Proverbs 28:5

In 11 translations

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 Yahweh understand it fully.

ASV

Evil men understand not justice; But they that seek Jehovah understand all things.

LSV

Evil men do not understand judgment, || And those seeking YHWH understand all.

YLT

Evil men understand not judgment, And those seeking Jehovah understand all.

DBY

Evil men understand not judgment; but they that seek Jehovah understand everything.

DRC

Evil men think not on judgment: but they that seek after the Lord, take notice of all things.

GNV

Wicked men vnderstand not iudgemnt: but they that seeke the Lord vnderstand all things.

JPS

Evil men understand not justice; but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

LXXE

Evil men will not understand judgment: but they that seek the Lord will understand everything.Gr. in everything.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַנְשֵׁי־רָ֭ע לֹא־יָבִ֣ינוּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּמְבַקְשֵׁ֥י יְ֝הוָ֗ה יָבִ֥ינוּ כֹֽל׃

LXX-Br

Ἄνδρες κακοὶ οὐ συνήσουσι κρίμα, οἱ δὲ ζητοῦντες τὸν Κύριον συνήσουσιν ἐν παντί.

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• James 1:5Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
• Psalms 92:6A senseless man does not know, and a fool does not understand,
• 1 John 2:27And as for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But just as His true and genuine anointing teaches you about all things, so remain in Him as you have been…
• 1 John 2:20You, however, have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
• John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
• Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”
• Mark 4:10–13As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable. He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is…
• Proverbs 24:7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place.
• Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Proverbs 15:24The path of life leads upward for the wise, that he may avoid going down to Sheol.
• 1 Corinthians 2:14–15The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. The spiritual man judges all things,…
• Psalms 119:100I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

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