Verse 4
Proverbs 28:4
Literal Standard Version
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Those forsaking the Law praise the wicked, || Those keeping the Law plead against them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֹזְבֵ֣י ת֭וֹרָה יְהַֽלְל֣וּ רָשָׁ֑ע וְ/שֹׁמְרֵ֥י ת֝וֹרָ֗ה יִתְגָּ֥רוּ בָֽ/ם
English Translation
Those who forsake the Torah will praise the wicked, but those who keep the Torah will contend with them.
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Chapter 28 Context
1
The wicked have fled and there is no pursuer, || And the righteous is confident as a young lion.
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By the transgression of a land its heads are many, || And by an understanding man, || Who knows righ...
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A man—poor and oppressing the weak, || Is a sweeping rain, and there is no bread.
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Those forsaking the Law praise the wicked, || Those keeping the Law plead against them.
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Evil men do not understand judgment, || And those seeking YHWH understand all.
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Better is the poor walking in his integrity, || Than the perverse of ways who is rich.
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Whoever is keeping the Law is an intelligent son, || And a friend of gluttons || Causes his father t...
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Whoever is multiplying his wealth by biting and usury, || Gathers it for one favoring the poor.
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Whoever is turning his ear from hearing the Law, || Even his prayer is an abomination.
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Whoever is causing the upright to err in an evil way, || He falls into his own pit, || And the perfe...
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11
A rich man is wise in his own eyes, || And the intelligent poor searches him.
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12
In the exulting of the righteous the glory is abundant, || And in the rising of the wicked man is ap...
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13
Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking h...
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O the blessedness of a man fearing continually, || And whoever is hardening his heart falls into evi...
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15
A growling lion, and a ranging bear, || Is the wicked ruler over a poor people.
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A leader lacking understanding multiplies oppressions, || Whoever is hating dishonest gain prolongs...
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A man oppressed with the blood of a soul, || Flees to the pit, and none takes hold on him to help.
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Whoever is walking uprightly is saved, || And the perverted of ways falls at once.
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Whoever is tilling his ground is satisfied with bread, || And whoever is pursuing vanity, || Is fill...
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A steadfast man has multiplied blessings, || And whoever is hastening to be rich is not acquitted.
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21
It is not good to discern faces, || And a man transgresses for a piece of bread.
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The man with an evil eye is troubled for wealth, || And he does not know that want meets him.
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Whoever is reproving a man finds grace afterward, || More than a flatterer with the tongue.
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Whoever is robbing his father or his mother, || And is saying, “It is not transgression,” || He is a...
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Whoever is proud in soul stirs up contention, || And whoever is trusting on YHWH is made fat.
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Whoever is trusting in his heart is a fool, || And whoever is walking in wisdom is delivered.
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Whoever is giving to the poor has no lack, || And whoever is hiding his eyes multiplied curses.
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28
A man is hidden in the rising of the wicked, || And the righteous multiply in their destruction!
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