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By justice a king builds up the land;
    but one who raises taxes tears it down.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29:4 In Hebrew as in English high and low are metaphors for prosperity and depression. A king who is just “causes the land to stand up,” i.e., to be prosperous, and one who makes taxes high brings a country low.

24 A multitude of the wise is the safety of the world,
    and a prudent king, the stability of the people;(A)

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