Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authority, the people will rejoice; but when the wicked beareth rule, the people groan.
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Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in a royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a cloak of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan was glad and joyful.
Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the righteous, the town rejoiceth loudly: and when the wicked perish, there is joyful shouting.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men conceal themselves; but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, like an error which proceedeth from the ruler:
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, days are coming, saith the Lord, when I will raise up unto David a righteous sprout, and he shall reign as king, and prosper, and he shall execute justice and righteousness on the earth.
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 →