Proverbs 28:5

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Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

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  • Ps 92:6 : 6 How great are Your works, O LORD! How profound are Your thoughts!
  • John 7:17 : 17 'If anyone wants to do His will, they will know whether My teaching comes from God or whether I speak on My own authority.'
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and all of you know the truth.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you, and you do not need anyone to teach you. But as His anointing teaches you about all things—and it is true and not a lie—just as it has taught you, remain in Him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without rebuke, and it will be given to him.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret counsel of the LORD is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the natural person does not accept the things of God's Spirit, because they are foolishness to him. He cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person examines all things, but he himself is not subject to being examined by anyone.
  • Ps 119:100 : 100 I understand more than the elders, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent, to keep them from descending to the grave.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good.
  • Mark 4:10-13 : 10 When he was alone, those around him, along with the twelve, asked him about the parable. 11 He answered them, "The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those outside, everything is spoken in parables. 12 "So that, 'Though they see, they may see and not perceive; and though they hear, they may hear and not understand; otherwise they might turn back and be forgiven.' 13 He said to them, "Don’t you understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables?

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