Tree of Life Version
Proverbs 29:16
16When the wicked thrive, wrongdoing increases, but the righteous will see 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
14If a king judges the poor with truth, his throne will always be secure. 15A rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. When the wicked thrive, wrongdoing increases, but the righteous will see their downfall. 17Correct your son and he will give you rest. He will bring delight to your soul. 18Where there is no divine vision people cast off restraint, but blessed is the one who keeps Torah.
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 the righteous thrive, people rejoice. When the wicked rule, people groan.
- Psalms 37:34Wait for Adonai and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
- Psalms 58:10Even before your pots can feel a thorn —whether alive or ablaze— He will sweep the wicked away.
- Psalms 91:8You will only look on with your eyes and see the wicked paid back.
- Psalms 92:9But You, Adonai, are exalted forever.
- Psalms 112:8His heart is secure, he will not fear— until he gazes on his foes.
- Revelation 15:4Who shall not fear and glorify Your name, O Lord? For You alone are Holy. All the nations shall come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed!”
- Revelation 18:20Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you kedoshim, emissaries and prophets! For God has judged her condemnation of 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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