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Summary
When the wicked rise, men hide themselves: but when they perish, the righteous increase.
The wicked
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They perish
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The wicked
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous are victorious, there is great glory, but when the wicked arise, men hide themselves.
Proverbs 29:2
As the righteous grow powerful, people rejoice; but when the wicked rule, people groan.
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Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding.
They perish
Esther 8:17
In each and every province, and in each and every city, in the places where the king's order and edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jewish people, along with a festival and a holiday. Many of the people of the land became Jews, because they had come to fear the Jewish people.
Acts 12:23
Immediately the angel of the Lord struck him down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and died.
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Acts 12:24
But the word of God continued to grow and spread.