Proverbs 28:5
Evil people understand nothing about justice, but those who follow the Lord understand it completely.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
4People who reject the law praise the wicked, but those who keep the law fight against them.
6Better to be poor and have integrity than to be devious and rich.
Cross References
Psalms 92:6Only senseless people and fools don't know and understand this:
Psalms 119:100I even understand more than the elders because I follow your directions.
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom goes over the heads of stupid people; they have nothing to contribute when important matters are discussed.
Jeremiah 4:22“My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are foolish children who just don't understand. They're experts at doing evil, but they don't know how to do good.”
Mark 4:10When he was by himself, his twelve disciples and the others who were with him asked him what the illustrations meant.
1 Corinthians 2:14Of course people who are not spiritual don't accept what comes from God's Spirit. It's just foolish nonsense to them, and they can't understand it, because what is spiritual has to be properly examined.
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 →