Proverbs 28:5
Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 92:6An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
Psalms 119:100I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
Proverbs 24:7Wisdome is hie to a foole: therefore he can not open his mouth in the gate.
Jeremiah 4:22For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.
Mark 4:10And whe he was alone, they that were about him with the twelue, asked him of ye parable.
1 Corinthians 2:14But the naturall man perceiueth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishnesse vnto him: neither can hee knowe 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 →