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Proverbs 28:4

World English Bible

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked;
but those who keep the law contend with them.

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Proverbs 28:4 in other translations

They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

Proverbs 28:4 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 28:4 in context

  1. 2In rebellion, a land has many rulers,
    but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.
  2. 3A needy man who oppresses the poor
    is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
  3. 4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked;
    but those who keep the law contend with them.
  4. 5Evil men don’t understand justice;
    but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
  5. 6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity,
    than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.