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Selected Verse: Proverbs 29:2 - Strong Concordance

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Pr 29:2 Strong Concordance When the righteous [06662] are in authority [07235], the people [05971] rejoice [08055]: but when the wicked [07563] beareth rule [04910], the people [05971] mourn [0584].
  King James When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
(Compare Pro 11:10; Pro 28:28).

in authority--(Compare Margin), increased in power.
 
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28 When the wicked [07563] rise [06965], men [0120] hide [05641] themselves: but when they perish [06], the righteous [06662] increase [07235].
10 When it goeth well [02898] with the righteous [06662], the city [07151] rejoiceth [05970]: and when the wicked [07563] perish [06], there is shouting [07440].
1 The wicked [07563] flee [05127] when no man pursueth [07291]: but the righteous [06662] are bold [0982] as a lion [03715].
10 When it goeth well [02898] with the righteous [06662], the city [07151] rejoiceth [05970]: and when the wicked [07563] perish [06], there is shouting [07440].
28 When the wicked [07563] rise [06965], men [0120] hide [05641] themselves: but when they perish [06], the righteous [06662] increase [07235].