Proverbs 29:2

New American Bible - revised edition

When the just flourish, the people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Cross References

Job 34:30

Let an impious man not rule, nor those who ensnare their people.

Proverbs 11:10

When the just prosper, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is jubilation.

Proverbs 28:12

When the just triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked prevail, people hide.

Proverbs 28:15

A roaring lion or a ravenous bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked prevail, people hide; but at their fall the just abound.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

I have seen under the sun another evil, like a mistake that proceeds from a tyrant:

Ecclesiastes 10:6

a fool put in high position, while the great and the rich sit in lowly places.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that take place under the sun: the tears of the victims with none to comfort them! From the hand of their oppressors comes violence, and there is none to comfort them!

Matthew 2:16

When Herod realized that he had been deceived by the magi, he became furious. He ordered the massacre of all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity two years old and under, in accordance with the time he had ascertained from the magi.

Matthew 2:3

When King Herod heard this, he was greatly troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet. There were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world now belongs to our Lord and to his Anointed, and he will reign forever and ever.”