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Proverbs 29:16
16When wicked people receive more power, there is also more sin. But those wicked people will fall while righteous people watch.
Proverbs 29:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.
- New International Version (NIV)When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.
- English Standard Version (ESV)When the wicked increase, transgression increases, but the righteous will look upon their downfall.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increases; But the righteous will see their fall.
Context of Proverbs 29:16
14If a king judges poor people in a true way, he will always have the power to rule. 15If you want your children to be wise, warn them and punish them when they do wrong things. If you let them do anything that they want to do, they will make their mother ashamed. When wicked people receive more power, there is also more sin. But those wicked people will fall while righteous people watch. 17Warn your children when they do wrong things, so that you have peace in your mind. They will make you very happy. 18If people do not hear God's message, there is no law to control them. But if someone obeys God's law, he is in a happy place.
Read all of Proverbs 29Proverbs 29:16 word by word
בִּרְב֣וֹת רְ֭שָׁעִים יִרְבֶּה־פָּ֑שַׁע וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים בְּֽמַפַּלְתָּ֥ם יִרְאֽוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 29:16
- Proverbs 29:2When righteous people are doing well, everyone is happy. But when wicked people rule, everyone is sad.
- Psalms 37:34Be patient and continue to trust the Lord. Obey his commands. Then he will give you honour, so that you live safely in the land. You will see that the Lord destroys wicked people.
- Psalms 58:10When God punishes those wicked people, righteous people will be very happy. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people!
- Psalms 91:8Your own eyes will see this happen. You will see wicked people receive the punishment that they deserve.
- Psalms 92:9Yes, Lord, look at your enemies! Your enemies will all die! Those people who do evil things will all disappear!
- Psalms 112:8Their thoughts are strong and they will not be afraid. They know that they will win against their enemies.
- Revelation 15:4Everyone will respect and obey you, Lord. They will say how great your name is, because only you are completely good. People from every nation have seen what you do. You always do what is right. So all people will come and stand in front of you, and they will worship you.’
- Revelation 18:20Yes, you who live in heaven, be happy! Be happy because God has punished Babylon! God's people and his apostles and his prophets, be happy! God has punished the city because of what she did to you.
Commentaries on Proverbs 29:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16When the wicked are multiplied - That, in the multiplication of the wicked transgression is increased, requires no proof; but an important doctrine attaches to this. On this account wicked nations and wicked families are cut off and rooted out. Were it not so righteousness would in process of time be banished from the earth. This will account for many of the numerous instances in which whole families fail.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16Verse 16 Let not the righteous have their faith and hope shocked by the increase of sin and sinners, but let them wait with patience.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. (Compare Pr 29:2, 12; Psa 12:1-8). shall see ... fall--and triumph in it (Psa 37:34-38; 58:10, 11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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