Proverbs 29:2

When the tzaddikim are increased, the people rejoice, 1 but when the rasha beareth rule, the people groan. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

In Context

1He, that being often reproved, stiffeneth his neck, 1 shall suddenly be destroyed, 1 and that without marpeh (remedy). 1

3He who loveth chochmah rejoiceth aviv, 1 but he that keepeth company with zonot squanders his hon (substance, wealth). 1

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Cross References

Esther 8:15And Mordechai went out from the presence of HaMelech in levush malkhut (royal robe, clothing) of blue and white, and with an ateret zahav gedolah (a great crown of gold), and with a tachrich (garment, robe), + 8:15 See Mt 27:59 of fine linen and purple; and the city of Shushan celebrated and rejoiced.

Proverbs 11:10When it goeth well with the tzaddikim, the city rejoiceth, 1 and when the resha'im perish, there is rinnah (joyful shouting). 1

Proverbs 28:28When the resha'im rise, adam hide themselves, 1 but when they perish, the tzaddikim increase.

Ecclesiastes 10:5There is a ra'ah which I have seen under the shemesh, the sort of error which proceedeth from a shalit (ruler);

Jeremiah 23:5Hinei, the days come, saith Hashem, that I will raise up unto Dovid a Tzemach Tzaddik, + 23:5 i.e., Moshiach Ben Dovid Yehoshua, see 30:9; 33:15; Zech 3:8; Ezra 3:8; Zech 6:11-12; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11 ; Moshiach the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8 and a Melech shall reign and act wisely, and shall execute mishpat and tzedakah in ha'aretz.

Matthew 2:16When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the chachamim, he was greatly enraged, and he ordered the slaughter of all the yeladim in Beit-Lechem and its vicinity who were two years old or under, in accordance with the time that he had learned from the chachamim.

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 →

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