28 The wicked flee(A) though no one pursues,(B)
    but the righteous are as bold as a lion.(C)

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Contrasting Good and Evil

28 The wicked flee, though no one pursues,
but the righteous are bold like a lion.

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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

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Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked,
    but whoever keeps it[a] fights them.

Evil men don’t understand justice,
    but whoever seeks the Lord understands it all.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:4 Lit. keeps the Law

10 Whoever leads the upright along an evil path
    will fall into their own trap,(A)
    but the blameless will receive a good inheritance.

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10 Whoever misleads the upright along an evil way
    will himself fall into his own pit,
        but the blameless will inherit what is good.

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18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(A)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(B) into the pit.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

18 Whoever lives blamelessly will be delivered,
    but whoever is perverted will fall without warning.

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