Passage Research
Proverbs 28 — Sermon Preparation
Proverbs on the fearful flight of the wicked versus the lion-boldness of the righteous, the mercy that comes with confessing sin, and the blessing of giving to the poor. Below is a research summary for Proverbs 28, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 28
- verses
- 229 / 147
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 8
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Proverbs 28 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָדָם | ʼâdâm | H120 | 6 | ruddy, human being |
| בִּין | bîyn | H995 | 5 | separate, distinguish |
| דַּל | dal | H1800 | 4 | dangling, weak |
| רָשָׁע | râshâʻ | H7563 | 5 | wrong, bad |
| רַב | rab | H7227 | 5 | abundant |
| תּוֹרָה | tôwrâh | H8451 | 4 | precept, statute |
| רוּשׁ | rûwsh | H7326 | 3 | be destitute |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Proverbs 28, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“When power is put into the hands of the wicked, wise men decline public business. If the reader will go diligently over this and the other chapters, in many places where at first he may suppose there is least of Christ, still he will find what will lead to him.”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Proverbs 28:28–30 (Public Domain)
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