Proverbs 28:5 · KJV
“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all {things}.”
— Proverbs 28:5
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
Proverbs 28 — Context
A poor man that oppresseth the poor {is like} a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. {which...: Heb. without food}
4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all {things}.
6Better {is} the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than {he that is} perverse {in his} ways, though he {be} rich.
7Whoso keepeth the law {is} a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous {men} shameth his father. {is a companion...: or, feedeth gluttons}
Cross References
James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all {men} liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Psalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
1 John 2:27
But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. {in him: or, in it}
1 John 2:20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
John 7:17
If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or {whether} I speak of myself.
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people {is} foolish, they have not known me; they {are} sottish children, and they have none understanding: they {are} wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Mark 4:10-13
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Psalms 119:100
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.