Proverbs 29:2

Catholic Public Domain Version

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

Cross References

Esther 3:15

as to what sentence should fall upon Vashti the queen, who had refused to do the commandment of king Artaxerxes, which he had delivered to her by the eunuchs.

Esther 8:15

And you know that I hate the glory of the wicked, and I detest the bed of the uncircumcised, and of all outsiders.

Job 34:30

He causes a hypocritical man to reign because of the sins of the people.

Proverbs 11:10

In the good of the just, the city shall exult. And in the perdition of the impious, there shall be praise.

Proverbs 28:12

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

Proverbs 28:15

An impious leader over a poor people is like a roaring lion and a hungry bear.

Proverbs 28:28

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

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil which I have seen under the sun, proceeding from the presence of a prince, as if by mistake:

Ecclesiastes 10:6

a foolish man appointed to a high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath him.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, seeing that he had been fooled by the Magi, was very angry. And so he sent to kill all the boys who were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years of age and under, according to the time that he had learned by questioning the Magi.

Matthew 2:3

Now king Herod, hearing this, was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him.

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh Angel sounded the trumpet. And there were great voices in heaven, saying: "The kingdom of this world has become our Lord's and his Christ's, and he shall reign forever and ever. Amen."