Proverbs 28:1 - The Flight of the Wicked

Proverbs 28:1 - The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.

Message: The flight of the wicked

Time: It seems that Proverbs was written and then compiled sometime between the tenth and sixth centuries B.C. Proverbs was probably written during the reign of Solomon, 971-931 B.C.

What the Lord is Saying:

Leviticus 26:17 - I will set my face against you, and you shall be struck down before your enemies. Those who hate you shall rule over you, and you shall flee when none pursues you. 26:36 - And as for those of you who are left, I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf shall put them to flight, and they shall flee as one flees from the sword, and they shall fall when none pursues.

Psalm 53:5 - There they are, in great terror, where there is no terror! For God scatters the bones of him who encamps against you; you put them to shame, for God has rejected them. 

The righteous man is bold because he has confidence in Jehovah the source of his strength. The righteous person is righteous because of Christ in him. The wicked flee because they are guilty of sin. They fear being found out. They fear being discovered. Sin exposes them. 

Promise: We sin because we believe we do not have to fear God.