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Proverbs 28:5
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Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
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Proverbs 28:5 in Other Translations
KJV
5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.
ESV
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Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.
NLT
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Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the LORD understand completely.
MSG
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Justice makes no sense to the evilminded; those who seek God know it inside and out.
CSB
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Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the Lord understand everything.
Proverbs 28:5 In-Context
3
A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
4
Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.
5
Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully.
6
Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.
7
A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father.
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