Proverbs 29:2 (BSB)

When the righteous flourish, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

From Proverbs 29. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 29:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 29:2: This is what was said before, Pro 28:12, Pro 28:28. 1. The people will have cause to rejoice or mourn according as their rulers are righteous or wicked; for, if the righteous be in authority, sin will be punished and restrained, religion and virtue will be supported and kept in reputation; but, if the wicked get power in their hands, wickedness will abound, religion and...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 29:2: When the righteous are in authority,.... Or "are increased" (g); either in number or in riches, or in power and dominion; are set in high places, and have the exercise of civil government and the execution of the laws in their hands; for the protection of good men in their civil and religious privileges, and for the punishment of evil men; for the encouraging of...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 29:2: (Compare Pro 11:10; Pro 28:28). in authority--(Compare Margin), increased in power.
• Keil & Delitzsch (Lutheran), Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament on Proverbs 29:2: Pro 29:2 The general ethical proverb is here followed by one that is political: 2 When the righteous increase, the people rejoice; And when a godless man ruleth, the people mourn. Regarding 'בּרבות צדּ (Aquila rightly, ἐν τῷ πληθῦναι δικαίους), vid., at Pro 28:28.