Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.
3Whoever loves wisdom brings joy to his father; but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
Cross References
Esther 8:15Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
Proverbs 11:10When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. When the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous thrive.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, the sort of error which proceeds from the ruler.
Jeremiah 23:5“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch; and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and sent out and killed all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise men.
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 →