Proverbs 28:5

New American Bible - revised edition

The evil understand nothing of justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.

Cross References

Psalm 119:100

I have more understanding than my elders, because I keep your precepts.

Psalm 119:98

Your commandment makes me wiser than my foes, as it is forever with me.

Psalm 25:14

The counsel of the Lord belongs to those who fear him; and his covenant instructs them.

Psalm 92:6

How great are your works, Lord! How profound your designs!

Proverbs 15:24

The path of life leads upward for the prudent, turning them from Sheol below.

Proverbs 2:9

Then you will understand what is right and just, what is fair, every good path;

Proverbs 24:7

Wise words are beyond fools’ reach, in the assembly they do not open their mouth;

Isaiah 1:3

An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.

Isaiah 44:18

They do not know, do not understand; their eyes are too clouded to see, their minds, to perceive.

Isaiah 6:9

And he replied: Go and say to this people: Listen carefully, but do not understand! Look intently, but do not perceive!

Jeremiah 4:22

My people are fools, they do not know me; They are senseless children, without understanding; They are wise at evil, but they do not know how to do good.

Amos 3:10

They do not know how to do what is right— oracle of the Lord— Storing up in their strongholds violence and destruction.

John 7:17

Whoever chooses to do his will shall know whether my teaching is from God or whether I speak on my own.

James 1:5

But if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God who gives to all generously and ungrudgingly, and he will be given it.

1 John 2:20

But you have the anointing that comes from the holy one, and you all have knowledge.

1 John 2:27

As for you, the anointing that you received from him remains in you, so that you do not need anyone to teach you. But his anointing teaches you about everything and is true and not false; just as it taught you, remain in him. Children of God.