Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. New Living Translation The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions. English Standard Version The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion. Berean Standard Bible The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. King James Bible The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. New King James Version The wicked flee when no one pursues, But the righteous are bold as a lion. New American Standard Bible The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. NASB 1995 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. NASB 1977 The wicked flee when no one is pursuing, But the righteous are bold as a lion. Legacy Standard Bible The wicked flee when there is no one pursuing, But the righteous are secure as a lion. Amplified Bible The wicked flee when no one pursues them, But the righteous are as bold as a lion. Christian Standard Bible The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Holman Christian Standard Bible The wicked flee when no one is pursuing them, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. American Standard Version The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The evil will flee when there is no one chasing them, and the righteous are as confident as a lion. Brenton Septuagint Translation The ungodly man flees when no one pursues: but the righteous is confident as a lion. Contemporary English Version Wicked people run away when no one chases them, but those who live right are as brave as lions. Douay-Rheims Bible The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread. English Revised Version The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. GOD'S WORD® Translation A wicked person flees when no one is chasing him, but righteous people are as bold as lions. Good News Translation The wicked run when no one is chasing them, but an honest person is as brave as a lion. International Standard Version The wicked flee, though no one pursues, but the righteous are bold like a lion. JPS Tanakh 1917 The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are secure as a young lion. Literal Standard Version The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, | And the righteous is confident as a young lion. Majority Standard Bible The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. New American Bible The wicked flee though none pursue; but the just, like a lion, are confident. NET Bible The wicked person flees when there is no one pursuing, but the righteous person is as confident as a lion. New Revised Standard Version The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. New Heart English Bible The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Webster's Bible Translation The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. World English Bible The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion. Young's Literal Translation The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer. And the righteous as a young lion is confident. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Boldness of the Righteous1The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 2A land in rebellion has many rulers, but a man of understanding and knowledge maintains order.… Cross References Leviticus 26:17 And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. Leviticus 26:36 As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them. 2 Kings 7:7 Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives. Nehemiah 6:11 But I replied, "Should a man like me run away? Should one like me go into the temple to save his own life? I will not go!" Psalm 53:5 There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them. Proverbs 27:27 You will have plenty of goats' milk to feed you--food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants. Isaiah 30:17 A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill. Treasury of Scripture The wicked flee when no man pursues: but the righteous are bold as a lion. the righteous Exodus 11:8 And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a great anger. Psalm 27:1,2 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? … Psalm 46:2,3 Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; … Jump to Previous Bold Confident Evil Fear Fled Flee Flees Goes Lion Pursuer Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Righteous Running Secure Upright Wicked YoungJump to Next Bold Confident Evil Fear Fled Flee Flees Goes Lion Pursuer Pursues Pursueth Pursuing Righteous Running Secure Upright Wicked YoungProverbs 28 1. general observations of impiety and integrityXXVIII (1) The wicked flee when no man pursueth.--Comp. the curse pronounced upon Israel for disobedience (Leviticus 26:17; Leviticus 26:36). The righteous are bold as a lion.--Comp. Leviticus 26:8; 1Samuel 17:32, sqq.; Psalm 91:1, sqq. . . . Verse 1. - The wicked flee when no man pursueth. The unreasoning terror of the sinner arises partly from his uneasy conscience, which will not permit him to transgress without warning of consequences, and partly from the judgment of God, according to the threats denounced in Leviticus 26:36, 37. A terrible picture of this instinctive fear is drawn in Job 15:20, etc., Cand Wisd. 17:9, etc. There are numerous proverbs about unreasonable timidity, such as being afraid of one's own shadow (see Erasmus, 'Adag.,' s.v. "Timiditas"). As the Eastern puts it, "The leaf cracked, and your servant fled;" and "Among ten men nine are women" (Lane). On the cowardice of sinners St. Chrysostom says well, "Such is the nature of sin, that it betrays while no one finds fault; it condemns whilst no one accuses; it makes the sinner a timid being, one that trembles at a sound; even as righteousness has the contrary effect How doth the wicked flee when no man pursueth? He hath that within which drives him on, an accuser in his own conscience, and this he carries about everywhere; and just as it would be impossible to flee from himself, so neither can he escape the persecutor within, but wherever he goeth he is scourged, and hath an incurable wound" ('Hom. in Stat.,' 8:3, Oxford transl.). But the righteous are hold as a lion. They are undismayed in the presence of danger, because their conscience is at rest, they know that God is on their side, and, whatever happens, they are safe in the everlasting arms (see Psalm 91.). Thus David the shepherd boy quailed not before the giant (1 Samuel 17:32, etc.), remembering the promise in Leviticus 26:7, 8. The heathen poet Horace could say of the upright man ('Carm.,' 3:3, 7) -"Si fractus illabatur orbis, Hebrew The wickedרָשָׁ֑ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person flee נָ֣סוּ (nā·sū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away when no one וְאֵין־ (wə·’ên-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle pursues, רֹדֵ֣ף (rō·ḏêp̄) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute but the righteous וְ֝צַדִּיקִ֗ים (wə·ṣad·dî·qîm) Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 6662: Just, righteous are as bold יִבְטָֽח׃ (yiḇ·ṭāḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure as a lion. כִּכְפִ֥יר (kiḵ·p̄îr) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3715: A village, a young lion Links Proverbs 28:1 NIVProverbs 28:1 NLT Proverbs 28:1 ESV Proverbs 28:1 NASB Proverbs 28:1 KJV Proverbs 28:1 BibleApps.com Proverbs 28:1 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 28:1 Chinese Bible Proverbs 28:1 French Bible Proverbs 28:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 28:1 The wicked flee when no one pursues (Prov. 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