Proverbs 28:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ The evil do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ Evil men understand not judgment: But they that seek the LORD understand all things.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ Evil men do not understand justice, but they who crave and seek the Lord understand it fully. [John 7:17; I Cor. 2:15; I John 2:20, 27.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

Common English Bible

⁵ Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Evil men do not intend judgment. But those who inquire after the Lord turn their souls toward all things.

Proverbs 28:5 Cross References

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him abides in you, so you do not need anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about all things and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, abide in him.

James 1:5

If any of you is lacking in wisdom, ask God, who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and it will be given you.

1 John 2:20

But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and all of you have knowledge.

Psalm 92:6

The dullard cannot know; the stupid cannot understand this:

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for fools; in the gate they do not open their mouths.

Proverbs 15:24

For the wise the path of life leads upward, in order to avoid Sheol below.

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the aged, for I keep your precepts.

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

Jeremiah 4:22

“For my people are foolish; they do not know me; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil but do not know how to do good.”

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path,

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, “Go and say to this people: ‘Keep listening, but do not comprehend; keep looking, but do not understand.’

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, nor do they comprehend, for their eyes are shut, so that they cannot see, and their minds as well, so that they cannot understand.

Psalm 119:98

Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is always with me.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner and the donkey its master’s crib, but Israel does not know; my people do not understand.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do right, says the Lord, those who store up violence and robbery in their strongholds.