Proverbs 28:2
For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state shall be prolonged.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1A wicked man flees when no man pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
3A needy man who oppresses the poor is a sweeping rain which leaves no food.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, [and reigned] two years.
2 Kings 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel in Samaria six months.
2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Isaiah 58:12And those who shall be of thee shall build the old waste places. Thou shall raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked ways. Guilt in the conscience makes men a terror to themselves, so that they are ready to flee when none pursues; like one that absconds for debt, who thinks every one he meets a bailiff. Though they pretend to be easy, there are secret fears which haunt them wherever they go, so that they fear where no present or imminent danger is, Ps.… Read the whole commentary →