4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.


In Context

1 The wicked flee when no one pursues; but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

2 In rebellion, a land has many rulers, but order is maintained by a man of understanding and knowledge.

3 A needy man who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain which leaves no crops.

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

5 Evil men don't understand justice; but those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.

6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Proverbs 28:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

28:4Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:4Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.