Proverbs 28:1

Proverbs 28:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• New International Version (NIV)The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Context of Proverbs 28:1

The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2By the transgression of a land many are its princes, But by a man of understanding and knowledge, so it endures. 3A poor man who oppresses the lowly Is like a driving rain which leaves no food.

Proverbs 28:1 word by word

נָ֣סוּ וְאֵין־רֹדֵ֣ף רָשָׁ֑ע וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים כִּכְפִ֥יר יִבְטָֽח׃Read the interlinear

• The wickedרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• when noאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• is pursuingרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• But the righteousצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• boldבָּטַחbâţach · to trustH982
• as a lionכְּפִירkephîyr · lionH3715

Cross-references for Proverbs 28:1

• Exodus 11:8All these your servants will come down to me and bow themselves before me, saying, ‘Go out, you and all the people who follow you,’ and after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.
• Psalms 27:1The Lord is my light and my salvation; Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the defense of my life; Whom shall I dread?
• Psalms 46:2Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change And though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea;
• Psalms 112:7He will not fear evil tidings; His heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord.
• Isaiah 26:3The steadfast of mind You will keep in perfect peace, Because he trusts in You.
• Daniel 3:16Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to give you an answer concerning this matter.
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
• Acts 4:13Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.
• Acts 14:3Therefore they spent a long time there speaking boldly with reliance upon the Lord, who was testifying to the word of His grace, granting that signs and wonders be done by their hands.
• 1 Thessalonians 2:2but after we had already suffered and been mistreated in Philippi, as you know, we had the boldness in our God to speak to you the gospel of God amid much opposition.

Commentaries on Proverbs 28:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1The 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.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Verse 1 Sin makes men cowards. Whatever difficulties the righteous meet in the way of duty, they are not daunted.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1The wicked face God's curse for breaking his covenant (see Leviticus 26:14–17, 36–37).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-28Pr 28:1-28. 1. A bad conscience makes men timid; the righteous are alone truly bold (Pr 14:26; Psa 27:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 28:1

• Boldness
• Character
• Conscience
• Courage
• Cowardice
• Remorse
• Righteous
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Accept
• Cover
• Mercy
• Prosper
• Rise
• Fear
• Hezekiah (2)
• Proverbs, the Book of

Commentaries on Proverbs 28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings