The Bible Software
bible.softwareProverbsProverbs 28 › Proverbs 28:1

Proverbs 28:1

The rasha flee when none pursueth; 1 but the tzaddikim are bold as a lion. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

In Context

2For the peysha eretz (land in rebellion) many are the sarim (rulers) thereof, 1 but by an adam meiven yodei'a (a man of wisdom and knowledge) 1 shall be lasting order. 1

Read all of Proverbs 28

Cross References

Exodus 11:8And all these thy avadim shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and kol HaAm that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger.

Leviticus 26:36And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a fearful 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 cherev; and they shall fall v'ein rodef (when none pursueth, persecutes).

Deuteronomy 28:25Hashem shall cause thee to be defeated before thine enemies; thou shalt go out derech echad against them, and flee shivah derakhim before them; and shalt be an object of horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6For Adonoi had made the Machaneh Aram to hear a noise of chariots and a noise of susim, even the noise of a chayil gadol (a great army); and they said one to another, Hinei, the Melech Yisroel hath hired against us the Melachim of the Chittim, and the Melachim of the Mitzrayim, to come upon us.

2 Kings 7:15And they went after them as far as Yarden; and, hinei, all the derech was full of begadim and kelim, which the Syrians had cast off in their haste. And the malachim returned, and told the Melech.

Job 15:21A dreadful sound is in his oznayim; 1 during shalom the shoded (destroyer) shall come upon him. 1

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Almeida (Português)Luther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)聖經 (中文)성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس (العربية)बाइबल (हिन्दी)Biblia (Kiswahili)Bibbia Diodati (Italiano)Alkitab (Bahasa Indonesia)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)

Study Proverbs 28:1

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
Proverbs 28Proverbs 28:2 →