Proverbs 29:16

16 in multiplicatione impiorum multiplicabuntur scelera et iusti ruinas eorum videbunt

Proverbs 29:16 Meaning and Commentary

Proverbs 29:16

When the wicked are multiplied
Or "are in authority" {r}; as the word is rendered, ( Proverbs 29:2 ) ; transgression increaseth;
among the common people, being encouraged by their wicked rulers, whose examples they follow; or as the wicked themselves increase, in numbers, in age, in power, and riches, their sins increase too; but the righteous shall see their fall,
from their places of authority and power, of honour, riches, and grandeur, into a low and despicable condition, into ruin and destruction; and that with pleasure, because of the glory of God, his wisdom, justice, truth, and faithfulness, displayed therein; see ( Psalms 58:10 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (twbrb) "dominantibus impiis"; some in Mercerus; "quum praesunt impii", Tigurine version.

Proverbs 29:16 In-Context

14 rex qui iudicat in veritate pauperes thronus eius in aeternum firmabitur

15 virga atque correptio tribuet sapientiam puer autem qui dimittitur voluntati suae confundet matrem suam

16 in multiplicatione impiorum multiplicabuntur scelera et iusti ruinas eorum videbunt

17 erudi filium tuum et refrigerabit te et dabit delicias animae tuae

18 cum prophetia defecerit dissipabitur populus qui custodit legem beatus est