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Proverbs 14

Prov. 14:35 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The king’s
melek (Hebrew #4428)
a king
KJV usage: king, royal.
Pronounce: meh'-lek
Origin: from 4427
favor
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
is toward a wise
sakal (Hebrew #7919)
to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
KJV usage: consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(- ly), guide wittingly.
Pronounce: saw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
servant
`ebed (Hebrew #5650)
a servant
KJV usage: X bondage, bondman, (bond-)servant, (man-)servant.
Pronounce: eh'-bed
Origin: from 5647
a: but his wrath
`ebrah (Hebrew #5678)
an outburst of passion
KJV usage: anger, rage, wrath.
Pronounce: eb-raw'
Origin: feminine of 5676
is against him that causeth shame
buwsh (Hebrew #954)
properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed
KJV usage: (be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with, a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.
Pronounce: boosh
Origin: a primitive root
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Matt. 24:45• 45Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season? (Matt. 24:45)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 19:12‑13• 12The king's displeasure is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. (Prov. 19:12‑13)
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Prov. 20:8,26• 8A king sitting on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
 26A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. (Prov. 20:8,26)
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Prov. 22:11• 11He that loveth pureness of heart, upon whose lips is grace, the king is his friend. (Prov. 22:11)
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Prov. 25:5• 5take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness. (Prov. 25:5)
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Prov. 29:12• 12If a ruler hearken to lying words, all his servants are wicked. (Prov. 29:12)
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Psa. 101:4‑8• 4A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will not know evil.
 5Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
 6Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me.
 7He that practiseth deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that speaketh falsehoods shall not subsist in my sight.
 8Every morning will I destroy all the wicked of the land: to cut off all workers of iniquity from the city of Jehovah. (Psa. 101:4‑8)
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Matt. 24:45‑51• 45Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?
 46Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.
 47Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.
 48But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
 49and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
 50the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,
 51and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:45‑51)
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Luke 12:42‑48• 42And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
 43Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;
 44verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
 45But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
 46the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.
 47But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;
 48but he who knew it not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. And to every one to whom much has been given, much shall be required from him; and to whom men have committed much, they will ask from him the more. (Luke 12:42‑48)
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Prov. 10:5• 5He that gathereth in summer is a wise son; he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. (Prov. 10:5)
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Prov. 17:2• 2A wise servant shall rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. (Prov. 17:2)
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Prov. 19:26• 26He that ruineth his father and chaseth away his mother is a son that causeth shame and bringeth reproach. (Prov. 19:26)
• May those who seek to serve a greater King be characterized by that wisdom which shall make them of real value in the work He has committed to them. See Darius and Daniel, in contrast with Ahasuerus and Haman (Dan. 6:3; Esth. 7:7-9). (“Proverbs Fourteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The king’s favour is toward a wise servant; but his wrath is against him that causeth shame.