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16When the wicked are multiplied, transgression increaseth: but the righteous shall see their fall.

Proverbs 29:16 —

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Cross-References

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  • Psalms 91:8

    Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked.

  • Psalms 92:11

    Mine eye also shall see my desire on mine enemies, and mine ears shall hear my desire of the wicked that rise up against me.

  • Psalms 37:36

    Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.

  • Psalms 58:10

    The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.

  • Psalms 37:34

    Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 16)

Note, 1. The more sinners there are the more sin there is: When the wicked , being countenanced by authority, grow numerous, and walk on every side, no marvel if transgression increases , as a plague in the country is said to increase when still more and more are infected with it. Transgression grows more impudent and bold, more imperious and threatening, when there are many to keep it in countena…

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