Proverbs 28:28
In the places of ungodly men the righteous + 28:28 Gr. groan. mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 8:17in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.
Proverbs 28:12By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.
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 →