Proverbs 28:1, General observations of impiety and religious integrity.
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Proverbs 28 — OverviewProverbs 28 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMiscellaneous Maxims.Proverbs 28 — OverviewProverbs 28 · Little Bible — for children and parentsProverbs 28 confronts the reader with the sharp contrast between the righteous and the wicked across the whole of life — in personal character, in government, in money, and in relationships. It teaches that wickedness…Proverbs 28:1Proverbs 28:1 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleSee here, 1. What continual frights those are subject to that go on in
wicked ways. Guilt in the conscience makes men a terror to themselves,
so that they are ready to flee when none pursues; like one that…Proverbs 28:1Proverbs 28:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe wicked flee when no man pursueth. The unreasoning terror of the sinner arises partly from his uneasy conscience, which will not permit him to transgress without warning of consequences, and partly from the judgment…Proverbs 28:1Proverbs 28:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe cowardice of guilt and the courage of righteousness
I. THE COWARDICE OF GUILT. "The wicked flee when no man pursueth."
1. This cowardice springs from a natural feeling of ill desert. "Conscience doth make cowards…Proverbs 28:1-5Proverbs 28:1-5 · The Pulpit CommentaryCanons of moral truth
I. WICKEDNESS IS FEARFUL, GOODNESS IS COURAGEOUS. (Proverbs 28:1.) A good conscience is better than a thousand witnesses; an evil conscience unmans (Job 15:21). What passes by the name of courage…