Matthew Poole and continuators on Proverbs 29:2
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Proverbs29:2
2 VVhen the righteous are in authority , the people rejoyce : but when the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn .
Which interpretation is confirmed from the opposite clause. The Hebrew word signifies to increase either in number, or in dignity and power
For the blessed effects of their good government.
Both for the oppressions and mischiefs which they feel, and for the dreadful Judgments of God which they justly fear.
Marginal references: Ch. 11. 10. & 28. 12, 28. Eccles. 10. 5.; Or, [illegible: 1 word].
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