Proverbs 29:16
When the wicked are in power, sin increases; but the good will see their downfall.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
In Context
17Discipline your children and they won't give you any worries; they will make you very happy.
Cross References
Psalms 37:34Trust in the Lord, and stay on his path. He will lift you up and give you the land to own. You will see when the wicked are destroyed.
Psalms 58:10Those who live right will be happy when they see there is punishment; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
Psalms 92:9Your enemies, Lord, your enemies will die; everyone who does evil will be destroyed!
Psalms 112:8They are confident and brave, and see their enemies defeated.
Revelation 15:4Who would not be in awe of you, Lord? Who would not glorify your name? For only you are holy. All nations will come and worship you because you have demonstrated by your actions that you do what is right!”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 29:16
Parental Discipline. 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Parents, in educating their children, must consider, 1. The benefit of due correction. They must not only tell their children what is good and evil, but they must chide them, and correct them too, if need be, when they either neglect that which is good or do that which is evil. If a reproof will serve without the rod, it is well, but the rod must never be used without a rational and grave reproof; and… Read the whole commentary →