the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Chinese NCV (Simplified)
箴言 29:2
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义 人 增 多 ， 民 就 喜 乐 ； 恶 人 掌 权 ， 民 就 叹 息 。
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the righteous: Proverbs 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
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 11:14 - all the people 2 Kings 11:20 - rejoiced 1 Chronicles 12:40 - there was joy 2 Chronicles 23:13 - all the people Job 29:11 - the ear Psalms 101:6 - Mine Proverbs 29:16 - the wicked Revelation 19:7 - be glad
Cross-References
In the evening, when the women come out to get water, he made the camels kneel down at the well outside the city.
Here I am, standing by the spring, and the girls from the city are coming out to get water.
Then Jacob asked, "How is he?" They answered, "He is well. Look, his daughter Rachel is coming now with his sheep."
Jacob said, "But look, it is still the middle of the day. It is not time for the sheep to be gathered for the night, so give them water and let them go back into the pasture."
Then Laban said to Jacob, "You are my relative, but it is not right for you to work for me without pay. What would you like me to pay you?"
Now Laban had two daughters. The older was Leah, and the younger was Rachel.
He lets me rest in green pastures. He leads me to calm water.
They will not be hungry or thirsty. Neither the hot sun nor the desert wind will hurt them. The God who comforts them will lead them and guide them by springs of water.
Jacob's well was there. Jesus was tired from his long trip, so he sat down beside the well. It was about twelve o'clock noon.
but whoever drinks the water I give will never be thirsty. The water I give will become a spring of water gushing up inside that person, giving eternal life."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
When the righteous are in authority,.... Or "are increased" g; either in number or in riches, or in power and dominion; are set in high places, and have the exercise of civil government and the execution of the laws in their hands; for the protection of good men in their civil and religious privileges, and for the punishment of evil men; for the encouraging of all that is good, and for the discouraging of everything that is bad;
the people rejoice; the whole body of the people, because of the public good; a state is happy under such an administration; everyone feels and enjoys the advantage of it; see 1 Kings 4:20;
but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn; or "groan" h, or "will groan", under their tyranny and oppression, and because of the sad state of things; the number of good men is lessened, being cut off, or obliged to flee; wicked men and wickedness are encouraged and promoted; heavy taxes are laid upon them, and exorbitant demands made and cruelty, injustice, and arbitrary power exercised; and no man's person and property safe; see Proverbs 10:11.
g ×ר××ת "cum augentur", Junius Tremellius "cum multiplicati fuerit, vel multiplicantur", Vatablus, Baynus, Cocceius, Michaelis; "in multiplicari justos", Montanus. h ××× × "gemet", Pagninus, Montanus, V. L. "gemit", Michaelis; "ingemiscit", Schultens; so the Tugurine version, Mercerus; "suspirat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius.
