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Proverbs 28:4
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Proverbs 28:4 · Webster 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 wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.
2 For the transgression of a land many [are] its princes: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].
6 Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [is] rich.
7 He who keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.
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