Proverbs 29:2
When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce: but when the wicked beare rule, the people mourne.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
In Context
1He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the ryghteous the citie is mery: and when the vngodly perishe there is gladnesse.
Proverbs 28:28When the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hide themselues: but when they perishe, the ryghteous encrease.
Ecclesiastes 10:5Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.
Matthew 2:16Then Herode, when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men, was excedyng wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehe, and in all the coastes, as many as were two yere olde, or vnder, according to the tyme, which he had diligently searched out, of the wyse men.
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 →