Proverbs 28:2
In rebellious breach of relationship, a land has many rulers, 2 but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge. 1
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1The wicked flee when no one pursues; 2 but the upright are as bold as a lion. 1
3A needy man who oppresses the poor 2 is like a driving rain which leaves no crops. 1
Cross References
Isaiah 58:12Those who shall be of you shall build the old waste places; 2 you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; 1 and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, 2 Restorer of Paths with Dwellings. 1
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:2
Miscellaneous Maxims. 1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked ways. Guilt in the conscience makes men a terror to themselves, so that they are ready to flee when none pursues; like one that absconds for debt, who thinks every one he meets a bailiff. Though they pretend to be easy, there are secret fears which haunt them wherever they go, so that they fear where no present or imminent danger is, Ps.… Read the whole commentary →