Proverbs 29:2 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

² When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: But when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² When the [uncompromisingly] righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.

American Standard Version (1901)

² When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man beareth rule, the people sigh.

Common English Bible

² When the righteous become numerous, the people rejoice, but when the wicked dominate, the people moan.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² When just men are multiplied, the common people shall rejoice. When the impious take up the leadership, the people shall mourn.

Proverbs 29:2 Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

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

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.

Esther 8:15

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king, wearing royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown and a mantle of fine linen and purple, while the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as great an error as if it proceeded from the ruler:

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign forever and ever.”

Esther 3:15

The couriers went quickly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

Matthew 2:16

When Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he was infuriated, and he sent and killed all the children in and around Bethlehem who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had learned from the magi.

Matthew 2:3

When King Herod heard this, he was frightened, and all Jerusalem with him,

Job 34:30

so that the godless should not reign or those who ensnare the people.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are practiced under the sun. Look, the tears of the oppressed—with no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power—with no one to comfort them.