Proverbs 28:5

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 92:6 : 6 A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --
  • John 7:17 : 17 if any one may will to do His will, he shall know concerning the teaching, whether it is of God, or -- I do speak from myself.
  • 1 John 2:20 : 20 And ye have an anointing from the Holy One, and have known all things;
  • 1 John 2:27 : 27 and you, the anointing that ye did receive from him, in you it doth remain, and ye have no need that any one may teach you, but as the same anointing doth teach you concerning all, and is true, and is not a lie, and even as was taught you, ye shall remain in him.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 and if any of you do lack wisdom, let him ask from God, who is giving to all liberally, and not reproaching, and it shall be given to him;
  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The secret of Jehovah `is' for those fearing Him, And His covenant -- to cause them to know.
  • 1 Cor 2:14-15 : 14 and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned; 15 and he who is spiritual, doth discern indeed all things, and he himself is by no one discerned;
  • Ps 119:100 : 100 Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
  • Prov 15:24 : 24 A path of life `is' on high for the wise, To turn aside from Sheol beneath.
  • Prov 24:7 : 7 Wisdom `is' high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.
  • Mark 4:10-13 : 10 And when he was alone, those about him, with the twelve, did ask him of the simile, 11 and he said to them, `To you it hath been given to know the secret of the reign of God, but to those who are without, in similes are all the things done; 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest they may turn, and the sins may be forgiven them.' 13 And he saith to them, `Have ye not known this simile? and how shall ye know all the similes?

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    7The righteous knoweth the plea of the poor, The wicked understandeth not knowledge.

  • Hos 14:9
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    9Who `is' wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!

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    6Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse of ways who is rich.

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    9Then understandest thou righteousness, And judgment, and uprightness -- every good path.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4And I -- I said, `Surely these `are' poor, They have been foolish, For they have not known the way of Jehovah, The judgment of their God.

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    9All of them `are' plain to the intelligent, And upright to those finding knowledge.

  • Job 28:28
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    28And He saith to man: -- `Lo, fear of the Lord, that `is' wisdom, And to turn from evil `is' understanding.'

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    15Good understanding giveth grace, And the way of the treacherous `is' hard.

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    5Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.

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    6A brutish man doth not know, And a fool understandeth not this; --

  • Prov 28:10-11
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    10Whoso is causing the upright to err in an evil way, Into his own pit he doth fall, And the perfect do inherit good.

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  • Jer 5:28
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    28They have been fat, they have shone, Yea, they have overpassed the acts of the evil, Judgment they have not judged, The judgment of the fatherless -- and they prosper, And the judgment of the needy they have not judged.

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    5They knew not, nor do they understand, In darkness they walk habitually, Moved are all the foundations of earth.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.

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    6A scorner hath sought wisdom, and it is not, And knowledge to the intelligent `is' easy.

  • Ps 1:6
    72%

    6For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!

  • Job 32:9
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    9The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.

  • Isa 29:15
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    15Wo `to' those going deep from Jehovah to hide counsel, And whose works have been in darkness. And they say, `Who is seeing us? And who is knowing us?'

  • Isa 31:2
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    2And He also `is' wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 14:2
    72%

    2Jehovah from the heavens Hath looked on the sons of men, To see if there is a wise one -- seeking God.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8A way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.

  • Ps 14:4
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    4Have all working iniquity not known? Those consuming my people have eaten bread, Jehovah they have not called.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3On the evil `are' both hands to do `it' well, The prince is asking -- also the judge -- for recompence, And the great -- he is speaking the mischief of his soul, And they wrap it up.

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    22Do not they err who are devising evil? And kindness and truth `are' to those devising good,

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    22For my people `are' foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons `are' they, yea, they `are' not intelligent, Wise `are' they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.

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    2God from the heavens looked on the sons of men, To see if there be an understanding one, `One' seeking God.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The spoil of the wicked catcheth them, Because they have refused to do judgment.

  • Job 24:13
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    13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

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    71%

    27Whoso is earnestly seeking good Seeketh a pleasing thing, And whoso is seeking evil -- it meeteth him.

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    71%

    7Ye who are turning to wormwood judgment, And righteousness to the earth have put down,

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    71%

    6For understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.

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    71%

    5Then understandest thou fear of Jehovah, And knowledge of God thou findest.

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    71%

    43Who `is' wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!

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    71%

    27An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!

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    71%

    11There is none who is understanding, there is none who is seeking after God.

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    70%

    2and we have known that the judgment of God is according to truth, upon those practising such things.

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    70%

    1`When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,

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    70%

    15And the truth is lacking, And whoso is turning aside from evil, Is making himself a spoil. And Jehovah seeth, and it is evil in His eyes, That there is no judgment.

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    11Because sentence hath not been done `on' an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within them to do evil.

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    70%

    17because of this become not fools, but -- understanding what `is' the will of the Lord,

  • Isa 44:18
    70%

    18They have not known, nor do they understand, For He hath daubed their eyes from seeing, Their heart from acting wisely.

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    16A man who is wandering from the way of understanding, In an assembly of Rephaim resteth.

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    12The Righteous One is acting wisely Towards the house of the wicked, He is overthrowing the wicked for wickedness.

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    33In the heart of the intelligent wisdom doth rest. And in the midst of fools it is known.

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    16A leader lacking understanding multiplieth oppressions, Whoso is hating dishonest gain prolongeth days.

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    3The prudent hath seen the evil, and is hidden, And the simple have passed on, and are punished.

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    70%

    23Declaring righteous the wicked for a bribe, And the righteousness of the righteous They turn aside from him.

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    2The good bringeth forth favour from Jehovah, And the man of wicked devices He condemneth.