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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 triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Proverbs 29:2
When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice, but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.
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Job 24:4
They thrust [the] poor off the road; [the] needy of [the] earth hide themselves together.
They perish
Esther 8:17
In every province and city, wherever the king's edict and his law came, there was gladness and joy for the Jews, a banquet and a {holiday}, and many of the people from the country [were] posing as Jews because the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
Acts 12:23
And immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down {because} he did not give the glory to God. And he was eaten by worms [and] died.
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Acts 12:24
But the word of God kept on increasing and multiplying.