Proverbs 29:2

Overview - Proverbs 29
Observations of public government,
15 and of private.
22 Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption.
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Proverbs 29:2  (King James Version)
When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.
 


the righteous
11:10 Proverbs 28:12 Proverbs 28:28 Esther 8:15 ; Psalms 72:1-7 ; Isaiah 32:1 Isaiah 32:2 ; Jeremiah 23:5 Jeremiah 23:6
Revelation 11:15

in authority
or, increased. when the wicked.
Esther 3:15 ; Ecclesiastes 10:5 ; Matthew 2:3 Matthew 2:16