Proverbs 28:5 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.

Proverbs 28:5 Cross References

Psalm 119:100

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Psalm 119:98

Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies; For they are ever with me.

Psalm 25:14

The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; And he will shew them his covenant.

Psalm 92:6

A brutish man knoweth not; Neither doth a fool understand this:

Proverbs 15:24

To the wise the way of life goeth upward, That he may depart from Sheol beneath.

Proverbs 2:9

Then shalt thou understand righteousness and judgement, And equity, yea, every good path.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too high for a fool: He openeth not his mouth in the gate.

Isaiah 1:3

The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

Isaiah 44:18

They know not, neither do they consider: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.

Isaiah 6:9

And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not.

Jeremiah 4:22

For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Amos 3:10

For they know not to do right, saith the LORD, who store up violence and robbery in their palaces.

John 7:17

If any man willeth to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it be of God, or whether I speak from myself.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacketh wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

1 John 2:20

And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

1 John 2:27

And as for you, the anointing which ye received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any one teach you; but as his anointing teacheth you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, ye abide in him.