Proverbs 14:34
Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
KJV
Justitia elevat gentem ; miseros autem facit populos peccatum.
Vulgate
δικαιοσύνη ὑψοῖ ἔθνος, ἐλασσονοῦσι δὲ φυλὰς ἁμαρτίαι.
LXX
Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people.
ASV
צְדָקָ֥ה תְרֽוֹמֵֽם גּ֑וֹי וְ/חֶ֖סֶד לְאֻמִּ֣ים חַטָּֽאת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
וֹ
v
noun · 246×
חַטָּ֖את
cht't
noun · 298×
לְאֻמִּ֖ים
l'mym
noun · 36×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understandi
- Deut 28:1 — And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set
- Deut 29:18 — Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a
- Ezek 16:1 — Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Ezek 22:1 — Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
- Hos 13:1 — When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
- Jer 2:2 — Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the LORD; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that
- Judg 2:6 — And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.
- Prov 11:11 — By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted: but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
- Ps 107:34 — A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.