Proverbs 28:4

Conservative English Version

Lawbreakers praise criminals, but law-abiding citizens always oppose them.

Cross References

1 Kings 18:18

Elijah answered: You're the troublemaker--not me! You and your family have disobeyed the LORD's commands by worshiping Baal.

1 Kings 18:21

Elijah stood in front of them and said, "How much longer will you try to have things both ways? If the LORD is God, worship him! But if Baal is God, worship him!" The people did not say a word.

Nehemiah 13:15

I also noticed what the people of Judah were doing on the Sabbath. Not only were they trampling grapes to make wine, but they were harvesting their grain, grapes, figs, and other crops, and then loading these on donkeys to sell in Jerusalem. So I warned them not to sell food on the Sabbath.

Nehemiah 13:28

Jehoiada, the son of the high priest Eliashib, had a son who had married a daughter of Sanballat from Horon, and I forced his son to leave.

Psalm 10:3

The wicked brag about their deepest desires. Those greedy people hate and curse you, LORD.

Psalm 49:18

We humans are praised when we do well, and all of us are glad to be alive.

Jeremiah 5:30

Look at the terrible things going on in this country. I am shocked!

Matthew 14:4

(SEE 14:3)

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered, "For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do." Then John agreed.

Matthew 3:7

Many Pharisees and Sadducees also came to be baptized. But John said to them: You bunch of snakes! Who warned you to run from the coming judgment?

Acts 12:22

The people shouted, "You speak more like a god than a man!"

Acts 15:2

This caused trouble, and Paul and Barnabas argued with them about this teaching. So it was decided to send Paul and Barnabas and a few others to Jerusalem to discuss this problem with the apostles and the church leaders.

Acts 19:9

but some of them were stubborn and refused to believe. In front of everyone they said terrible things about God's Way. Paul left and took the followers with him to the lecture hall of Tyrannus. He spoke there every day

Romans 1:32

They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them.

Ephesians 5:11

Don't take part in doing those worthless things that are done in the dark. Instead, show how wrong they are.

1 Thessalonians 2:2

As you remember, we had been mistreated and insulted at Philippi. But God gave us the courage to tell you the good news about him, even though many people caused us trouble.

1 John 4:5

These enemies belong to this world, and the world listens to them, because they speak its language.

Jude 1:3

My dear friends, I really wanted to write you about God's saving power at work in our lives. But instead, I must write and ask you to defend the faith that God has once for all given to his people.