2 Because of sin the land doth oft change her prince; but through men of understanding and wisdom a realm endureth long.
Proverbs 28:2 Cross References - MSTC
Genesis 45:5-8
5 And now be not grieved therewith, neither let it seem a cruel thing in your eyes, that ye sold me hither. For God did send me before you to save life.
6 For this is the second year of dearth in the land, and five more are behind in which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
7 Wherefore God sent me before you to make provision, that ye might continue in the earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance.
8 So now it was not ye that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me father unto Pharaoh and lord over all his house, and ruler in all the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 15:25
25 And Nadab the son of Jeroboam began to reign upon Israel, the second year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned upon Israel two years.
1 Kings 15:28
28 And it was the third year of Asa king of Judah, when Baasha slew him, and reigned in his stead.
1 Kings 16:8-29
8 The twenty sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and continued two years.
9 And his servant Zimri captain of half his chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking of strong drink, in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.
10 And Zimri came and smote him and killed him the twenty seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his stead.
11 And as soon as he was king and sat his seat, he slew all the house of Baasha and left not a pisser against a wall. And thereto he slew all his kin and friends,
12 and so Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the LORD which he spake to Baasha through Jehu the Prophet;
13 for all the sins of Baasha and sins of Elah his son, wherewith they sinned and made Israel sin, to anger the LORD of Israel with their vanities.
14 The rest of the deeds of Elah and all he did, are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
15 The twenty seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah, the people besieging Gibbethon a city of the Philistines.
16 And when the people that lay in the siege, heard say how Zimri had conspired, and how he had slain the king also: then all Israel made Omri the captain of the men of war king the same day over Israel even in the host.
17 And Omri departed from Gibbethon and all Israel with him, and besieged Tirzah.
18 And when Zimri saw that the city must needs be taken, he went into the palace of the king's house, and set the king's house afire upon himself; and there died,
19 for his sins which he sinned in doing wickedness in the sight of the LORD, and for walking in the way of Jeroboam and in his sins which he did and made Israel sin.
20 The rest of the Acts of Zimri and the treason that he wrought, are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
21 Moreover, that same season was Israel divided in twain, for half the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king; and the other half followed Omri.
22 But the people that followed Omri prevailed against them that followed Tibni the son of Ginath. And so Tibni died and Omri reigned.
23 The thirty first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel twelve years and he ruled six years in Tirzah.
24 And he bought the hill of Samaria of one Shemer for two hundred talents of silver, and built in the hill, and called the name of the city which he had built Samaria after the name of Shemer, the lord of the hill.
25 And this Omri wrought wickedness in the eyes of the LORD worse than all that were before him,
26 and walked in all the ways of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel sin, to anger the LORD God of Israel with their vanities.
27 The rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his power that he used, are written in the chronicles of the kings of Israel.
28 And Omri laid him to rest with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
29 The thirty eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and reigned in Samaria twenty two years.
2 Kings 15:8-31
8 In the thirty eighth year of Uzziah king of Judah, was Zechariah the son of Jeroboam made king upon Israel in Samaria, and reigned six months;
9 and did that displeased the LORD, as did his fathers, and turned not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel sin.
10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh conspired against him, and smote him before the people, and killed him, and reigned in his stead.
11 The rest of the deeds of Zechariah are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
12 This is the saying that the LORD spake unto Jehu, saying, "Thy sons shall sit on the seat of Israel in the fourth generation." And it came to pass.
13 Shallum the son of Jabesh began to reign the thirty ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned a month in Samaria.
14 For Menahem the son of Gadi came up from Tirzah and went to Samaria and smote Shallum the son of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, and reigned in his stead.
15 The rest of the deeds of Shallum, and the treason which he conspired, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
16 The same time, Menahem destroyed Tappuah, and all that were therein, and the coasts thereof from Tirzah — because they opened not to him — he smote, and rent all the women with child.
17 The thirty ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began Menahem the son of Gadi to reign upon Israel, and continued ten years in Samaria.
18 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and turned not all his days from the sin of Jeroboam the son of Nebat which made Israel sin.
19 And Pul, king of Assyria, came upon the land. And Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver, to help him to establish his kingdom.
20 And Menahem raised the money in Israel, upon all men of substance, for to give the king of Assyria fifty sicles of silver apiece. And the king of Assyria turned back again and tarried not there in the land.
21 The rest of the deeds of Menahem and all he did, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
22 And when Menahem was laid to rest with his fathers, Pekahiah his son reigned in his stead.
23 The fiftieth year of Uzziah king of Judah, began Pekahiah the son of Menahem to reign over Israel in Samaria, and continued two years,
24 and wrought wickedly in the sight of the LORD and left not off from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat which made Israel sin.
25 And Pekah, the son of Remaliah, a lord of his, conspired against him and slew him in the palace of the king's house, with Argob and Arieh and fifty men with him that were Gileadites: and when he had killed him, reigned in his room.
26 The rest of the acts of Pekahiah and all he did are written in the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel.
27 And the fifty second year of Uzziah king of Judah, began Pekah the son of Remaliah to reign over Israel in Samaria and continued twenty years,
28 and did evil in the sight of the LORD, and turned not from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat that made Israel sin.
29 In the days of Pekah king of Israel, came Tiglathpileser, king of Assyria, and took Ijon, Abelbethmaacah, Janoah, Kadesh, Hazor, Gilead, Galilee, and all the land of Naphtali, and carried them away to Assyria.
30 And Hoshea the son of Elah conspired treason against Pekah the son of Remaliah and smote him and slew him and reigned in his stead, the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
31 The rest of the acts of Pekah, and all he did, are written in the Stories of the Kings of Israel.
2 Chronicles 32:20-26
20 But Hezekiah the king and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed concerning the thing and cried up to heaven.
21 And the LORD sent an angel and destroyed all the men of war and the lords and captains of the host of the king of Assyria, that he turned his face, with shame, towards his own land. And when he was come into the house of his god, he was there overthrown with the sword - even by them that issued out of his bowels.
22 And so the LORD saved Hezekiah and the inhabiters at Jerusalem out of the hands of Sennacherib king of Assyria and of all others, and maintained them on all sides -
23 Insomuch that many brought presents unto the LORD to Jerusalem and precious gifts to Hezekiah king of Judah, so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
24 In those days Hezekiah was sick unto the death and besought the LORD; which answered him and showed him a wonderful miracle.
25 But Hezekiah did not according to the courtesy showed him, for his heart arose: and therefore came there wrath upon him and upon Judah and Jerusalem.
26 Notwithstanding, Hezekiah meekened himself for the arising of his heart, both he and the inhabiters of Jerusalem. Wherefore the wrath of the LORD fell not upon them in the days of Hezekiah.
2 Chronicles 36:1-12
1 And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king for his father in Jerusalem.
2 And Jehoahaz was twenty three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 For the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem and merced the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king upon Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name unto Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz his brother, Neco took and carried him to Egypt.
5 And Jehoiakim was twenty five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that displeased the LORD his God.
6 Against him came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
7 Thereto the king Nebuchadnezzar carried off the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.
8 The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his Abominations, and that was laid to his charge, are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and did that displeased the LORD.
10 And when the year was out, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and fetched him to Babylon with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 And Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
12 And he did that displeased the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet at the mouth of the LORD.
Job 22:28-30
28 Then, look what thou takest in hand: he shall make it to prosper with thee, and the light shall shine in thy ways.
29 For who so humbleth himself, him shall he set up: and who so looketh meekly, shall be healed.
30 If thou be innocent, he shall save thee: and through the unguiltiness of thine hands shalt thou be delivered."
Ecclesiastes 9:15
15 And in the city there was found a poor man - but he was wise - which with his wisdom delivered the city: yet was there no body, that had any respect for such a simple man.
Isaiah 3:1-7
1 For lo, shall the LORD God of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and Judah all possessions and power, all meat and drink,
2 the captain and the soldier, the judge and the prophet, the wise and the aged man,
3 the captain of fifty and the honorable, the senators and men of understanding, the masters of crafts and orators.
4 And I shall give you children to be your princes, sayeth the LORD, and babes shall have the rule of you.
5 One shall ever be doing violence and wrong to another. The boy shall presume against the elder, and the vile person against the honorable.
6 Yea, one shall take a friend of his own kindred by the bosom, and say, "Thou hast clothing, thou shalt be our head, for thou mayest keep us from this fall and peril."
7 Then shall he swear and say, "I cannot help you. Moreover, there is neither meat nor clothing in my house, make me no ruler of the people."
Isaiah 58:12
12 Then the places that have ever been waste, shall be builded of thee: there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kindreds. Thou shalt be called the maker-up of hedges, and the builder-again of the way of the Sabbath.
Daniel 4:27
27 Wherefore, O king, be content with my counsel, that thou mayest lose thy sins with righteousness, and thine offenses with mercy to poor people: for such things shall prolong thy peace."
Hosea 13:11
11 Well, I gave thee a king in my wrath, and in my displeasure will I take him from thee again.