Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.
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In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
4Those who abandon the law praise the impious. Those who guard it are inflamed against him.
6Better is the pauper walking in his simplicity, than the rich walking in ways of depravity.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is beyond the foolish; at the gate he will not open his mouth.
Jeremiah 4:22For my foolish people have not known me. They are foolish and mad sons. They are clever in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
Mark 4:10And when he was alone, the twelve, who were with him, questioned him about the parable.
1 Corinthians 2:14But the animal nature of man does not perceive these things that are of the Spirit of God. For it is foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand it, because it must be examined spiritually.
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 →