“ The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. ”
The wicked (a) flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. (a) Because their own conscience accuses them.
Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 28:2 b. The text is uncertain, and various render...
The wicked flee, &c. . A lawIess one flees. Illustrations: Adam ( Genesis 3:8 ); Joseph's brethren ( Genesis 50:15 ); the Jews ( Leviticus 26:36 ); Ahab ( 1 Kings 21:20 ); Herod Antipas ( Matthe...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. The wicked flee - Every wicked man, however bold he may appear, is full of dreary apprehensions relative to both worlds. Bu...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. The wicked flee (singular noun with plural verb: they all flee as one man) when no man pursueth - through the sting...
Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.
XXVIII (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. L...
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that fear...
Verse Proverbs 28:2 . "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of...
CONTENTS. The wise man is prosecuting the same subjects in this chapter as in the preceding. By various similitudes he teacheth the blessedness of wisdom's ways, and the awful termination of a contr...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth ,.... Through the terrors of a guilty conscience, as in Cain and others; who fear where no immediate cause of fear is, are frightened with their own shadows; and...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Ver. 1. The wicked fly when none pursueth. ] None but their own consciences. Facti sunt a corde suo fugitivi, as Tertu...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth Because a consciousness of their guilt excites in them a continual expectation and dread of God's judgments; but the righteous are bold as a lion Are courageo...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested b...
1 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. See here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in wicked ways. Guilt in the conscie...
PROVERBS CHAPTER 28 The character of the righteous and of the wicked, with the blessed fruits of integrity, and evil effects of sin, Proverbs 28:11-12 . The evil of concealing and blessedness of...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 28:1 . For the transgression, etc. Or, “ In the rebellion .” “For this use of the word transgression in the sense of revolt , compare the verb employed in this sense in...
Proverbs 28:2 . By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged. Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time i...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. Christian boldness In all ages courage has been regarded as a mark of honour and magnanimity, and cowardice has been...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the...
The wicked flee when no man pursueth, their bad conscience making them timid; but the righteous, filled with the consciousness of their uprightness and therefore possessing a good conscience, are...
1 Thessalonians 2:2 ; 2 Kings 7:15 ; 2 Kings 7:6 ; 2 Kings 7:7 ; Acts 14:3 ; Acts 4:13 ; Daniel 3:16-18 ; Daniel 6:10 ; Daniel 6:11 ; Deuteronomy 28:25 ; Deuteronomy 28:7 ; Exodus 11:8 ;...
Divine Contrasts Proverbs 28:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1....