Proverbs 28:1

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 28:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

The wicked (a) flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. (a) Because their own conscience accuses them.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Division, Proverbs 28 f. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. Proverbs 2...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

The wicked flee, &c. . A lawIess one flees. Illustrations: Adam ( Genesis 3:8 ); Joseph's brethren ( Genesis 50:15 ); the Jews ( Leviticus 26:36...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 o...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Observations relating chiefly to Social Life 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

XXVIII (1) The wicked flee when no man pursueth. — Comp. the curse pronounced upon Israel for disobedience ( Leviticus 26:17 ; Leviticus 26:36...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain merc...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 tha...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS. The wise man is prosecuting the same subjects in this chapter as in the preceding. By various similitudes he teacheth the blessedness of w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 consci...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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;...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 wil...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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:...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 28:1 . For the transgression, etc. Or, “ In the rebellion .” “For this use of the word transgression in the sense of r...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 Biblical Illustrator

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 v...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The wicked flee when no man pursueth, their bad conscience making them timid; but the righteous, filled with the consciousness of their uprightness...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Consequences of Impiety
Wells of Living Water Commentary

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 severa...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 28:1

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Proverbs 28:1