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 Proverbs 28:12 ;

but when they perish ; wicked men, either by a natural or violent death; or perish as to their authority and power, being turned out of their places:

the righteous increase ; such who before hid themselves appear, and, being put into the places of the wicked, encourage truth and righteousness, by which means the number of good men is multiplied; and which is a great happiness to a nation, and shows the usefulness and advantage that good magistrates are of unto it.