Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn.

The righteous

When the wicked

Bible References

The righteous

Revelation 11:15
Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign for ever and ever."

When the wicked

Matthew 2:3
When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.