Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Proverbs 29:14
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established forever.
Judgeth the poor, and the rich too; but he names
the poor, because these are most oppressed and injured by others, and least regarded by princes, and yet committed to their more special care by the King of kings.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
14. (Compare Pro 20:28;Pro 25:5). Such is the characterof the King of kings (Psa 72:4;Psa 72:12).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor,…. That truly executes justice and judgment among all his subjects, particularly the poor, who are too often neglected, because they cannot afford persons to plead their cause: such a king was Solomon; and especially the Messiah, of whom he was a type, Ps 72:1;
his throne shall be established for ever; be secure to him as long as he lives, and to his posterity after; justice to all men, and mercy to the poor, are the support of a prince’s throne; see Pr 20:28.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
14 A king who judgeth the poor with truth,
His throne shall stand for ever.
, as at Isa 16:5 (synon. , , ), is equivalent to fidelity to duty, or a complete, full accomplishment of his duty as a ruler with reference to the dispensing of justice; in other words: after the norm of actual fact, and of the law, and of his duty proceeding from both together. has in Codd., e.g., Jaman., and in the Venetian 1517, 21, rightly Rebia. In that which follows, are more closely related than , for of two conjunctives standing together the first always connects more than the second. is the truest representation of the logical grammatical relation. To 14b compare the proverb of the king, Pro 16:12; Pro 25:5.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Here is, 1. The duty of magistrates, and that is, to judge faithfully between man and man, and to determine all causes brought before them, according to truth and equity, particularly to take care of the poor, not to countenance them in an unjust cause for the sake of their poverty (Exod. xxiii. 3), but to see that their poverty do not turn to their prejudice if they have a just cause. The rich will look to themselves, but the poor and needy the prince must defend (Ps. lxxxii. 3) and plead for, Prov. xxxi. 9. 2. The happiness of those magistrates that do their duty. Their throne of honour, their tribunal of judgment, shall be established for ever. This will secure to them the favour of God and strengthen their interest in the affections of their people, both which will be the establishment of their power, and help to transmit it to posterity and perpetuate it in the family.
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Fuente: Matthew Henry’s Whole Bible Commentary
JustJudgement
Verse 14 affirms that the king who faithfully metes out justice establishes a throne that shall continue. Pro 16:12; Pro 25:5 cite actions included and excluded in such administration of justice. These are standards to guide earthly rulers but reach ultimate fulfillment in the administration of the LORD, the judge of all, Psa 72:4; Psa 96:13; Isa 11:4; Act 17:31; Rom 2:16.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
(14) His throne shall be established for ever.Comp. the promise made to Judah (Jer. 22:3-4).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
14. Faithfully Truthfully according to the truth and facts. Comp. Pro 20:28; Pro 25:5. The King of kings and the Lord of lords is the patron of the poor.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established forever. The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall. Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul. Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.
I pause over this last verse, to remark, that by the people perishing where there is no vision, cannot be meant that the people of God perish everlastingly: for Jesus hath said, that they, shall not perish; neither shall any pluck them out of his hand. Joh 10:28 . But even the people of God may perish temporally: and if they follow blind leaders, and are found sitting under a carnal ministry; here the lack of knowledge must, and will induce great leanness of soul: therefore they may be truly said to perish for the want of soul-enriching supports, arising from the open vision of the word, and secret manifestation, through the ministry of the word and ordinances of Jesus and his graces. Reader! think here from how inexpressibly valuable must it be to have a soul-strengthening fulness of ordinances; and a faithful ministry of the word to sit under, where Jesus hath promised his presence. Mat 18:20 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Pro 29:14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Ver. 14. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, &c. ] An office not unbeseeming the greatest king, to sit in person to hear the poor man’s cause. James IV of Scotland was for this cause called the poor man’s king. I have seen, saith a late traveller, the King of Persia many times to alight from his horse, only to do justice to a poor body. “Help, O king!” said the poor woman to Jehoram. And if thou will not hear and right me, why dost thou take upon thee to be king? said another woman to Philip, King of Macedonia. It is a mercy to have judges mode audeant quae sentiunt, as the orator hath it, a so that they have courage to do what they judge fit to be done. Inferior judges may be weighed and swayed, by gifts or greatness of an adversary, to pass an unrighteous sentence. Not so a king; he neither needs nor fears any man, but is, if he be right – as one saith of a just law – a heart without affection, an eye without lust, a mind without passion, a treasurer which keepeth for every man what he hath, and distributeth to every man what he ought to have.
“ P .” – Phocyl.
Lo, such a prince shall sit firm upon his throne; his kingdom shall be bound to him with chains of adamant, as Dionysius dreamt that his was; he shall have the hearts of his subjects, which is the best life-guard, and God for his protection; for he is professedly the poor man’s patron, Psa 9:18-19 and makes heavy complaints of those that wrong them. Isa 3:13-15 ; Isa 10:1-3 ; Amo 5:11-12 ; Amo 8:4-6; Zep 3:12
a Cic. pro Milone.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
the poor = weak ones.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Pro 29:14
Pro 29:14
“The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, His throne shall be established forever.”
Pro 16:12 and Pro 25:12 are similar. Throughout Proverbs, it is taught that, “The perpetual duration of a dynasty depends not upon intellectual or physical superiority, but upon moral character.
Pro 29:14, There will be the poor in every kings realm, and the law of God is to care for them: The poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land (Deu 15:11). This verse makes a special promise to the king who obeys Gods will in the matter as does Psa 72:2-3 : He will judge thy people with righteousness, And thy poor with justice. The mountains shall bring peace to the people, And the hills, in righteousness. Other factors establishing ones throne: Kindness and truth (Pro 20:28); Righteousness (Pro 25:5),
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
king: Pro 29:4, Pro 16:12, Pro 20:28, Pro 25:5, Pro 28:16, Job 29:11-18, Psa 72:2-4, Psa 72:12-14, Psa 82:2, Psa 82:3, Psa 89:2, Isa 1:17, Isa 11:4, Jer 5:28, Jer 22:16, Dan 4:27
his throne: Isa 9:6, Isa 9:7, Luk 1:32, Luk 1:33, Heb 1:8, Heb 1:9
Reciprocal: Pro 20:8 – General Isa 16:5 – in mercy Eze 18:17 – hath taken
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Pro 29:14. The king that faithfully judgeth the poor And the rich too; but he names the poor, because these are much oppressed and injured by others, and least regarded by princes, and yet committed to their more especial care by the King of kings.