Proverbs 28:4

“They that forsake the law praise the wicked, etc.] Who are like them; who forsake and transgress the law, as they do; every like loves its like; wicked men delight in sin, the transgression of the law, and in those that do it. One covetous man will bless and praise another, whom the Lord abhors, and commend his covetousness as frugality and good husbandry: one proud man will call another happy, and praise him as a man of spirit, that will not debase himself, but keep up his authority, rank, and dignity, and not condescend to men of low estates; the workers of wickedness are set up and extolled, and tempters of God, men of atheistical and deistical principles, are not only delivered from the…”

“They that forsake . . . wicked--Wrongdoers encourage one another.”

“Contend - Are so far from praising them, that they severely reprove them. Proverbs 28:5”

“28:4 Without law, chaos results and the wicked flourish.”

“that: Sa1 23:19-21; Psa 10:3, Psa 49:18; Jer 5:30; Mat 3:15; Act 12:22, Act 24:2-4; Rom 1:32; Jo1 4:5 but: Sa1 15:14-24, Sa1 22:14, Sa1 22:15; Kg1 18:18, Kg1 18:21, Kg1 20:41, Kg1 20:42, Kg1 21:19, Kg1 21:20, Kg1 22:19-28; Kg2 3:13, Kg2 3:14; Neh 5:7-13, Neh 13:8-11, Neh 13:17-20, Neh 13:23-26, Neh 13:28; Mat 3:7, Mat 14:4; Act 15:2, Act 19:9; Gal 2:3-6; Eph 5:11; Th1 2:2; Jde 1:3 Proverbs 28:5”

“4 They who forsake the law praise the godless; But they who keep the law become angry with them, viz. the godless, for רשׁע is to be thought of collectively, as at Pro 28:1. They who praise the godless turn away from the revealed word of God ( Psa 73:11-15); those, on the contrary, who are true to God's word ( Pro 28:18) are aroused against them (vid., regarding גרה, Pro 15:18), they are deeply moved by their conduct, they cannot remain silent and let their wickedness go unpunished; התגּרה is zeal (excitement) always expressing itself, passing over into actions (syn. התעורר, Job 17:8). Proverbs 28:5”