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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They that forsake the law praise the wicked;
But such as keep the law contend with them.
Evil men understand not justice;
But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

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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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He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law,
Even his prayer is an abomination.

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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 Happy is the man that feareth alway;
But he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into [a]mischief.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:14 Or, calamity

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 He that rebuketh a man shall afterward find more favor
Than he that flattereth with the tongue.

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