Proverbs 28:12 Cross References

Proverbs 28:12

12: When the godly succeed, everyone is glad. When the wicked take charge, people go into hiding.

When the godly are in authority, the people rejoice. But when the wicked are in power, they groan.

The whole city celebrates when the godly succeed; they shout for joy when the godless die.

When the wicked take charge, people hide. When the wicked meet disaster, the godly multiply.

Then Mordecai put on the royal robe of blue and white and the great crown of gold, and he wore an outer cloak of fine linen and purple. And the people of Susa celebrated the new decree.
The Jews were filled with joy and gladness and were honored everywhere.
In every city and province, wherever the king's decree arrived, the Jews rejoiced and had a great celebration and declared a public festival and holiday. And many of the people of the land became Jews themselves, for they feared what the Jews might do to them.

"Run up and down every street in Jerusalem," says the LORD. "Look high and low; search throughout the city! If you can find even one person who is just and honest, I will not destroy the city.

Elijah was afraid and fled for his life. He went to Beersheba, a town in Judah, and he left his servant there.

Look, my father, at what I have in my hand. It is a piece of your robe! I cut it off, but I didn't kill you. This proves that I am not trying to harm you and that I have not sinned against you, even though you have been hunting for me to kill me.

"Go to the east and hide by Kerith Brook at a place east of where it enters the Jordan River.
Drink from the brook and eat what the ravens bring you, for I have commanded them to bring you food."
So Elijah did as the LORD had told him and camped beside Kerith Brook.
The ravens brought him bread and meat each morning and evening, and he drank from the brook.
But after a while the brook dried up, for there was no rainfall anywhere in the land.

There is another evil I have seen as I have watched the world go by. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake
if they give foolish people great authority, and if they fail to give people of proven worth their rightful place of dignity.

Has no one told you, my lord, about the time when Jezebel was trying to kill the LORD's prophets? I hid a hundred of them in two caves and supplied them with food and water.

Destruction is certain for the land whose king is a child and whose leaders feast in the morning.

Some died by stoning, and some were sawed in half; others were killed with the sword. Some went about in skins of sheep and goats, hungry and oppressed and mistreated.
They were too good for this world. They wandered over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

Then at the end of the celebration, Solomon sent the people home. They were all joyful and happy because the LORD had been so good to David and Solomon and to his people Israel.

"All who heard of me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.
For I helped the poor in their need and the orphans who had no one to help them.
I helped those who had lost hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows' hearts to sing for joy.
All I did was just and honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.
I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.

Hezekiah encouraged the Levites for the skill they displayed as they served the LORD. So for seven days the celebration continued. Peace offerings were sacrificed, and the people confessed their sins to the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
The entire assembly then decided to continue the festival another seven days, so they celebrated joyfully for another week.
King Hezekiah gave the people one thousand bulls and seven thousand sheep for offerings, and the officials donated one thousand bulls and ten thousand sheep. Meanwhile, many more priests purified themselves.
The entire assembly of Judah rejoiced, including the priests, the Levites, all who came from the land of Israel, the foreigners who came to the festival, and all those who lived in Judah.
There was great joy in the city, for Jerusalem had not seen a celebration like this one since the days of Solomon, King David's son.

Then David said to the whole assembly, "Give praise to the LORD your God!" And the entire assembly praised the LORD, the God of their ancestors, and they bowed low and knelt before the LORD and the king.
The next day they brought a thousand bulls, a thousand rams, and a thousand male lambs as burnt offerings to the LORD. They also brought drink offerings and many other sacrifices on behalf of Israel.
They feasted and drank in the LORD's presence with great joy that day. And again they crowned David's son Solomon as their new king. They anointed him before the LORD as their leader, and they anointed Zadok as their priest.

Then the king commanded his son Jerahmeel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the LORD had hidden them.

As they reached the place where the road started down from the Mount of Olives, all of his followers began to shout and sing as they walked along, praising God for all the wonderful miracles they had seen.
"Bless the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in highest heaven!"

That day David gave to Asaph and his fellow Levites this song of thanksgiving to the LORD:
Give thanks to the LORD and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done.
Sing to him; yes, sing his praises. Tell everyone about his miracles.
Exult in his holy name; O worshipers of the LORD, rejoice!
Search for the LORD and for his strength, and keep on searching.

Then David and the leaders of Israel and the generals of the army went to the home of Obed-edom to bring the Ark of the LORD's covenant up to Jerusalem with a great celebration.
And because God was clearly helping the Levites as they carried the Ark of the LORD's covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven lambs.
David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were the Levites who carried the Ark, the singers, and Kenaniah the song leader. David was also wearing a priestly tunic.
So all Israel brought up the Ark of the LORD's covenant to Jerusalem with shouts of joy, the blowing of horns and trumpets, the crashing of cymbals, and loud playing on harps and lyres.

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