Proverbs 28:5
3 A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.
4 They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
- KJV
- Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
- WEB
- Evil men don’t understand justice; but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
- ASV
- Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.
- DARBY
- Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.
- BLB
- Men of evil do not understand justice, and those seeking YHWH understand all.
- ÅB
- Onde mennesker skjønner ikke hva rett er, men de som søker Herren, skjønner alt.
- OTB
- De onde forstår ikke rettferdighet, men de som søker Herren forstår det fullt ut.
- B1930
- Onde mennesker skjønner ikke hvad rett er, men de som søker Herren, skjønner alt.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
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.
Read in contextPsalms 92:6
A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
Read in context1 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.
Read in context1 John 2:20
But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
Read in contextJohn 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextMark 4:10–13
And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable.
Read in contextProverbs 15:24
The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
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