Proverbs 28:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ Evil men 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

but the anointing which you received from him abides in you, and you have no need that any one should teach you; as his anointing teaches you about everything, and is true, and is no lie, just as it has taught you, abide in him.

James 1:5

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all men generously and without reproaching, and it will be given him.

1 John 2:20

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

Psalm 92:6

The dull man cannot know, the stupid cannot understand this:

John 7:17

if any man's will is to do his will, he shall know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own authority.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.

Proverbs 15:24

The wise man's path leads upward to life, that he may avoid Sheol beneath.

Psalm 119:100

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

Psalm 25:14

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

Jeremiah 4:22

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

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: “ ‘Hear and hear, but do not understand; see and see, but do not perceive.’

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, nor do they discern; for he has shut their eyes, so that they cannot see, and their minds, so that they cannot understand.

Psalm 119:98

Thy commandment makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ever with me.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knows its owner, and the ass its master's crib; but Israel does not know, my people does 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.”