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Proverbs 14:35
Proverbs 14:35 is verse 35 of Proverbs chapter 14, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
King James Version
The king’s favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.
World English Bible
The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely, but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
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Proverbs 14:33–35 · Berean Standard Bible
33 Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known.
34 Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people.
35 A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Proverbs 19:12A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
Proverbs 19:13A foolish son is his father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like a constant dripping.
Proverbs 20:8A king who sits on a throne to judge sifts out all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:26A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.
Proverbs 22:11He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
Proverbs 25:5Remove the wicked from the king’s presence, and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 29:12If a ruler listens to lies, all his officials will be wicked.
Psalms 101:4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.
Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
Psalms 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
Psalms 101:7No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.
Psalms 101:8Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.
Matthew 24:45Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their food at the proper time?
Matthew 24:46Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Matthew 24:47Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
Matthew 24:48But suppose that servant is wicked and says in his heart, ‘My master will be away a long time.’
Matthew 24:49And he begins to beat his fellow servants and to eat and drink with drunkards.
Matthew 24:50The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate.
Matthew 24:51Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Luke 12:42And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
Luke 12:43Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
Luke 12:44Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
Luke 12:45But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
Luke 12:46The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
Luke 12:47That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
Luke 12:48But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
Proverbs 10:5He who gathers in summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
Proverbs 17:2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
Proverbs 19:26He who assaults his father or evicts his mother is a son who brings shame and disgrace.