Proverbs 29:2 KJV
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
Proverbs 29:2, King James Version
In context
1 He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth company with harlots spendeth his substance.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 28:12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
- Proverbs 11:10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
- Proverbs 28:28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
- Esther 8:15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
- Ecclesiastes 10:5 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as an error which proceedeth from the ruler: