Proverbs 29:2

New Messianic Version Bible

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked bears rule, the people mourn.

Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

When righteous [men] do rejoice, [there is] great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.

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 Mordekhai [little man] went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan [lily] rejoiced and was glad.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

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

Revelation 11:15

And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become [the kingdoms] of our Lord - Kurios, and of his Moshiach [Messiah]; and he shall reign forever and ever.

Esther 3:15

The posts went out, being hastened by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan [lily] the palace. And the king and Haman [magnificent] sat down to drink; but the city Shushan [lily] was perplexed.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod [heroic] saw that the Astronomers had outwitted him and was very displeased. Being grieved at heart, he commanded that word be sent to all his princes to kill all the male children who were in Beit-Lechem [house of bread] and its borders who had been born from the time when the star appeared, which he had determined when the Astronomers spoke to him concerning the birth of the Boy.

Matthew 2:3

Herod [heroic] the king heard and was dismayed and all the inhabitants of Yerushalayim [abode of peace] with him.

Job 34:30

That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.

Proverbs 28:15

[As] a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; [so is] a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Ecclesiastes 10:6

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

Ecclesiastes 4:1

So I returned, and considered 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.