If you are slack in the day of distress,
Your strength is limited.
The wicked flee when no one is pursuing,
But the righteous are bold as a lion.
But Jonah rose up to flee to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord. So he went down to Joppa, found a ship which was going to Tarshish, paid the fare and went down into it to go with them to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep.
Submit therefore to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.