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Proverbs 28:5

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Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
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  1. James 1:5Rank 1 from verse 5
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    5If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

  2. Psalms 92:6Rank 2 from verse 5
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    6A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.

  3. 1 John 2:27Rank 3 from verse 5
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    27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

  4. 1 John 2:20Rank 4 from verse 5
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    20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

  5. John 7:17Rank 5 from verse 5
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    17If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.

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Proverbs 28:5

COMBINED MEANING

evil

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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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judgment

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The act, authority, process, cause, or result of judging; discernment, legal hearing, verdict, ordinance, justice, government, vindication, condemnation, or punishment.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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28:4They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.

28:5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.

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28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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