Proverbs 28:28
When the resha'im rise, adam hide themselves, 1 but when they perish, the tzaddikim increase.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
In Context
Cross References
Esther 8:17And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the devar HaMelech and his dat came, the Yehudim had simcha and sasson, a mishteh (feast) and a yontef. And many of the people of the land mityahadim (became Yehudim); for the pachad HaYehudim fell upon them.
Proverbs 28:12When tzaddikim do triumph, there is rabbah tiferet (great glory), 1 but when the resha'im rise, the people go into hiding. 1
Acts 12:23Immediately, a malach Adonoi struck him, because he did not give the kavod to Hashem. And, having become eaten with worms, Herod died. + 12:23 1Sm 25:38; 2Sm 24:16,17; 2Kgs 19:35
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 →