Proverbs 28:2
When a country is in rebellion, it has many rulers, but a ruler who is wise and knowledgeable provides strength and continuity.
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3When someone poor oppresses the poor, it's like heavy rain that beats down the crops.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25Nadab, son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in the second year of the reign of King Asa of Judah. He reigned in Israel for two years.
1 Kings 16:8Elah, son of Baasha, became king of Israel in the twenty-sixth year of the reign of King Asa of Judah. He reigned in Tirzah for two years.
2 Kings 15:8Zechariah, son of Jeroboam, became king of Israel in the thirty-eighth year of the reign of Azariah, king of Judah. He reigned in Samaria for six months.
2 Chronicles 36:1The people of the land took Jehoahaz, son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in succession to his father.
Ecclesiastes 9:15In that town lived a man who was wise, but poor. He saved the town by his wisdom. But no one remembered to thank that poor man.
Isaiah 58:12Some among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore generations-old foundations. You will be called the Repairer of the Break in the Wall, the Restorer of Life's Pathways.
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 →