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28 The wicked flee even though no one is pursuing them,
but the righteous are bold like a lion.

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28 The wicked flee, but no one pursues,
    but the righteous is bold like a lion.

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Those who abandon the law[a] praise the wicked,
but those who keep the law oppose them.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:4 Or instruction or teaching

Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
    but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.

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12 When the righteous triumph, there is much celebration,[a]
but when the wicked rise to power, people hide.

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  1. Proverbs 28:12 Or confidence. Literally splendor.

12 When the righteous triumphs, great is the glory,
    but with the rising of the wicked, a person will be hidden.

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28 When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding,
but when the wicked perish, the righteous increase.

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28 With the rising of the wicked, humankind will be hidden,
    and with their perishing, the righteous will multiply.

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When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,
but when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

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When the righteous are numerous, the people will rejoice,
    but when the wicked are ruling, people will groan.

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A righteous person acknowledges the rights of the poor,
but a wicked person does not understand such knowledge.

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The righteous knows the case of the poor,
    but the wicked does not understand knowledge.

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16 When the wicked increase, sin increases,
but the righteous will see their downfall.

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16 With the increase of the wicked, transgression will increase,
    but the righteous will look on his downfall.

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27 An unjust person is disgusting to righteous people,
but one whose way is upright is disgusting to the wicked.

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27 A man of injustice is an abomination to the righteous,
    but the upright[a] is an abomination to the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:27 Literally “upright of way”