Proverbs 28:5
Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand + 28:5 Gr. in everything.everything.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
6A poor man walking in truth is better than a rich liar.
Cross References
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom and good understanding are in the gates of the wise: the wise turn not aside from the mouth of the Lord,
Jeremiah 4:22For the princes of my people have not known me, they are foolish and unwise children: they are wise to do evil, but how to do good they have not known.
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 →