Proverbs 28:2
For the transgression of the land there are many princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
3A poore man, if he oppresse the poore, is like a raging raine, that leaueth no foode.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25And Nadab the sonne of Ieroboam began to reigne ouer Israel the second yere of Asa King of Iudah, and reigned ouer Israel two yeere.
1 Kings 16:8In the sixe and twentie yeere of Asa king of Iudah began Elah ye sonne of Baasha to reigne ouer Israel in Tirzah, and reigned two yeere.
2 Kings 15:8In the eyght and thirtieth yeere of Azariah King of Iudah did Zachariah the sonne of Ieroboam reigne ouer Israel in Samaria sixe moneths,
2 Chronicles 36:1Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15And there was founde therein a poore and wise man, and he deliuered the citie by his wisedome: but none remembred this poore man.
Isaiah 58:12And they shalbe of thee, that shall builde the olde waste places: thou shalt rayse vp the foundations for many generations, and thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach and the restorer of the pathes to dwell in.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked ways. Guilt in the conscience makes men a terror to themselves, so that they are ready to flee when none pursues; like one that absconds for debt, who thinks every one he meets a bailiff. Though they pretend to be easy, there are secret fears which haunt them wherever they go, so that they fear where no present or imminent danger is, Ps.… Read the whole commentary →