the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Proverbs 28:1
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The wicked flee when there is no one pursuing,But the righteous are secure as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
The vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him: but the righteous are bolde as a Lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked flee though no one is pursuing, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The wicked are afraid of everything, but those who live right are as brave as lions.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.
The wicked are edgy with guilt, ready to run off even when no one's after them; Honest people are relaxed and confident, bold as lions.
The wicked flee when no one pursues them, But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
The evil man goes running away when no man is after him, but the upright are without fear, like the lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursues; But the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion.
Wicked people run away when no one chases them, but those who live right are as brave as lions.
The wicked flee when no one pursues them; but the righteous, like lions, feel sure of themselves.
The wicked flee when none pursueth: but the righteous are bolde as a lyon.
THE wicked flee when no man pursues them; but the righteous are confident as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one pursues; But the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth; but the righteous are secure as a young lion.
The sinful run away when no one is trying to catch them, but those who are right with God have as much strength of heart as a lion.
As dew in harvest, and as rain in summer, so honour is not seemly for a fool.
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.
The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.
The wicked flee, but no one pursues, but the righteous is bold like a lion.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion.
Evil people run even though no one is chasing them, but good people are as brave as a lion.
The wicked run when no one is chasing them, but an honest person is as brave as a lion.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse.
The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
wicked: Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 28:25, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, 2 Kings 7:15, Psalms 53:5, Isaiah 7:2, Jeremiah 20:4
the righteous: Exodus 11:8, Psalms 27:1, Psalms 27:2, Psalms 46:2, Psalms 46:3, Psalms 112:7, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:11, Acts 4:13, Acts 14:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:2
Reciprocal: Genesis 4:14 - driven Genesis 31:36 - was wroth Genesis 50:15 - Joseph Exodus 24:18 - went into Joshua 7:12 - the children Judges 7:21 - all the host 1 Samuel 17:11 - dismayed 1 Samuel 17:48 - David hasted 2 Samuel 17:10 - heart 1 Kings 1:49 - General 1 Kings 12:18 - flee to Jerusalem 1 Kings 18:2 - went to show 1 Chronicles 12:8 - whose faces Nehemiah 6:11 - Should such Job 11:15 - thou shalt be Job 18:11 - to his feet Psalms 14:5 - were Psalms 73:19 - they are Psalms 91:5 - Thou Isaiah 30:17 - thousand Isaiah 33:14 - sinners Jeremiah 49:5 - I will Daniel 3:18 - be it Matthew 10:26 - Fear Matthew 14:4 - General John 7:26 - he speaketh John 18:4 - Whom Acts 4:11 - you Acts 13:46 - waxed Acts 16:37 - They have Acts 23:1 - earnestly Romans 10:20 - very bold
Cross-References
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.
Swear by the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.
Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die."
Then Rebekah said to Isaac, "I'm sick and tired of these local Hittite women! I would rather die than see Jacob marry one of them."
May God Almighty bless you and give you many children. And may your descendants multiply and become many nations!
May God pass on to you and your descendants the blessings he promised to Abraham. May you own this land where you are now living as a foreigner, for God gave this land to Abraham."
Your descendants will be as numerous as the dust of the earth! They will spread out in all directions—to the west and the east, to the north and the south. And all the families of the earth will be blessed through you and your descendants.
What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you."
Then Jacob awoke from his sleep and said, "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I wasn't even aware of it!"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The wicked flee when no man pursueth,.... Through the terrors of a guilty conscience, as in Cain and others; who fear where no immediate cause of fear is, are frightened with their own shadows; and as Gaal was with the shadow of the mountains, he took for an army of men, as his friend told him, Judges 9:36; they are chased with the sound of a shaken leaf, and fancy men are at their heels to destroy them, and therefore with all haste flee to some place of safety; see Leviticus 26:17;
but the righteous are bold as a lion; which turns not away from any creature it meets with, nor mends its pace when it is pursued, but walks on intrepidly, and oftentimes lies down and sleeps in open places, and as securely as in woods and dens, being devoid of all fear; hence the heart of a valiant man is said to be as the heart of a lion,
2 Samuel 17:10; see Proverbs 30:30; so Pindar z compares a courageous man to a lion for boldness. Now righteous men are as bold as this creature, or more so; some of them have stopped the mouths of lions, and have dwelt securely in the midst of them, as righteous Daniel: and all righteous men are or may be as fearless as the lion; fear God they do, but have no reason to fear any other; and many of them are fearless of men, of their menaces and reproaches, or of anything they can do to them; since not only angels are their guardians, but God is on their side, and Christ has overcome the world for them: they are fearless of Satan and his principalities; they are delivered out of his hands; they know he is a coward, though a roaring lion, and when resisted will flee from thorn; yea, that he is a chained, conquered, enemy: and, though they are afraid of committing sin, yet are fearless of the damning power of it; Christ having bore their sins, made satisfaction for thong; for whose sake they are pardoned; and whose righteousness justifies and blood cleanses from all sin: they are fearless of death; its sting being removed, itself abolished as a penal evil, and become a blessing, and is the righteous man's, gain: they are fearless of wrath to come; Christ having delivered them from it, and they being justified by his blood: they are courageous as the lion in fighting the Lord's battles with sin, Satan, and the world, and in enduring hardiness as good soldiers of Christ; knowing their cause is good, that Christ is the Captain of their salvation, their spiritual armour is proved, and they are sure of victory and of a crown They are "confident" a as the lion, as the word may he rendered; they are confident of the love of God, of their interest in Christ, of the grace of God in their hearts, and that all things work together for their good; and that it is, and always will be, well with them, let things go how they will in the world, and so are secure. They are bold and undaunted, both before God and men; before God in prayer, knowing him to be their covenant God in Christ, having in view the blood and righteousness of Christ, and being assisted by his Spirit: and they are undaunted before men; if the righteous man is a minister of the word, he speaks it boldly, as it ought to be spoken, fearing the faces of none, knowing it to be the Gospel of Christ, the truth, as it is in him, and the power of God to salvation; and if a private Christian, he is a public professor of Christ, this word and ordinances, which he is not ashamed to own before all the world; in short, the righteous are bold in life and in death, and will be so in the day of judgment; and it is their righteousness which makes them so, from which they are denominated righteous, even not their own, but the righteousness of Christ.
z Isthm. 4. antistroph. 3. col. 1. v. 5. a יבטח "confiduat", Mercerus, Gejerus, Trigurine version; "confidet, vel confidere solet", Baynus; "confidit", Michaelis.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXVIII
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.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXVIII
Verse Proverbs 28:1. 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.
