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Those who abandon the law[a] praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law oppose them.
Evil men do not understand justice,
but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
Better a poor person who walks in his integrity
    than a rich person who is hypocritical.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 28:4 Or instruction or teaching
  2. Proverbs 28:6 Or twisted in his two ways

Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
    but those who heed it resist them.

Evildoers do not understand what is right,
    but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.

Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)

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