God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 29:16
16When wicked people increase, crime increases, but righteous people will witness their downfall.
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
14When a king judges the poor with honesty, his throne will always be secure. 15A spanking and a warning produce wisdom, but an undisciplined child disgraces his mother. When wicked people increase, crime increases, but righteous people will witness their downfall. 17Correct your son, and he will give you peace of mind. He will bring delight to your soul. 18Without prophetic vision people run wild, but blessed are those who follow ⌞God’s⌟ teachings.
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 increase, the people ⌞of God⌟ rejoice, but when a wicked person rules, everybody groans.
- Psalms 37:34Wait with hope for the Lord, and follow his path, and he will honor you by giving you the land. When wicked people are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 58:10Righteous people will rejoice when they see ⌞God⌟ take revenge. They will wash their feet in the blood of wicked people.
- Psalms 91:8You only have to look with your eyes to see the punishment of wicked people.
- Psalms 92:9Now look at your enemies, O Lord. Now look at your enemies. They disappear, and all troublemakers are scattered.
- Psalms 112:8His heart is steady, and he is not afraid. In the end he will look triumphantly at his enemies.
- Revelation 15:4Lord, who won’t fear and praise your name? You are the only holy one, and all the nations will come to worship you because they know about your fair judgments.”
- Revelation 18:20“Gloat over it, heaven, God’s people, apostles, and prophets. God has condemned it for 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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