Proverbs 28:2

New English Translation

When a country is rebellious it has many princes, but by someone who is discerning and knowledgeable order is maintained.

Cross References

1 Kings 15:25

In the second year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Jeroboam’s son Nadab became the king of Israel; he ruled Israel for two years.

1 Kings 15:28

Baasha killed him in the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah and replaced him as king.

Proverbs 11:11

A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked.

Ecclesiastes 9:15

However, a poor but wise man lived in the city, and he could have delivered the city by his wisdom, but no one listened to that poor man.

Isaiah 58:12

Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called, ‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’

Daniel 4:27

Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the poor. Perhaps your prosperity will be prolonged.”

Hosea 13:11

I granted you a king in my anger, and I will take him away in my wrath!