, but justice comes from the Lord.
Proverbs 29:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)Many seek an audience with a ruler, but it is from the Lord that one gets justice.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many seek the face of a ruler, but it is from the Lord that a man gets justice.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Many seek the ruler’s favor, But justice for man comes from the Lord.
Context of Proverbs 29:26
24If you assist a thief, you only hurt yourself. You are sworn to tell the truth, but you dare not testify. 25Fearing people is a dangerous trap, but trusting the Lord means safety. Many seek the ruler’s favor, but justice comes from the Lord. 27The righteous despise the unjust; the wicked despise the godly.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:26 word by word
רַ֭בִּים מְבַקְשִׁ֣ים פְּנֵי־מוֹשֵׁ֑ל וּ֝מֵיְהוָ֗ה מִשְׁפַּט־אִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:26
- Proverbs 19:6Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
- Psalms 20:9Give victory to our king, O Lord! Answer our cry for help.
- Proverbs 16:7When people’s lives please the Lord, even their enemies are at peace with them.
- Proverbs 19:21You can make many plans, but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is like a stream of water directed by the Lord; he guides it wherever he pleases.
- Genesis 43:14May God Almighty give you mercy as you go before the man, so that he will release Simeon and let Benjamin return. But if I must lose my children, so be it.”
- Ezra 7:27Praise the Lord, the God of our ancestors, who made the king want to beautify the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem!
- Nehemiah 1:11O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup-bearer.
- Esther 4:16“Go and gather together all the Jews of Susa and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will do the same. And then, though it is against the law, I will go in to see the king. If I must die, I must die.”
- Psalms 62:12unfailing love, O Lord, is yours. Surely you repay all people according to what they have done.
- Isaiah 46:9Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! I am God, and there is none like me.
- Daniel 4:35All the people of the earth are nothing compared to him. He does as he pleases among the angels of heaven and among the people of the earth. No one can stop him or say to him, ‘What do you mean by doing these things?’
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Many seek the ruler's favor - To be screened from the punishment determined by the law; but should he grant the favor sought, and pardon the criminal, this takes not away his guilt in the sight of God, from whom all just judgment proceeds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26To trust in the favor of princes is to build upon the sands. The judgment which will set right all wrong will come from the Lord. It is better to wait for that than to run here and there, canvassing, bribing, flattering.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26Verse 26 The wisest course is, to look to God, and seek the favour of the Ruler of rulers; for every creature is that to us which God makes it to be.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. (Compare Margin; Psa 27:8). God alone will and can do exact justice.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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