Proverbs 28:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² When the righteous rejoice, there is great glory, but when the wicked prevail, people go into hiding.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: But when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² When the [uncompromisingly] righteous triumph, there is great glory and celebration; but when the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

Common English Bible

¹² When the righteous rejoice, there is great respect, but people hide when the wicked prosper.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² In the exultation of the just, there is great glory. When the impious reign, men are brought to ruin.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.

Proverbs 28:12 Cross References

1 Kings 18:13

Has it not been told my lord what I did when Jezebel killed the prophets of the Lord, how I hid a hundred of the Lord’s prophets fifty to a cave and provided them with bread and water?

1 Kings 19:3

Then he was afraid; he got up and fled for his life and came to Beer-sheba, which belongs to Judah; he left his servant there.

2 Chronicles 7:10

On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people away to their homes, joyful and in good spirits because of the goodness that the Lord had shown to David and to Solomon and to his people Israel.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked prevail, people go into hiding, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Proverbs 29:2

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Ecclesiastes 10:16

Alas for you, O land, when your king is a child and your princes feast in the morning!

Jeremiah 36:19

Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”

Jeremiah 36:26

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

Jeremiah 5:1

Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look around and take note! Search its squares and see if you can find one person who acts justly and seeks truth— so that I may pardon Jerusalem.

1 Samuel 24:11

See, my father, see the corner of your cloak in my hand, for by the fact that I cut off the corner of your cloak and did not kill you, you may know for certain that there is no wrong or treason in my hands. I have not sinned against you, though you are hunting me to take my life.