Proverbs 28:4-5
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Those who forsake the law (A)praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law (B)strive with them.
5 Evil men (C)do not understand justice,
But those who seek Yahweh (D)understand all things.
Proverbs 28:4-5
American Standard Version
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked;
But such as keep the law contend with them.
5 Evil men understand not justice;
But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
Proverbs 28:4-5
New International Version
4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked,
but those who heed it resist them.
5 Evildoers do not understand what is right,
but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
Proverbs 28:9
Legacy Standard Bible
9 He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his (A)prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:9
American Standard Version
9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.
Proverbs 28:9
New International Version
9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction,
even their prayers are detestable.(A)
Proverbs 28:14
Legacy Standard Bible
14 How blessed is the man who (A)is always in dread,
But he who (B)hardens his heart will fall into calamity.
Proverbs 28:14
American Standard Version
14 Happy is the man that feareth alway;
But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into [a]mischief.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:14 Or, calamity
Proverbs 28:14
New International Version
14 Blessed is the one who always trembles before God,
but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble.
Proverbs 28:23
Legacy Standard Bible
Proverbs 28:23
American Standard Version
23 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.
Proverbs 28:23
New International Version
23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)
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