Proverbs 29:2
When the upright thrive, the people rejoice; 2 but when the wicked rule, the people groan. 1
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1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck 2 will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy. 1
Cross References
Proverbs 11:10When it goes well with the upright, the city rejoices. 2 When the wicked perish, there is shouting. 1
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; 2 but when they perish, the upright thrive.
Matthew 2:16+ 2:16 (16-18) MP: Infants will die. (Jer 31:15) Then Herod [Heroic], when he saw that he was mocked by the Magi [Conjurer] (Persian King makers, Astrologers), was exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem [House of Bread] and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the Magi [Conjurer] (Persian King makers, Astrologers).
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 →