Proverbs 28:5
Evil men do not understand justice, 1 but those who seek Yahweh understand everything. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
4Those who forsake the law praise wicked people, 1 but those who keep the law fight against them. 1
Cross References
Psalms 92:6A brutish person does not know, 1 nor does a fool understand this: 1
Psalms 119:100I understand more than those older than I am; 1 this is because I have kept your instructions. 1
Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; 1 in the gate he does not open his mouth. 1
Jeremiah 4:22For the foolishness of my people—they do not know me. They are idiotic people and they have no understanding. They have skill at evil, but do not know to do good.
Mark 4:10When Jesus was alone, those who were close to him and with the twelve asked him about the parables.
1 Corinthians 2:14The unspiritual person does not receive the things that belong to the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. He cannot know them because they are spiritually discerned.
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 →