Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are in authoritie, the people reioyce: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people sigh.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
1A man that hardeneth his necke when he is rebuked, shall suddenly be destroyed and can not be cured.
3A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.
Cross References
Esther 8:15And Mordecai went out from the King in royall apparell of blewe, and white, and with a great crowne of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple, and the citie of Shushan reioyced and was glad.
Proverbs 11:10In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioye.
Proverbs 28:28When the wicked rise vp, men hide them selues: but when they perish, ye righteous increase.
Ecclesiastes 10:5There is an euil that I haue seene vnder the sunne, as an errour that proceedeth from the face of him that ruleth.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold, The dayes come, saith the Lord, that I will raise vnto Dauid a righteous branche, and a King shall reigne, and prosper, and shall execute iudgement, and iustice in the earth.
Matthew 2:16Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked of the Wisemen, was exceeding wroth, and sent foorth, and slew all the male children that were in Beth-leem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two yeere old and vnder, according to the time which he had diligently searched out of the Wisemen.
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 →