Proverbs 28:28 (BSB)

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

From Proverbs 28. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 28:28

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 28:28: This is to the same purport with what we had, Pro 28:12. 1. When bad men are preferred, that which is good is clouded and run down. When power is put into the hands of the wicked, men hide themselves; wise men retire into privacy, and decline public business, not caring to be employed under them; rich men get out of the way, for fear...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 28:28: When the wicked rise, men hide themselves,.... When wicked men are raised to places of power and authority, rich men hide themselves, lest they should become a prey to them; and good men hide themselves, that they may not be put to death by them; or as ashamed to behold their evil actions; See Gill on Pro 28:12; but when they perish; wicked men, either...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 28:28: The elevation of the wicked to power drives men to seek refuge from tyranny (compare Pro 28:12; Pro 11:10; Psa 12:8). Next: Proverbs Chapter 29
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 28:28: Pro 28:28 The following proverb resembles the beginnings Pro 28:2, Pro 28:12. The proverbs Pro 28:28; Pro 29:1-3, form a beautiful square grasp, in which the first and third, and the second and fourth, correspond to one another. 28 When the godless rise up, men hide themselves; And when they perish, the righteous increase. Line first is a variation of 12b.