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Proverbs 28:1

The wicked people run away when no one chases them, 1 but righteous people are as bold as a young lion. 1

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

In Context

2Because of the transgression of a land, it has many rulers, 1 but with a man of understanding and knowledge, it will last a long time. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8All these servants of yours, Pharaoh, will come down to me and bow down to me. They will say, 'Go, you and all the people who follow you!' After that I will go out.” Then he went out from Pharaoh in great anger.

Leviticus 26:36As for those of you who are left in your enemies' lands, I will send fear into your hearts so that even the sound of a leaf blowing in the wind will startle you, and you will flee as though you were fleeing from the sword. You will fall, even when no one is chasing you.

Deuteronomy 28:25Yahweh will cause you to be struck down before your enemies; you will go out one way against them but will flee before them seven ways. You will be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had made the Aramean army hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses—the noise of another large army, and they said to each other, “The king of Israel has hired the kings of the Hittites and Egyptians to come against us.”

2 Kings 7:15They went after them to the Jordan, and all the road was full of clothes and equipment that the Arameans had cast away in their hurry. So the messengers returned and told the king.

Job 15:21A sound of terrors is in his ears; 1 while he is in prosperity, the destroyer will come upon him. 1

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