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
Proverbs 11:10
When good [is with] the righteous, [the] city rejoices, and with the perishing of the wicked, jubilation.
Proverbs 28:12
When the righteous triumphs, great [is] the glory, but with [the] rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.
Esther 8:15
Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in {royal clothing} of blue cloth and white linen, and a great crown of gold and a robe of fine white linen and purple, and the city of Susa was shouting and rejoicing.
Psalm 72:1
O God, give your judgments to [the] king, and your righteousness to [the] king's son.
Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will rule according to righteousness, and princes will rule according to justice.
Jeremiah 23:5
"Look, days [are] coming," {declares} Yahweh, "when I will raise up for David a righteous branch, and he will reign [as] king, and he will achieve success, and he will do justice and righteousness in the land.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel blew the trumpet, and there was a loud voice in heaven saying, "The kingdom of the world has become [the kingdom] of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign {forever and ever}."
When the wicked
Esther 3:15
The couriers went out quickly by order of the king, and the law was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; and the city of Susa was bewildered.
Ecclesiastes 10:5
There is an evil I have seen under the sun-- [it is] an error that proceeds from a ruler!
Matthew 2:3
And [when] King Herod heard [it], he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him,