Proverbs 29:2

The English Standar Version

When the righteous increase, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

Cross References

Esther 3:15

The couriers went out hurriedly by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the citadel. And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was thrown into confusion.

Esther 8:15

Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown[2] and a robe of fine linen and purple, and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.

Job 34:30

that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.

Proverbs 11:10

When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices, and when the wicked perish there are shouts of gladness.

Proverbs 28:12

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Proverbs 28:28

When the wicked rise, people hide themselves, but when they perish, the righteous increase.

Ecclesiastes 10:5

There is an evil that I have seen under the sun, as it were an error proceeding from the ruler:

Ecclesiastes 10:6

folly is set in many high places, and the rich sit in a low place.

Ecclesiastes 4:1

Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them.

Matthew 2:16

Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, became furious, and he sent and killed all the male children in Bethlehem and in all that region who were two years old or under, according to the time that he had ascertained from the wise men.

Matthew 2:3

When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him;

Revelation 11:15

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."