Proverbs 29:2

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

When just men increase, the people shall rejoice: when the wicked shall bear rule, the people shall mourn.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goeth well with the just the city shall rejoice: and when the wicked perish there shall be praise.

Proverbs 28:28

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

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were by an error proceeding from the face of the prince:

Revelation 11:15

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

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was exceeding angry; and sending killed all the men children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.

Matthew 2:3

And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Job 34:30

Who maketh a man that is a hypocrite to reign for the sins of the people?

Proverbs 28:15

As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

A fool set in high dignity, and the rich sitting beneath.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

I turned myself to other things, and I saw the oppressions that are done under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and they had no comforter; and they were not able to resist their violence, being destitute of help from any.