Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin condemns any people. New Living Translation Godliness makes a nation great, but sin is a disgrace to any people. English Standard Version Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Berean Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. King James Bible Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. New King James Version Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people. New American Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. NASB 1995 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. NASB 1977 Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. Legacy Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. Amplified Bible Righteousness [moral and spiritual integrity and virtuous character] exalts a nation, But sin is a disgrace to any people. Christian Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Holman Christian Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. American Standard Version Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people. Contemporary English Version Doing right brings honor to a nation, but sin brings disgrace. English Revised Version Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. GOD'S WORD® Translation Righteousness lifts up a nation, but sin is a disgrace in any society. Good News Translation Righteousness makes a nation great; sin is a disgrace to any nation. International Standard Version Righteousness makes a nation great, but sin diminishes any people. Majority Standard Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. NET Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. New Heart English Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Webster's Bible Translation Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. World English Bible Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionRighteousness exalts a nation, "" And the righteousness of peoples [is] a sin-offering. Young's Literal Translation Righteousness exalteth a nation, And the goodliness of peoples is a sin-offering. Smith's Literal Translation Justice will exalt a nation: and sin a reproach to nations. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleJustice exalteth a nation: but sin maketh nations miserable. Catholic Public Domain Version Justice elevates a nation. But sin makes the peoples miserable. New American Bible Justice exalts a nation, but sin is a people’s disgrace. New Revised Standard Version Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleRighteousness exalts a nation; but sin is a reproach to any people. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Righteousness will exalt the people and sin diminishes a people. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Righteousness exalteth a nation; But sin is a reproach to any people. Brenton Septuagint Translation Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Wise Woman…33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; even among fools she is known. 34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. 35A king delights in a wise servant, but his anger falls on the shameful.… Cross References 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Psalm 33:12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance! Isaiah 60:12 For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed. Jeremiah 18:7-10 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. / And if at another time I announce that I will build up and establish a nation or kingdom, ... Daniel 9:7-8 To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You. / O LORD, we are covered with shame—our kings, our leaders, and our fathers—because we have sinned against You. Romans 1:18-32 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness. / For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. / For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. ... Deuteronomy 28:1-2 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: Isaiah 1:4 Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Isaiah 5:20-23 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness to light and light to darkness, who replace bitter with sweet and sweet with bitter. / Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight. / Woe to those who are heroes in drinking wine and champions in mixing strong drink, ... Ezekiel 18:24 But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die. Matthew 5:13-16 You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men. / You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. / Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ... Matthew 6:33 But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you. Luke 12:47-48 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. / But 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. Acts 17:30-31 Although God overlooked the ignorance of earlier times, He now commands all people everywhere to repent. / For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.” Treasury of Scripture Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people. righteousness Deuteronomy 4:6-8 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 understanding people… Deuteronomy 28:1-14 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 thee on high above all nations of the earth: … Judges 2:6-14 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land… but Deuteronomy 28:15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: Deuteronomy 29:18-28 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 root that beareth gall and wormwood; … Psalm 107:34 A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein. Jump to Previous Cause Disgrace Exalteth Exalts Goodliness Lifted Nation Peoples Reproach Righteousness Shame Sin Sin-OfferingJump to Next Cause Disgrace Exalteth Exalts Goodliness Lifted Nation Peoples Reproach Righteousness Shame Sin Sin-OfferingProverbs 14 1. A wise woman builds her houseRighteousness The Hebrew word for "righteousness" is "צְדָקָה" (tsedaqah), which conveys a sense of justice, moral integrity, and adherence to God's laws. In the context of ancient Israel, righteousness was not merely a personal virtue but a communal one, reflecting the nation's covenant relationship with God. Righteousness is foundational to the character of God and is expected of His people. It implies living in a way that is pleasing to God, aligning with His will, and promoting justice and fairness in society. In a conservative Christian perspective, righteousness is seen as both imputed through faith in Christ and lived out through the power of the Holy Spirit. exalts a nation but sin is a disgrace to any people Οἱ δὲ δίκας ξείνοισι καὶ ἐνδήμοισι διδοῦσιν Hebrew Righteousnessצְדָקָ֥ה (ṣə·ḏā·qāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectively exalts תְרֽוֹמֵֽם־ (ṯə·rō·w·mêm-) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise a nation, גּ֑וֹי (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts but sin חַטָּֽאת׃ (ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender is a disgrace וְחֶ֖סֶד (wə·ḥe·seḏ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 2617: Kindness, piety, reproof, beauty to any people. לְאֻמִּ֣ים (lə·’um·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3816: A community Links Proverbs 14:34 NIVProverbs 14:34 NLT Proverbs 14:34 ESV Proverbs 14:34 NASB Proverbs 14:34 KJV Proverbs 14:34 BibleApps.com Proverbs 14:34 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 14:34 Chinese Bible Proverbs 14:34 French Bible Proverbs 14:34 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 14:34 Righteousness exalts a nation but sin (Prov. 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