Proverbs 28:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

Evil people do not understand judgment, but those who seek the LORD understand all things.

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  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A senseless man does not know, nor does a fool understand this.
  • John 7:17 : 17 If anyone will do his will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is 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 you know all things.
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which you have received from him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.
  • Ps 119:100 : 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts.
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the gate.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they have not known me; they are senseless children, and they have no understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
  • Mark 4:10-13 : 10 And when he was alone, those around him with the twelve asked him about the parable. 11 And he said to them, To you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside, all things are done in parables, 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 13 And he said to them, Do you not know this parable? How then will you know all parables?

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