Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
1He who, being often reproved, hardens his neck shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Cross References
Esther 8:15And Mordecai went forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
Proverbs 11:10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler:
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy. Here, 1. The obstinacy of many wicked people in a wicked way is to be greatly lamented. They are often reproved by parents and friends, by magistrates and ministers, by the providence of God and by their own consciences, have had their sins set in order before them and fair warning given them of the consequences of them, but all in vain; they harden their necks. Perhaps they fling away,… Read the whole commentary →