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Commentary for Proverbs 29:4

מֶ֗לֶךְ בְּ֭מִשְׁפָּט יַעֲמִ֣יד אָ֑רֶץ וְאִ֖ישׁ תְּרוּמ֣וֹת יֶֽהֶרְסֶֽנָּה׃

The king by justice establisheth the land; but he that exacteth gifts overthroweth it.

Rashi on Proverbs

establishes the country If he is an honest judge, he establishes the country.
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Rashi on Proverbs

but a haughty man Heb. תרומות, a haughty man, who does not care to take time in judgment. Our Rabbis (Keth. 105b) stated: “If the judge is like a king, who does not have to acquire friends and accept bribes, he establishes the country. But if he is like a priest, who asks for terumoth in the threshing floors, he tears it down.”
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