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Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
Compare Versions
American Standard Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked; But such as keep the law contend with them.
Christian Standard Bible
Those who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law pit themselves against them.
English Standard Version
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law strive against them.
King James Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
New American Standard Bible
Those who abandon the Law praise the wicked, But those who keep the Law strive against them.
New King James Version
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked, But such as keep the law contend with them.
New Living Translation
To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.
World English Bible
Those who forsake the law praise the wicked; but those who keep the law contend with them.