Proverbs 28:5

Authorized King James Version

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"¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things]."

— Proverbs 28:5, Authorized King James Version

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Proverbs 28 — Context

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¶ For the transgression of a land many [are] the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding [and] knowledge the state [thereof] shall be prolonged.

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¶ A poor man that oppresseth the poor [is like] a sweeping rain which leaveth no food.

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

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¶ Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things].

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¶ Better [is] the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than [he that is] perverse [in his] ways, though he [be] rich.

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¶ Whoso keepeth the law [is] a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous [men] shameth his father.

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¶ He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.