When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.


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Proverbs 28 12 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
Proverbs 11 10 When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth: and when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
Proverbs 29 26 Many seek the ruler's favour; but every man's judgment cometh from the LORD.
Proverbs 12 7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Proverbs 28 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 13 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Isaiah 26 10 Let favour be shewed to the wicked, yet will he not learn righteousness: in the land of uprightness will he deal unjustly, and will not behold the majesty of the LORD.
Proverbs 28 28 When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
Proverbs 14 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
Proverbs 29 16 When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
Proverbs 10 28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 10 25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
Proverbs 3 33 The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Proverbs 28 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.
Isaiah 32 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
Proverbs 21 12 The righteous man wisely considereth the house of the wicked: but God overthroweth the wicked for their wickedness.
Proverbs 14 19 The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
Proverbs 28 10 Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but the upright shall have good things in possession.
Proverbs 11 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked cometh in his stead.
Psalms 37 32 The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him.
Psalms 34 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and they that hate the righteous shall be desolate.
Malachi 3 15 And now we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they that tempt God are even delivered.
Proverbs 12 13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.
Psalms 7 9 Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.
Romans 13 3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
Proverbs 12 12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.
Proverbs 18 3 When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach.
Proverbs 29 6 In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare: but the righteous doth sing and rejoice.
Job 40 12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
Proverbs 21 18 The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.
Psalms 12 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest men are exalted.
Ecclesiastes 7 15 All things have I seen in the days of my vanity: there is a just man that perisheth in his righteousness, and there is a wicked man that prolongeth his life in his wickedness.
Psalms 32 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
Psalms 34 17 The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles.
Isaiah 59 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Hebrews 12 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.
Proverbs 24 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
Proverbs 13 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
Proverbs 12 21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
Proverbs 20 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
Ezekiel 33 19 But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
Job 20 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
Jeremiah 12 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Psalms 147 6 The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground.
Psalms 125 3 For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
Proverbs 12 10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Job 3 17 There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest.
Proverbs 11 23 The desire of the righteous is only good: but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
Job 27 7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, and he that riseth up against me as the unrighteous.
Proverbs 15 6 In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.