Proverbs 28:2
By the transgression of a land its heads are many, || And by an understanding man, || Who knows right—it is prolonged.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, || And the righteous is confident as a young lion.
3A man—poor and oppressing the weak, || [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25And Nadab son of Jeroboam has reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigns over Israel two years,
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah son of Baasha has reigned over Israel in Tirzah, two years;
2 Kings 15:8In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam has reigned over Israel in Samaria, six months,
2 Chronicles 36:1And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15and there has been found in it a poor wise man, and he has delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
Isaiah 58:12And they have built the ancient ruins from you, || You raise up the foundations of many generations, || And one calls you, Repairer of the breach, || Restorer of paths to rest in.
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 →