Proverbs 28:4
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They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
In other translations
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law resist them.
Hebrew words
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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