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THE MESSAGE
Proverbs 28:4
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Those who reject the law praise the wicked,but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; But those who keep the law contend with them.
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 strive against them.
Those who abandon the Law praise the wicked, But those who keep the Law strive against them.
Those who disobey what they have been taught praise the wicked, but those who obey what they have been taught are against them.
Those who set aside the law [of God and man] praise the wicked, But those who keep the law [of God and man] struggle with them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; But those who keep the law contend with them.
They that forsake the Law, prayse the wicked: but they that keepe the Law, set themselues against them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,But those who keep the law strive with them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.
Those who abandon Torah praise the wicked, but those who keep Torah fight them.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
Those who refuse to obey the law promote evil. Those who obey the law oppose evil.
Those who forsake the law glory in wickedness; but those who keep the law receive strength.
If you have no regard for the law, you are on the side of the wicked; but if you obey it, you are against them.
Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked, but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive with them.
They that forsake the lawe, prayse ye vngodly; but soch as kepe the lawe, abhorre them.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; but such as keep the law contend with them.
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked: but such as keepe the Law, contend with them.
They that forsake the lawe, prayse the vngodly: but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them.
Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym.
Those that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
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 contend with them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them.
To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.
Those who turn away from the law praise the sinful, but those who keep the law fight against them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law struggle against them.
They who forsake instruction, praise one who is lawless, while, they who keep instruction, are at strife with them.
They that forsake the law, praise the wicked man: they that keep it, are incensed against him.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
Those forsaking the law praise the wicked, Those keeping the law plead against them.
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But those who keep the law strive with them.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
that: 1 Samuel 23:19-21, Psalms 10:3, Psalms 49:18, Jeremiah 5:30, Matthew 3:15, Acts 12:22, Acts 24:2-4, Romans 1:32, 1 John 4:5
but: 1 Samuel 15:14-24, 1 Samuel 22:14, 1 Samuel 22:15, 1 Kings 18:18, 1 Kings 18:21, 1 Kings 20:41, 1 Kings 20:42, 1 Kings 21:19, 1 Kings 21:20, 1 Kings 22:19-28, 2 Kings 3:13, 2 Kings 3:14, Nehemiah 5:7-13, Nehemiah 13:8-11, Nehemiah 13:17-20, Nehemiah 13:23-26, Nehemiah 13:28, Matthew 3:7, Matthew 14:4, Acts 15:2, Acts 19:9, Galatians 2:3-6, Ephesians 5:11, 1 Thessalonians 2:2, Jude 1:3
Reciprocal: Nehemiah 6:19 - they reported Nehemiah 13:11 - contended Nehemiah 13:25 - I contended Psalms 89:30 - forsake Proverbs 17:4 - General Jeremiah 9:13 - General Micah 3:2 - love 2 Peter 2:15 - forsaken
Cross-References
God appeared to Abram and said, "I will give this land to your children." Abram built an altar at the place God had appeared to him.
So Isaac called in Jacob and blessed him. Then he ordered him, "Don't take a Caananite wife. Leave at once. Go to Paddan Aram to the family of your mother's father, Bethuel. Get a wife for yourself from the daughters of your uncle Laban.
"And may The Strong God bless you and give you many, many children, a congregation of peoples; and pass on the blessing of Abraham to you and your descendants so that you will get this land in which you live, this land God gave Abraham."
So Isaac sent Jacob off. He went to Paddan Aram, to Laban son of Bethuel the Aramean, the brother of Rebekah who was the mother of Jacob and Esau.
Esau learned that Isaac had blessed Jacob and sent him to Paddan Aram to get a wife there, and while blessing him commanded, "Don't marry a Canaanite woman," and that Jacob had obeyed his parents and gone to Paddan Aram. When Esau realized how deeply his father Isaac disliked the Canaanite women, he went to Ishmael and married Mahalath the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Ishmael, Abraham's son. This was in addition to the wives he already had.
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."
Jacob was up first thing in the morning. He took the stone he had used for his pillow and stood it up as a memorial pillar and poured oil over it. He christened the place Bethel (God's House). The name of the town had been Luz until then.
"Ah, God , listen to my prayer, my cry—open your ears. Don't be callous; just look at these tears of mine. I'm a stranger here. I don't know my way— a migrant like my whole family. Give me a break, cut me some slack before it's too late and I'm out of here."
How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He's the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Long before he laid down earth's foundations, he had us in mind, had settled on us as the focus of his love, to be made whole and holy by his love. Long, long ago he decided to adopt us into his family through Jesus Christ. (What pleasure he took in planning this!) He wanted us to enter into the celebration of his lavish gift-giving by the hand of his beloved Son.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
They that forsake the law praise the wicked,.... Who are like them; who forsake and transgress the law, as they do; every like loves its like; wicked men delight in sin, the transgression of the law, and in those that do it. One covetous man will bless and praise another, whom the Lord abhors, and commend his covetousness as frugality and good husbandry: one proud man will call another happy, and praise him as a man of spirit, that will not debase himself, but keep up his authority, rank, and dignity, and not condescend to men of low estates; the workers of wickedness are set up and extolled, and tempters of God, men of atheistical and deistical principles, are not only delivered from the punishment they deserve, but are commended for their bold spirits; see Psalms 10:3. Or, "every wicked man praises those that forsake the law", so Schultens;
but such as keep the law contend with them; that is, with them that forsake it and praise the wicked; they are displeased with them, and show their resentment at them; they tend with them by arguments, and endeavour to convince them of their folly and wickedness; they prove them for it, even though they may be in high places, as John the Baptist reproved Herod. The Targum is,
"they contend with them, that they may return,''
or be converted; they strive and take pains with them, to convince them and bring them to repentance, and to a change of sentiments, life, and manners.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 28:4. They that forsake the law — He that transgresses says, in fact, that it is right to transgress; and thus other wicked persons are encouraged.
