Proverbs 28:2
For the sine of the land many are the princes thereof: and for the wisdom of a man, and the knowledge of those things that are said, the life of the prince shall be prolonged.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
1The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
3A poor man that oppresseth the poor, is like a violent shower, which bringeth a famine.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25But Nadab the son of Jeroboam reigned over Israel the second year of Asa king of Juda: and he reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings 16:8In the six and twentieth year of Asa king of Juda, Ela the son of Baasa reigned over Israel in Thersa two years.
2 Kings 15:8In the eight and thirtieth year of Azarias king of Juda, reigned Zacharias son of Jeroboam over Israel in Samaria six months:
2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the land took Joachaz the son of Josias, and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15Now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he delivered the city by his wisdom, and no man afterward remembered that poor man.
Isaiah 58:12And the places that have been desolate for ages shall be built in thee: thou shalt raise up the foundations of generation and generation: and thou shalt be called the repairer of the fences, turning the paths into rest.
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 →