Proverbs 29:2

Proverbs 29:2
When the upright have power, the people are glad; when an evil man is ruler, grief comes on the people.

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Deuteronomy 32:43
Be glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.

1 Samuel 2:1
And Hannah, in prayer before the Lord, said, My heart is glad in the Lord, my horn is lifted up in the Lord: my mouth is open wide over my haters; because my joy is in your salvation.

Psalms 9:14
So that I may make clear all your praise in the house of the daughter of Zion: I will be glad because of your salvation.

Psalms 48:11
Let there be joy in the mountain of Zion, and let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your wise decisions.

Psalms 58:10
The upright man will be glad when he sees their punishment; his feet will be washed in the blood of the evil-doer.

Psalms 95:1
O come, let us make songs to the Lord; sending up glad voices to the Rock of our salvation.

Psalms 95:2
Let us come before his face with praises; and make melody with holy songs.

Psalms 95:3
For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.

Psalms 100:1
A Psalm of Praise. Make a glad sound to the Lord, all the earth.

Psalms 100:2
Give worship to the Lord with joy; come before him with a song.

Psalms 107:42
The upright see it and are glad: the mouth of the sinner is stopped.

Isaiah 66:10
Have joy with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all you her lovers: take part in her joy, all you who are sorrowing for her:

Isaiah 66:14
And you will see it and your heart will be glad, and your bones will get new strength, like young grass: and the hand of the Lord will be seen at work for his servants, and his wrath against his haters.

John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

Philippians 3:3
For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

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2 Chronicles 23:13
And looking, she saw the king in his place by the pillar at the doorway, and the captains and the horns by his side; and all the people of the land were giving signs of joy and sounding the horns; and the makers of melody were playing on instruments of music, taking the chief part in the song of praise. Then Athaliah, violently parting her robes, said, Broken faith, broken faith!

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2 Chronicles 23:21
So all the people of the land were glad and the town was quiet, for they had put Athaliah to death with the sword.

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Esther 3:1
After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.

Esther 4:16
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.

Esther 7:6
And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.

Ecclesiastes 10:6
The foolish are placed in high positions, but men of wealth are kept low.

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Job 29:11
For when it came to their ears, men said that I was truly happy; and when their eyes saw, they gave witness to me;

Job 31:20
If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

Luke 4:22
And they were all giving witness, with wonder, to the words of grace which came from his mouth: and they said, Is not this the son of Joseph?

Luke 11:27
And it came about that when he said these things, a certain woman among the people said in a loud voice, Happy is the body which gave you birth, and the breasts from which you took milk.

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Job 34:30
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Proverbs 29:5
A man who says smooth things to his neighbour is stretching out a net for his steps.

Proverbs 29:6
In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

Proverbs 29:8
Men of pride are the cause of violent acts in a town, but by wise men wrath is turned away.

Proverbs 29:9
If a wise man goes to law with a foolish man, he may be angry or laughing, but there will be no rest.

Proverbs 29:10
Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

Proverbs 29:11
A foolish man lets out all his wrath, but a wise man keeps it back quietly.

Proverbs 29:12
If a ruler gives attention to false words, all his servants are evil-doers.

Proverbs 29:13
The poor man and his creditor come face to face: the Lord gives light to their eyes equally.

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Psalms 2:10
So now be wise, you kings: take his teaching, you judges of the earth.

Psalms 118:15
The sound of joy and salvation is in the tents of the upright; the right hand of the Lord does works of power.

Psalms 148:11
Kings of the earth, and all peoples; rulers and all judges of the earth:

Proverbs 29:14
The king who is a true judge in the cause of the poor, will be safe for ever on the seat of his power.

Matthew 21:9
And those who went before him, and those who came after, gave loud cries, saying, Glory to the Son of David: A blessing on him who comes in the name of the Lord: Glory in the highest.

Luke 19:38
Saying, A blessing on the King who comes in the name of the Lord; peace in heaven and glory in the highest.

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Psalms 15:4
Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the Lord are on the upright, and his ears are open to their cry.

Psalms 101:6
My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

Psalms 119:63
I keep company with all your worshippers, and those who have your orders in their memory.

Matthew 24:45
Who is the true and wise servant, whom his lord has put over those in his house, to give them their food at the right time?

Luke 12:43
Happy is that servant who, when his lord comes, is doing so.

Luke 12:44
Truly I say to you, he will put him in control of all his goods.

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Proverbs 4:10
Give ear, O my son, and let your heart be open to my sayings; and long life will be yours.

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Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of the upright man is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the evil-doer is a bitter cup.

Proverbs 25:26
Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

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Proverbs 11:21
Certainly the evil-doer will not go free from punishment, but the seed of the upright man will be safe.

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Proverbs 19:9
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.

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Proverbs 24:1
Have no envy for evil men, or any desire to be with them:

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Proverbs 28:1
The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.

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Proverbs 28:18
He whose ways are upright will be safe, but sudden will be the fall of him whose ways are twisted.

Proverbs 28:25
He who is ever desiring profit is a cause of fighting; but he who puts his faith in the Lord will be made fat.

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Ecclesiastes 3:4
A time for weeping and a time for laughing; a time for sorrow and a time for dancing;

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1 Kings 4:20
Judah and Israel were as great in number as the sand by the seaside, and they took their food and drink with joy in their hearts.

Psalms 72:1
Of Solomon. Give the king your authority, O God, and your righteousness to the king's son.

Psalms 72:2
May he be a judge of your people in righteousness, and make true decisions for the poor.

Psalms 72:3
May the mountains give peace to the people, and the hills righteousness.

Psalms 72:4
May he be a judge of the poor among the people, may he give salvation to the children of those who are in need; by him let the violent be crushed.

Psalms 72:5
May his life go on as long as the sun and moon, through all generations.

Psalms 72:6
May he come down like rain on the cut grass; like showers watering the earth.

Psalms 72:7
In his days may the upright do well, living in peace as long as there is a moon in heaven.

Isaiah 32:1
See, a king will be ruling in righteousness, and chiefs will give right decisions.

Isaiah 32:2
And a man will be as a safe place from the wind, and a cover from the storm; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a waste land.

Zechariah 9:9
Be full of joy, O daughter of Zion; give a glad cry, O daughter of Jerusalem: see, your king comes to you: he is upright and has overcome; gentle and seated on an ass, on a young ass.

Revelation 11:15
And at the sounding of the seventh angel there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will have rule for ever and ever.

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Matthew 2:3
And when it came to the ears of Herod the king, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him.

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Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, when he saw that he had been tricked by the wise men, was very angry; and he sent out, and put to death all the male children in Beth-lehem and in all the parts round about it, from two years old and under, acting on the knowledge which he had got with care from the wise men.

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Malachi 2:9
And so I have taken away your honour and made you low before all the people, even as you have not kept my ways, and have given no thought to me in using the law.

Romans 13:1
Let everyone put himself under the authority of the higher powers, because there is no power which is not of God, and all powers are ordered by God.

Romans 13:2
For which reason everyone who puts himself against the authority puts himself against the order of God: and those who are against it will get punishment for themselves.

Romans 13:3
For rulers are not a cause of fear to the good work but to the evil. If you would have no fear of the authority, do good and you will have praise;

Romans 13:4
For he is the servant of God to you for good. But if you do evil, have fear; for the sword is not in his hand for nothing: he is God's servant, making God's punishment come on the evil-doer.

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