Proverbs 28:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Proverbs 28:2

1 The ^awicked flee when no one pursues,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.

2 Because of the transgression of a land, many are its princes;
But by a man of understanding and knowledge
Right will be prolonged.

3 ^aA poor man who oppresses the poor
Is like a driving rain¹ which leaves no food.

4 ^aThose who forsake the law praise the wicked,
^bBut such as keep the law contend with them.

Cross-references and similar verses for Proverbs 28:2:

the transgression.
1 Kings 15:25
1 Kings 15:28
2 Chronicles 36:1
Isaiah 3:1
Hosea 13:11

but.
Genesis 45:5
2 Chronicles 32:20
Job 22:28
Ecclesiastes 9:15
Isaiah 58:12
Daniel 4:27