Bold as a Lion - Proverbs 28:1b
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Evil people run even though no one is chasing them, but good people are as brave as a lion.
2
When a country is lawless, it has one ruler after another; but when it is led by a man with understanding and knowledge, it continues strong.
3
Rulers who mistreat the poor are like a hard rain that destroys the crops.
4
Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked, but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.
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Evil people do not understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
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It is better to be poor and innocent than to be rich and wicked.
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Proverbs 28:1-6 Meaning and Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO 1 KINGS 15
In this chapter we have a short history of the reign of Abijam, 1Ki 15:1-8 and of Asa, 1Ki 14:9-24, both kings of Judah; and of the reigns of Nadab the son of Jeroboam, and of Baasha, who destroyed his family, both kings of Israel, 1Ki 15:25-34.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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