Those who forsake the law (A)praise the wicked,
    but those who keep the law (B)strive against them.
Evil men (C)do not understand justice,
    but those who seek the Lord (D)understand it completely.

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Those who abandon the Law (A)praise the wicked,
But those who keep the Law (B)strive against them.
Evil people (C)do not understand justice,
But those who seek the Lord (D)understand everything.

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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.

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If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,
    even his (A)prayer is an abomination.

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One who turns his ear away from listening to the Law,
Even his (A)prayer is an abomination.

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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
    even their prayers are detestable.(A)

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14 Blessed is the one who (A)fears the Lord[a] always,
    but whoever (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:14 Hebrew lacks the Lord

14 How blessed is the person who (A)fears always,
But one who (B)hardens his heart will fall into disaster.

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14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
    but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.

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23 Whoever (A)rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
    than (B)he who flatters with his tongue.

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23 One who (A)rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
Than one who (B)flatters with the tongue.

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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
    rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)

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