Proverbs 28:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Evil men have no knowledge of what is right; but those who go after the Lord have knowledge of all things.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If any man is ready to do God's pleasure he will have knowledge of the teaching and of where it comes from--from God or from myself.
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 And you have the Spirit from the Holy One and you all have knowledge.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the Spirit which he gave you is still in you, and you have no need of any teacher; but as his Spirit gives you teaching about all things, and is true and not false, so keep your hearts in him, through the teaching which he has given you.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 But if any man among you is without wisdom, let him make his request to God, who gives freely to all without an unkind word, and it will be given to him.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the Lord is with those in whose hearts is the fear of him; he will make his agreement clear to them.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 For the natural man is not able to take in the things of the Spirit of God: for they seem foolish to him, and he is not able to have knowledge of them, because such knowledge comes only through the Spirit. 15 But he who has the Spirit, though judging all things, is himself judged by no one.
  • Ps 119:100 : 100 I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 Acting wisely is the way of life, guiding a man away from the underworld.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is outside the power of the foolish: he keeps his mouth shut in the public place.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.
  • Mark 4:10-13 : 10 And when he was by himself, those who were round him with the twelve put questions to him about the purpose of the stories. 11 And he said to them, To you is given the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are given in the form of stories; 12 So that seeing they may see, and it will not be clear to them; and hearing it, they will not get the sense; for fear that they may be turned again to me and have forgiveness. 13 And he said to them, If you are not clear about this story, how will you be clear about the others?

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  • Prov 28:4
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    4Those who have no respect for the law give praise to the evil-doer; but such as keep the law are against him.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9As for Ephraim, what has he to do with false gods any longer? I have given an answer and I will keep watch over him; I am like a branching fir-tree, from me comes your fruit.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

  • Prov 2:9
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    9Then you will have knowledge of righteousness and right acting, and upright behaviour, even of every good way.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the Lord or of the behaviour desired by their God.

  • Prov 8:9
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    9They are all true to him whose mind is awake, and straightforward to those who get knowledge.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And he said to man, Truly the fear of the Lord is wisdom, and to keep from evil is the way to knowledge.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.

  • Eccl 8:5
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    5Whoever keeps the law will come to no evil: and a wise man's heart has knowledge of time and of decision.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    10Anyone causing the upright to go wandering in an evil way, will himself go down into the hole he has made; but the upright will have good things for their heritage.

    11The man of wealth seems to himself to be wise, but the poor man who has sense has a low opinion of him.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the cause of the child without a father, so that they may do well; they do not see that the poor man gets his rights.

  • Ps 82:5
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    5They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

  • Prov 14:6
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    6The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man.

  • Ps 1:6
    72%

    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Job 32:9
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    9It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.

  • Isa 29:15
    72%

    15Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the dark, and who say, Who sees us? and who has knowledge of our acts?

  • Isa 31:2
    72%

    2Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

  • Ps 14:2
    72%

    2The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8They have no knowledge of the way of peace, and there is no sense of what is right in their behaviour: they have made for themselves ways which are not straight; whoever goes in them has no knowledge of peace.

  • Ps 14:4
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    4Have all the workers of evil no knowledge? they take my people for food as they would take bread; they make no prayer to the Lord.

  • Mic 7:3
    71%

    3Their hands are made ready to do evil; the ruler makes requests for money, and the judge is looking for a reward; and the great man gives decisions at his pleasure, and the right is twisted.

  • Prov 14:22
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    22Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good.

  • Jer 4:22
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    22For my people are foolish, they have no knowledge of me; they are evil-minded children, without sense, all of them: they are wise in evil-doing, but have no knowledge of doing good.

  • Ps 53:2
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    2God was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Job 24:13
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    13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.

  • Prov 11:27
    71%

    27He who, with all his heart, goes after what is good is searching for grace; but he who is looking for trouble will get it.

  • Amos 5:7
    71%

    7You who make the work of judging a bitter thing, crushing down righteousness to the earth;

  • Prov 1:6
    71%

    6To get the sense of wise sayings and secrets, and of the words of the wise and their dark sayings.

  • Prov 2:5
    71%

    5Then the fear of the Lord will be clear to you, and knowledge of God will be yours.

  • Ps 107:43
    71%

    43Let the wise give thought to these things, and see the mercies of the Lord.

  • Prov 29:27
    71%

    27An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Rom 3:11
    71%

    11Not one who has the knowledge of what is right, not one who is a searcher after God;

  • Rom 2:2
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    2And we are conscious that God is a true judge against those who do such things.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.

  • Isa 59:15
    70%

    15Yes, faith is gone; and he whose heart is turned from evil comes into the power of the cruel: and the Lord saw it, and he was angry that there was no one to take up their cause.

  • Eccl 8:11
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    11Because punishment for an evil work comes not quickly, the minds of the sons of men are fully given to doing evil.

  • Eph 5:17
    70%

    17For this reason, then, do not be foolish, but be conscious of the Lord's pleasure.

  • Isa 44:18
    70%

    18They have no knowledge or wisdom; for he has put a veil over their eyes, so that they may not see; and on their hearts, so that they may not give attention.

  • Prov 21:16
    70%

    16The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 14:33
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    33Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish.

  • Prov 28:16
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    16The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3The sharp man sees the evil and takes cover: the simple go straight on and get into trouble.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Prov 12:2
    70%

    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.