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Proverbs 28:4

4 cThose who forsake the law praise the wicked,

dBut such as keep the law contend with them.

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Proverbs 28:4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,

but those who heed it resist them.

Proverbs 28:4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,

but those who keep the law strive against them.

Proverbs 28:4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

They that forsake the law praise the wicked:

But such as keep the law contend with them.

Proverbs 28:4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

To reject the law is to praise the wicked;

to obey the law is to fight them.

Proverbs 28:4 — New Century Version (NCV)

Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked,

but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.

Proverbs 28:4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

They that forsake the law praise the wicked;

But such as keep the law contend with them.

Proverbs 28:4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 28:4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Those who abandon ⸤God’s⸥ teachings praise wicked people, 

but those who follow ⸤God’s⸥ teachings oppose wicked people. 

Proverbs 28:4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Those who reject the law praise the wicked,

but those who keep the law battle against them.

Proverbs 28:4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,

but those who keep the law struggle against them.

Proverbs 28:4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,

but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

Proverbs 28:4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Those who turn away from the law praise sinners.

But those who obey the law oppose them.

Proverbs 28:4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,

But those who keep the law strive with them.


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