Proverbs 28:2
By the transgression of a land many [are] its heads. And by an intelligent man, Who knoweth right — it is prolonged.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
3A man — poor and oppressing the weak, [Is] a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
Cross References
1 Kings 15:25And Nadab son of Jeroboam hath reigned over Israel, in the second year of Asa king of Judah, and he reigneth over Israel two years,
1 Kings 16:8In the twenty and sixth year of Asa king of Judah reigned hath Elah son of Baasha over Israel in Tirzah, two years;
2 Kings 15:8In the thirty and eighth year of Azariah king of Judah reigned hath Zechariah son of Jeroboam over Israel, in Samaria, six months,
2 Chronicles 36:1And the people of the land take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and cause him to reign instead of his father in Jerusalem.
Ecclesiastes 9:15and there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!
Isaiah 58:12And they have built out of thee the wastes of old, The foundations of many generations thou raisest up, And one calleth thee, 'Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths to rest 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 →