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To reject the law is to praise the wicked;
    to obey the law is to fight them.

Evil people don’t understand justice,
    but those who follow the Lord understand completely.

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Those who forsake instruction will praise the wicked,
    but they who guard instruction will struggle against them.
Men of evil do not understand justice,
    but seekers of Yahweh understand completely.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:5 Or “everything”

God detests the prayers
    of a person who ignores the law.

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He who turns his ear from listening to instruction,
    even his prayer is an abomination.

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14 Blessed are those who fear to do wrong,[a]
    but the stubborn are headed for serious trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. 28:14 Or those who fear the Lord; Hebrew reads those who fear.

14 Happy is the person who fears continuously,
    but he who is stubborn of heart,[a] will fall into calamity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:14 Or “mind”

23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
    far more than flattery.

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23 He who rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
    than he who flatters with the tongue.

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