Proverbs 28:1 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ THE WICKED flee when no man pursues them, but the [uncompromisingly] righteous are bold as a lion. [Lev. 26:17, 36; Ps. 53:5.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion.

Common English Bible

¹ The wicked run away even though no one pursues them, but the righteous are as confident as a lion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ The impious flees, though no one pursues. But the just, like a confident lion, shall be without dread.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ The wicked man fleeth, when no man pursueth: but the just, bold as a lion, shall be without dread.

Proverbs 28:1 Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

And all the guests of Adonijah were afraid, and rose up, and went every man his way.

2 Kings 7:15

And they went after them unto Jordan: and, lo, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned, and told the king.

Nehemiah 6:11

And I said, Should such a man as I flee? and who is there, that, being such as I, would go into the temple to save his life? I will not go in.

Job 15:21

A sound of terrors is in his ears; In prosperity the spoiler shall come upon him:

Psalm 112:7

He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: His heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.

Psalm 53:5

There were they in great fear, where no fear was: For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee; Thou hast put them to shame, because God hath rejected them.

Psalm 53:6

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! When God bringeth back the captivity of his people, Then shall Jacob rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

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 hot anger.

Proverbs 10:9

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household; And maintenance for thy maidens.

Isaiah 30:17

One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

Isaiah 7:2

And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are moved with the wind.

Jeremiah 20:4

For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.

Leviticus 26:17

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 26:36

And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Acts 14:3

Long time therefore they tarried there speaking boldly in the Lord, which bare witness unto the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.

Acts 4:13

Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marveled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:7

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

but having suffered before, and been shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.