Proverbs 28:5

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Criminals don't know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely.

Cross References

Psalm 119:100

and obeying your laws makes me wiser than those who have lived a long time.

Psalm 119:98

Your laws never leave my mind, and they make me much wiser than my enemies.

Psalm 25:14

Our LORD, you are the friend of your worshippers, and you make an agreement with all of us.

Psalm 92:6

for an ignorant fool to know or understand.

Proverbs 15:24

All who are wise follow a road that leads upward to life and away from death.

Proverbs 2:9

With wisdom you will learn what is right and honest and fair.

Proverbs 24:7

Wisdom is too much for fools! Their advice is no good.

Isaiah 1:3

Oxen and donkeys know who owns and feeds them, but my people won't ever learn.”

Isaiah 44:18

Those who worship idols are stupid and blind!

Isaiah 6:9

Then the LORD told me to go and speak this message to the people: “You will listen and listen, but never understand. You will look and look, but never see.” The LORD also said,

Jeremiah 4:22

I heard the LORD say, “My people ignore me. They are foolish children who do not understand that they will be punished. All they know is how to sin.”

Amos 3:10

The LORD has said that they don't even know how to do right. They have become rich from violence and robbery.

John 7:17

If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me.

James 1:5

If any of you need wisdom, you should ask God, and it will be given to you. God is generous and won't correct you for asking.

1 John 2:20

Christ, the Holy One, has blessed you, and now all of you understand.

1 John 2:27

But Christ has blessed you with the Holy Spirit. Now the Spirit stays in you, and you don't need any teachers. The Spirit is truthful and teaches you everything. So stay united in your heart with Christ, just as the Spirit has taught you to do.