Proverbs 28:28
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
King James Version
In Context
27He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.
Cross References
Esther 8:17And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Proverbs 28:12When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:28
27 He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse. Here is, 1. A promise to the charitable: He that gives to the poor shall himself be never the poorer for so doing; he shall not lack. If he have but little, and so be in danger of lacking, let him give out of his little, and that will prevent it from coming to nothing; as the bounty of the widow of Sarepta to Elijah (for whom she made a little cake first) saved what she had, when it was reduced to a handful of… Read the whole commentary →