Proverbs 29:2

A Conservative Version

When the righteous are increased, the people rejoice, but when a wicked man bears rule, the people sigh.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

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

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. 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 forth from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple. And the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, as it were an error which proceeds from the ruler:

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.

Esther 3:15

The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he was scorned by the wise men, was exceedingly angry, and having sent forth, he killed all the boys in Bethlehem, and in all the borders of it, from two years old and under, according to the time that

Matthew 2:3

And Herod the king having heard it, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Job 34:30

that the profane man not reign, that there be none to ensnare the people.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion, and a ranging bear, [is] a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

Folly is set in great dignity, and the rich sit in a low place.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Then I returned and saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And, behold, the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter. And on the side of their oppressors there was power, but they had no comforter.