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

²⁸ When the wicked prevail, people go into hiding, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁸ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: But when they perish, the righteous increase.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁸ When the wicked rise [to power], men hide themselves; but when they perish, the [consistently] righteous increase and become many. [Prov. 28:12.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁸ When the wicked rise, men hide themselves; But when they perish, the righteous increase.

Common English Bible

²⁸ When the wicked rise up, people hide, but when they are destroyed, the righteous multiply.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁸ When the impious rise up, men will hide themselves. When they perish, the just shall be multiplied.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁸ When the wicked rise up, men shall hide themselves: when they perish, the lust shall be multiplied.

Proverbs 28:28 Cross References

2 Chronicles 22:12

he remained with them six years hidden in the house of God, while Athaliah reigned over the land.

Esther 8:17

In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a festival and a holiday. Furthermore, many of the peoples of the country professed to be Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.

Job 24:4

They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:12

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

Proverbs 28:27

Whoever gives to the poor will lack nothing, but one who turns a blind eye will get many a curse.

Proverbs 29:1

One who is often reproved, yet remains stubborn, will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 29:2

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