Proverbs 28:4
Those who forsake the Law praise the wicked;but those who keep the Law contend with them.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
In Context
3A needy man who oppresses the pooris like a driving rain which leaves no crops.
5Evil men do not understand justice;but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:14Samuel said, "Then what does this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the cattle which I hear mean?"
1 Samuel 23:19Then the Ziphites came up to Saul to Gibeah, saying, "Doesn't David hide himself with us in the strongholds in the wood, in the hill of Hachilah, which is on the south of the desert?
1 Kings 18:21Elijah came near to all the people, and said, "How long will you waver between the two sides? If the Lord is God, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him."The people answered him not a word.
1 Kings 21:19You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the Lord, "Have you killed and also taken possession?"' You shall speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the Lord, "In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth, dogs will lick your blood, even yours."'"
2 Kings 3:13Elisha said to the king of Israel, "What have I to do with you? Go to the prophets of your father, and to the prophets of your mother."The king of Israel said to him, "No; for the Lord has called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab."
Nehemiah 5:13Also I shook out my lap, and said, "So may God shake out every man from his house, and from his labor, that doesn't perform this promise; even thus be he shaken out, and emptied."All the assembly said, "Amen," and praised the Lord. The people did according to this promise.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:4
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. See here, 1. How hard-hearted poor people frequently are to one another, not only not doing such good offices as they might do one to another, but imposing upon and over-reaching one another. Those who know by experience the miseries of poverty should be compassionate to those who suffer the like, but they are inexcusably barbarous if they be injurious to them. 2. How imperious and griping those commonly are who, being indigent… Read the whole commentary →