(A)Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,
(B)But such as keep the law contend with them.

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

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Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son,
But a companion of gluttons shames his father.

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He who keeps instruction is a child of understanding,
    but the companion of gluttons will shame his father.

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One who turns away his ear from hearing the law,
(A)Even his prayer is an abomination.

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

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18 (A)Where there is no [a]revelation, the people cast off restraint;
But (B)happy is he who keeps the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:18 prophetic vision

18 When there is no prophecy, the people cast off restraint,
    but as for he who guards instruction, happiness is his.

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