Proverbs 28:5

“Evil men understand not judgment, etc.] Or, “men of wickedness”f773; that are under the governing power of it; who are given up and give up themselves unto it; who, like Ahab, sell themselves to work wickedness: these know not what is just and right between man and man, at least not to do it; they know it not practically; they are wise to do evil, but to do good have no knowledge, (<240422>Jeremiah 4:22); they know not the law of God, the rule of judgment, justice, and equity; at least not the extensiveness and spirituality of it, (<240807>Jeremiah 8:7); and much less the Gospel of Christ, which is sometimes so called, (<234201>Isaiah 42:1,4 51:4). Nor do they notice, as they should, to the…”

“(Compare Joh 7:17). Ignorance of moral truth is due to unwillingness to know it.”

“The deep interdependence of morality and intellect. We have a right judgment in all things in proportion as our hearts seek to know God. Compare James 1:23-24. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Judgment - What is just and right. All things - Which are necessary to be known by them. Proverbs 28:6”

“28:5 Evil people seek gain by breaking the law. Justice ensures that they are punished and the righteous are rewarded.”

“Pro 15:24, Pro 24:7; Psa 25:14, Psa 92:6; Jer 4:22; Mar 4:10-13; Joh 7:17; Co1 2:14, Co1 2:15; Jam 1:5; Jo1 2:20, Jo1 2:27 Proverbs 28:6”

“A similar antithetic distich: Wicked men understand not what is right; But they who seek Jahve understand all. Regarding the gen. expression אנשׁי־רע, vid., under Pro 2:14. He who makes wickedness his element, falls into the confusion of the moral conception; but he whose end is the one living God, gains from that, in every situation of life, even amid the greatest difficulties, the knowledge of that which is morally right. Similarly the Apostle John ( Jo1 2:20): "ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things" (οἴδατε πάντα): i.e., ye need to seek that knowledge which ye require, and which ye long after, not without yourselves, but in the new divine foundation of your…”