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

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Those who forsake the law (A)praise the wicked,
But those who keep the law (B)strive with them.

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Young people who obey the law are wise;
    those with wild friends bring shame to their parents.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 28:7 Hebrew their father.

He who observes the law is a son who understands,
But he who befriends (A)gluttons humiliates his father.

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

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He who turns away his ear from listening to the law,
Even his (A)prayer is an abomination.

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18 When people do not accept divine guidance, they run wild.
    But whoever obeys the law is joyful.

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18 Where there is (A)no [a]vision, the people (B)are out of control,
But how (C)blessed is he who keeps the law.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:18 Or revelation