Proverbs 28:2

A Conservative Version

For the transgression of a land many are the rulers of it. But by men of understanding [and] knowledge the state shall be prolonged.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:28

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.

Hosea 13:11

I have given thee a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable to thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor, if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquility.

Isaiah 58:12

And those who shall be of thee shall build the old waste places. Thou shall raise up the foundations of many generations, and thou shall be called The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

Now there was found in it a poor wise man. And he by his wisdom delivered the city, yet no man remembered that same poor man.

1 Kings 15:25

And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign over Israel in the second year of Asa king of Judah. And he reigned over Israel two years.

Proverbs 11:11

By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.