Proverbs 28:1

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And [thou shalt have] goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and [for] the maintenance for thy maidens.	The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.	For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

The wicked^H7563 flee^H5127 when no man pursueth^H7291: but the righteous^H6662 are bold^H982 as a lion^H3715.

Original Hebrew

נָסוּ וְאֵין־רֹדֵף רָשָׁע וְצַדִּיקִים כִּכְפִיר יִבְטָח׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
נָ֣סוּ	Na.su	H5127	HVqp3cp	they flee
וְ/אֵין	ve./'ein-	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
רֹדֵ֣ף	ro.Def	H7291	HVqrmsa	(is one who) pursues
רָשָׁ֑ע	ra.Sha'	H7563	HAamsa	(the) wicked
וְ֝/צַדִּיקִ֗ים	ve./tza.di.Kim	H6662	HC/Aampa	and/ righteous (people)
כִּ/כְפִ֥יר	ki/kh.Fir	H3715	HR/Ncmsa	like/ a young lion
יִבְטָֽח	yiv.Tach	H982	HVqi3ms	he is confident

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H982 — בָּטַח (bâṭach, baw-takh'): a primitive root; properly, to hide for refuge (but not so precipitately as חָסָה); figuratively, to trust, be confident or sure; be bold (confident, secure, sure), careless (one, woman), put confidence, (make to) hope, (put, make to) trust.
H3715 — כְּפִיר (kᵉphîyr, kef-eer'): from כָּפַר; a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane); (young) lion, village. Compare כָּפָר.
H5127 — נוּס (nûwç, noos): a primitive root; to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver); [idiom] abate, away, be displayed, (make to) flee (away, -ing), put to flight, [idiom] hide, lift up a standard.
H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
H7291 — רָדַף (râdaph, raw-daf'): a primitive root; to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by); chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).
H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

the righteous — Exodus 11:8, Psalms 27:1-2, Psalms 46:2-3, Psalms 112:7, Isaiah 26:3-4, Daniel 3:16-18, Daniel 6:10-11, Acts 4:13, Acts 14:3, 1 Thessalonians 2:2
wicked — Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:36, Deuteronomy 28:7, Deuteronomy 28:25, 2 Kings 7:6-7, 2 Kings 7:15, Psalms 53:5, Isaiah 7:2, Jeremiah 20:4

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: COURAGE-FEAR, RIGHTEOUS-WICKED
Torrey’s: BOLDNESS, HOLY, CHARACTER OF SAINTS, CHARACTER OF THE WICKED, FEAR, UNHOLY, SAINTS, COMPARED TO
Nave’s: BOLDNESS, CHARACTER, CONSCIENCE, COURAGE, COWARDICE, REMORSE, RIGHTEOUS, SIN, WICKED (PEOPLE)

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