Proverbs 28:1

New American Bible - revised edition

The wicked flee though none pursue; but the just, like a lion, are confident.

Cross References

1 Kings 1:49

All the guests of Adonijah got up trembling, and went each their way,

2 Kings 7:15

They followed the Arameans as far as the Jordan, and the whole route was strewn with garments and other objects that the Arameans had thrown away in their haste. The messengers returned and told the king.

Nehemiah 6:11

My answer was: “A man like me take flight? Should a man like me enter the temple to save his life? I will not go!”

Job 15:21

The sound of terrors is in his ears; when all is prosperous, a spoiler comes upon him.

Psalm 112:7

He shall not fear an ill report; his heart is steadfast, trusting the Lord.

Psalm 53:5

Do they not know better, those who do evil, who feed upon my people as they feed upon bread? Have they not called upon God?

Psalm 53:6

They are going to fear his name with great fear, though they had not feared it before. For God will scatter the bones of those encamped against you. They will surely be put to shame, for God has rejected them.

Exodus 11:8

All these servants of yours will then come down to me and bow down before me, saying: Leave, you and all your followers! Then I will depart.” With that he left Pharaoh’s presence in hot anger.

Proverbs 10:9

Whoever walks honestly walks securely, but one whose ways are crooked will fare badly.

Proverbs 27:27

And there will be ample goat’s milk for your food, food for your house, sustenance for your maidens.

Isaiah 30:17

A thousand shall tremble at the threat of one— if five threaten, you shall flee. You will then be left like a flagstaff on a mountaintop, like a flag on a hill.

Isaiah 7:2

When word came to the house of David that Aram had allied itself with Ephraim, the heart of the king and heart of the people trembled, as the trees of the forest tremble in the wind.

Jeremiah 20:4

For thus says the Lord: Indeed, I will hand you over to terror, you and all your friends. Your own eyes shall see them fall by the sword of their enemies. All Judah I will hand over to the power of the king of Babylon, who shall take them captive to Babylon or strike them down with the sword.

Leviticus 26:17

I will turn against you, and you will be beaten down before your enemies and your foes will lord it over you. You will flee though no one pursues you.

Leviticus 26:36

Those of you who survive in the lands of their enemies, I will make so fainthearted that the sound of a driven leaf will pursue them, and they shall run as if from the sword, and fall though no one pursues them;

Acts 14:3

So they stayed for a considerable period, speaking out boldly for the Lord, who confirmed the word about his grace by granting signs and wonders to occur through their hands.

Acts 4:13

Observing the boldness of Peter and John and perceiving them to be uneducated, ordinary men, they were amazed, and they recognized them as the companions of Jesus.

Deuteronomy 28:25

The Lord will let you be beaten down before your enemies; though you advance against them from one direction, you will flee before them in seven, so that you will become an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:7

The Lord will beat down before you the enemies that rise up against you; they will come out against you from one direction, and flee before you in seven.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

Rather, after we had suffered and been insolently treated, as you know, in Philippi, we drew courage through our God to speak to you the gospel of God with much struggle.