Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
In Context
3When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.
Cross References
Esther 8:15And Mardochaeus went forth robed in the royal apparel, and wearing a golden crown, and a diadem of fine purple linen: and the people in Susa saw it and rejoiced.
Proverbs 11:10In the prosperity of righteous men a city prospers: + 11:10 The Alexandrine text reads: “[note - Part of verse 10.]— but at the destruction of the wicked there is exultation.” but by the mouth of ungodly men it is overthrown.
Proverbs 28:28In the places of ungodly men the righteous + 28:28 Gr. groan. mourn: but in their destruction the righteous shall be multiplied.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, wherein an error has proceeded from the ruler.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, the days come, says the Lord, when I will raise up to David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and understand, and shall execute judgement and righteousness on the earth.
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 →