Proverbs 28:5
Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.
Cross References
Psalms 92:6\92:5\O Lord, how great are your works! and your thoughts are very deep.
Psalms 119:100I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
Jeremiah 4:22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
Mark 4:10And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories.
1 Corinthians 2:14For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 28:5
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Note, 1. Those that praise the wicked make it to appear that they do themselves forsake the law, and go contrary to it, for that curses and condemns the wicked. Wicked people will speak well of one another, and so strengthen one another's hands in their wicked ways, hoping thereby to silence the clamours of their own consciences and to serve the interests of the devil's kingdom, which is not done by any thing so effectually… Read the whole commentary →