Proverbs 28:5
Wicked men, consider not justice, but, they who seek Yahweh, consider everything.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 92:6A man that is brutish, cannot know, And, a dullard, cannot discern this:—
Psalms 119:100Beyond the elders, will I show understanding, for, thy precepts, have I observed.
Proverbs 24:7Unattainable to a foolish man, are the dictates of wisdom, in the gate, he openeth not his mouth.
Jeremiah 4:22Surely, perverse, is my people Me, have they not known, Foolish sons, they are, Yea without understanding, they are: Wise, they are to commit wickedness, But how to do well, they know not!
Mark 4:10And when he was alone they who were about him with the twelve questioned him as to the parables;
1 Corinthians 2:14But, a man of the soul, doth not welcome the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness unto him, and he cannot get to know them, because, spiritually, are they 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 →