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Proverbs 28:1

A wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth; but a just man as a lion trusting shall be without fearedfulness. (A wicked person fleeth, when no one pursueth him; but a righteous person shall be without fear, like a trusting lion.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2For the sins of the land there be many princes of it; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the knowing of these things that be said, the life of the duke shall be the longer. (For the sins of the land there shall be many leaders of it; but with the wisdom and knowledge of a good ruler, the nation shall endure.)

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Cross References

Exodus 11:8And all these thy servants shall come down to me, and they shall pray (to) me, and shall say, Go out thou (or Go thou out), and all the people which is subject to thee; (and) after these things we shall go out. And (then) Moses full wroth went out from Pharaoh.

Leviticus 26:36And I shall give dread in their hearts, that shall abide of you, in the countries of your enemies; the sound of a leaf flying shall make them afeared, and so they shall flee it as a sword; they shall fall, while none pursueth, (And I shall put fear in the hearts of those who be left of you, in the countries of your enemies; the sound of a leaf flying in the wind shall make them afraid, and they shall flee it like a sword; they shall fall, when no one pursueth them,)

Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord give thee (to) falling before thine enemies; by one way go thou [out] against them, and by seven ways flee thou from them, and be thou scattered by all the realms of [the] earth; (The Lord shall cause thee to fall before thy enemies; thou shalt go out against them by one way, but thou shalt flee from them by seven ways, and thou shalt be scattered into all the kingdoms of the earth;)

2 Kings 7:6Forsooth the Lord had made a sound of chariots, and of horses, and of a full much host to be heard in the tents of Syria; and they said together, Lo! the king of Israel hath hired by meed against us the kings of Hittites, and of Egyptians; and they came suddenly upon us. (For the Lord had made the sound of chariots, and of horses, and of a very large army to be heard among the tents, (or in the camp), of the Syrians; and they had said together, Behold! the king of Israel hath hired for money the kings of the Hittites, and of the Egyptians, to come against us; and they have (suddenly) come upon us!)

2 Kings 7:15The which went after them unto (the) Jordan; lo! forsooth all the way was full of clothes, and of vessels, which the men of Syria (had) casted forth, when they were troubled. And the messengers turned again, and showed it to the king, (or And the messengers returned, and reported to the king about all these things).

Job 15:21The sound of dread is ever [more] in his ears, and when peace is, he supposeth ever [more] treasons. (A fearful sound is forever in his ears, and even when there is peace, he always expecteth an attack.)

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