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Proverbs 28:4
They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.
Proverbs 28:4 · Rotherham Emphasised Bible
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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.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.
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In context
1 The lawless, fleeth when no man pursueth, but, the righteous, like a lion, are confident.
2 For the transgressions of a land, many are the rulers thereof, but, under an intelligent and discerning man, stability is prolonged.
3 A poor man, who oppresseth the helpless, [is like] a rain beating down, leaving no food.
4 They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.
5 Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.
6 Better a poor man walking in his integrity, than one who is crooked—turning two ways, though, he, be rich.
7 He that keepeth instruction, is a son with discernment, but, a companion of squanderers, bringeth shame to his father.
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