Proverbs 29:2
When good people are in charge, everybody celebrates; but when the wicked rule, everybody groans.
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3A man who loves wisdom makes his father happy, but one who visits prostitutes throws away his money.
Cross References
Esther 8:15Then Mordecai left the king, wearing royal clothes of blue and white, with a large golden crown and a purple robe made of fine linen. The city of Susa shouted with joy.
Proverbs 11:10The whole town celebrates when good people are successful; they also shout for joy when the wicked die.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked come to power, people hide; but when they fall, the good do well.
Ecclesiastes 10:5I also realized there's another evil here on earth: rulers make a big mistake
Jeremiah 23:5Look, the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will choose a descendant of David who does what is right. As king he will rule with wisdom and do what is just and right throughout the country.
Matthew 2:16When Herod realized he'd been fooled by the wise men, he got very angry. He sent men to kill all the young boys in Bethlehem and the regions nearby who were two years old and under. This was based on the time frame he'd discovered from the wise 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 →