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Prov. 28:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

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Lev. 26:17,36• ¹⁷And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies: they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
³⁶And as to those that remain of you, I will send 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 fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth; (Lev. 26:17,36)

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Psa. 53:5• ⁵There have they greatly feared [where] no fear was;{HR}For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee.{HR}Thou hast put [them] to shame,{HR}For God hath rejected them. (Psa. 53:5)

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1-28: General observations of impiety and religious integrity.

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Lev. 26:17,36• ¹⁷And I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies: they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
³⁶And as to those that remain of you, I will send 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 fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth; (Lev. 26:17,36)

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Deut. 28:7,25• ⁷{i}Jehovah will give up, smitten before thee, thine enemies that rise up against thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and by seven ways shall they flee before thee.{/i}
²⁵Jehovah shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; {i}thou shalt go out against them one way, and by seven ways shalt thou flee before them; and thou shalt be driven hither and thither into all the kingdoms of the earth.{/i} (Deut. 28:7,25)

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2 Kings 7:6‑7,15• ⁶{i}For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, a noise of a great host; and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.{/i}
⁷{i}And they rose up and fled in the dusk, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, the camp as it was, and fled for their life.{/i}
¹⁵{i}And they went after them to the Jordan; and behold, all the way was full of garments and materials, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.{/i} (2 Kings 7:6‑7,15)

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Psa. 53:5• ⁵There have they greatly feared [where] no fear was;{HR}For God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee.{HR}Thou hast put [them] to shame,{HR}For God hath rejected them. (Psa. 53:5)

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Isa. 7:2• ²And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart shook, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the forest are shaken by the wind. (Isa. 7:2)

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Jer. 20:4• ⁴{i}For thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I 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 see it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.{/i} (Jer. 20:4)

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Ex. 11:8• ⁸{i}And all these thy bondmen shall come down unto me, and bow down to me, saying, Go out, thou, and all the people that follow thee; and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in a glowing anger.{/i} (Ex. 11:8)

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Psa. 27:1‑2• ¹Of David.{HR}Jehovah [is] my light and my salvation;{HR}Whom shall I fear?{HR}Jehovah is the fortress of my life;{HR}Of whom shall I be afraid?
²When evil doers drew near unto me to eat my flesh,{HR}Mine adversaries and mine enemies against me,{HR}They stumbled and fell. (Psa. 27:1‑2)

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Psa. 46:2‑3• ²Therefore will we not fear in the changing of the earth{HR}And in the moving of the mountains into the heart of the seas.
³Its waters roar, they are troubled;{HR}The mountains tremble with its pride. Selah. (Psa. 46:2‑3)

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Psa. 112:7• ⁷Of evil tidings he will not be afraid;{HR}Fixed [is] his heart, confiding in Jehovah. (Psa. 112:7)

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Isa. 26:3‑4• ³Thou wilt keep in perfect peace the mind stayed [on thee], for he confideth in thee.
⁴Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:3‑4)

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Dan. 3:16‑18• ¹⁶{i}Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego answered and said to the king{/i}, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
¹⁷If it be so, our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace. He will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.
¹⁸But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. (Dan. 3:16‑18)

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Dan. 6:10‑11• ¹⁰{i}And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.{/i}
¹¹{i}But those men came in a body, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.{/i} (Dan. 6:10‑11)

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Acts 4:13• ¹³Now beholding the boldness of Peter and John, and aware that they were unlettered and simple men, they wondered, and recognized them that they were with Jesus. (Acts 4:13)

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Acts 14:3• ³A considerable time therefore they stayed speaking boldly in reliance on the Lord that gave witness to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands. (Acts 14:3)

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1 Thess. 2:2• ²But having suffered before, and been outraged, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict. (1 Thess. 2:2)

• None are so cowardly as those who are carrying about a guilty conscience. Such are terrified by their own thoughts and take fright at a shadow. (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

• No lion was bolder in facing his foes than have been naturally weak and timid men and women when martyred for Christ’s sake. Contrast the army of the Syrians with Elisha the prophet (2 Kings 7:6, 7; and 6:8-17). (“Proverbs Twenty-Eight” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)