Proverbs 28:2
When there is transgression in a land, it hath many for its princes; but under a man of understanding and knowledge [its] prosperity will long continue.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
1Every wicked fleeth when no man pursueth; but the righteous are like the confident young lion.
3A poor man that oppresseth the indigent is like a sweeping rain which bringeth no bread.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25And Nadab the son of Jerobo'am became king over Israel in the second year of Assa the king of Judah; and he reigned over Israel two years.
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty and sixth year of Assa the king of Judah became Elah the son of Ba'sha king over Israel in Thirzah, [for] two years.
2 Kings 15:8In the thirty and eighth year of 'Azaryahu the king of Judah became Zechariah the son of Jerobo'am king over Israel in Samaria [for] six months.
2 Chronicles 36:1And the people of the land took Jehoachaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15But there was found in it a poor wise man, and he delivered the city by his wisdom; yet no man had thought of that same poor man.
Isaiah 58:12And they that spring from thee shall build up the ancient ruins; the foundations of many generations shalt thou raise up again: and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breaches, The restorer of paths to the dwelling-place.
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 →