I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts.
Proverbs 28:5 - Tree of Life Version Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek Adonai understand it fully. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Evil men understand not judgment: But they that seek the LORD understand all things. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition 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) Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things. Common English Bible Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand everything. Catholic Public Domain Version 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 Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things. |
I have gained more understanding than all my elders, for I have kept Your precepts.
Your mitzvot make me wiser than my enemies —for they are mine forever.
The secret of Adonai is for those who fear Him. He makes His covenant known to them.
The path of life leads upward for the wise to keep him from going down to Sheol.
Then you will discern what is right and just and fair—every good path.
Wisdom is unattainable for a fool— he does not open his mouth at the gate.
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its manger, but Israel does not know, My people do not understand.”
They do not know or understand! For He smeared over their eyes, so they cannot see, and their hearts, so they cannot understand.
Then He said: “Go! Tell this people: ‘Hear without understanding, and see without perceiving.’
“For My people are foolish. They do not know Me. They are senseless children, and they have no understanding. They are wise to do evil, but to do good they do not know.”
They do not know how to be honest, —declares Adonai— those who are saving up violence and destruction in their citadels.
If anyone wants to do His will, he will know whether My teaching comes from God or it is Myself speaking.
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all without hesitation and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—and just as it has taught you, abide in Him.