Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
Proverbs 28:1 in other translations
| BSB | The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. |
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| WEB | The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. |
| ASV | The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. |
| YLT | The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. |
| DARBY | The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion. |
| BBE | The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion. |
| Webster | The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. |
What does Proverbs 28:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The timidity of the wicked. Quick succession in the government of a country is a punishment to the land. Of the poor who oppress the poor. The upright poor man is preferable to the wicked rich man. The unprofitable conduct of the usurer. The prosperity of the righteous a cause of rejoicing. He is blessed who fears always. A wicked ruler a curse. The murderer generally execrated. The faithful man. The corrupt judge. The foolishness of trusting in one's own heart. The charitable man. When the wicked are elevated, it is a public evil. Verse 1 The wicked flee - Every wicked man, however bold he may appear, is full of dreary apprehensions relative to both worlds. But the righteous has true courage, being conscious of his own innocence, and the approbation of his God. The unpitious fleeith - Old MS. Bible. This word is often used for impious, wicked, ungodly; hence it appears that our word pity anciently meant piety or godliness.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 28:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 28:1
- Deuteronomy 28:7
The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
- Psalms 53:5
There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.
- Isaiah 26:3-4
Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength:
- Psalms 27:1-2
A Psalm of David. The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 112:7
He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:2
But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.
- Acts 4:13
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
- Daniel 6:10-11
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
- Acts 14:3
Long time therefore abode they speaking boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
- Jeremiah 20:4
For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
- Leviticus 26:36
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
- Daniel 3:16-18
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
wicked.
Le 26:17,36; De 28:7,25; 2Ki 7:6,7,15; Ps 53:5; Isa 7:2; Jer 20:4
the righteous.
Ex 11:8; Ps 27:1,2; 46:2,3; 112:7; Isa 26:3,4; Da 3:16-18; 6:10,11
Ac 4:13; 14:3; 1Th 2:2
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Context
- Proverbs 28:1
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
- Proverbs 28:2
For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged.
Proverbs 28:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | HUYE el impío sin que nadie lo persiga: mas el justo está confiado como un leoncillo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Le méchant se sauve quand personne ne le poursuit, mais les justes sont pleins d’assurance comme un jeune lion. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Gesetzlosen fliehen, obgleich kein Verfolger da ist; die Gerechten aber sind getrost gleich einem jungen Löwen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Fugit impius nemine persequente; justus autem, quasi leo confidens, absque terrore erit. |