Proverbs 28:1
The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 11:8And all these, your servants, shall descend to me and shall reverence me, by saying: ‘Depart, you and all the people who are subject to you.’ After these things, we will depart.”
Leviticus 26:36And whoever of you will remain, I will send terror into their hearts in the regions of their enemies. The sound of a flying leaf will terrify them, and so they will flee, as if from the sword. They will fall, though no one pursues.
Deuteronomy 28:25May the Lord hand you over to fall before your enemies. May you go forth against them by one way, and flee by seven ways, and may you be scattered across all the kingdoms of the earth.
2 Kings 7:6For indeed, the Lord had caused them to hear, in the camp of Syria, the sound of chariots and horses, and a very numerous army. And they said one to another: “Behold, the king of Israel has paid wages to the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians against us. And they will overwhelm us.”
2 Kings 7:15And they went away after them, as far as the Jordan. But behold, the entire way was filled with clothing and vessels, which the Syrians had thrown aside when they were disturbed. And the messengers returned and told the king.
Job 15:21The sound of terror is always in his ears; and when there is peace, he always suspects treason.