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
And the seventh angel sounded, and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign for ever and ever.

When the wicked

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