Proverbs 28:4 · KJV
“They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.”
— Proverbs 28:4
A poor man that oppresseth the poor {is like} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. {which...: Heb. without food}
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all {things}.
Proverbs 28 — Context
For the transgression of a land many {are} the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding {and} knowledge the state {thereof} shall be prolonged. {by...: or, by men of understanding and wisdom shall they likewise be prolonged}
3A poor man that oppresseth the poor {is like} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. {which...: Heb. without food}
4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all {things}.
6Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
Cross References
Romans 1:32
Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. {have...: or, consent with}
Ephesians 5:11
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove {them}.
Matthew 14:4
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
1 Kings 18:18
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD, and thou hast followed Baalim.
1 John 4:5
They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.
Psalms 49:18
Though while he lived he blessed his soul: and {men} will praise thee, when thou doest well to thyself. {while...: Heb. in his life}
Psalms 10:3
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, {whom} the LORD abhorreth. {heart's: Heb. soul's} {blesseth...: or, the covetous blesseth himself, he abhorreth the LORD}