Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 28:5
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.
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.
Verse Proverbs 28:5. _THEY THAT SEEK THE LORD UNDERSTAND ALL_ THINGS.] They are wise unto salvation; they "have the unction from the Holy One, and they know all things," 1 John 2:20, every thing that...
CHAPTER 28 WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS CONTINUED The wicked is a coward; the righteous man, because he trusteth in the Lord and knows the Lord is on his side, is as bold as a lion. It is the conscience...
SECOND DIVISION, PROVERBS 28 F. In general character this division resembles Section II., consisting chiefly of antithetic couplets. PROVERBS 28:2 B. The text is uncertain, and various renderings are...
UNDERSTAND NOT, &C. Illustrations: Israel (Numbers 16:41); Ahab (1 Kings 18:17); the Lord's enemies (Mark 4:11; 2 John 1:5;...
The intellectual condition depends upon the moral and spiritual. "Obedience is the organ of spiritual knowledge." Comp. John 7:17....
DISCOURSE: 815 THE LIGHT ENJOYED BY THE GODLY Proverbs 28:5. _They that seek the Lord understand all things_. THERE are, in the Holy Scriptures, broad, and, if I may so call them, sweeping expression...
CHAPTER 28 TEXT Proverbs 28:1-9 1. The wicked flee when no man pursueth; But the righteous are bold as a lion. 2. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof; But by men of under...
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. JUDGMENT - justice. THEY THAT SEEK THE LORD UNDERSTAND ALL (THINGS) - ; ; ;...
Cp. 1 John 2:20....
OBSERVATIONS RELATING CHIEFLY TO SOCIAL LIFE 2. Cp. the many changes of rulers during the unsatisfactory period described in 2K15....
Evil people do not know how to be fair. They do not even see why someone should want to be fair. But if you respect God, you will be fair with everybody. V6 It is better to be honest and poor, than t...
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 28 V1 A wicked person runs away, even if nobody is chasing him. But good people are as bold as lions....
EVIL MEN UNDERSTAND NOT JUDGMENT. — Or, _what is right._ For God reveals Himself only to those who fear Him (Psalms 25:14, comp. 1 Corinthians 2:11; 1 John 2:20); they, by following the light they hav...
אַנְשֵׁי ־רָ֭ע לֹא ־יָבִ֣ינוּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּ מ
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth a...
Verse Proverbs 28:2. "The transgression of a land" must be understood as the opposite of the "state shall be prolonged." Then the proverb means that a multiplicity of princes is an evil, but men of un...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
EVIL MEN UNDERSTAND NOT JUDGMENT,.... Or, "men of wickedness" b; 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 wick...
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all [things]. Ver. 5. _Evil men understand not judgment._] They are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge: th...
_Evil men understand not judgment_ Because their minds are naturally blind, and are further blinded by their prejudices and passions, and by the god of this world, who rules in them, they understand n...
THE CONSEQUENCES OF IMPIETY...
Evil men understand not judgment, for their wickedness confuses their ideas of morality; BUT THEY THAT SEEK THE LORD, and thereby make His Word the standard of their life, UNDERSTAND ALL THINGS, accor...
IF we HAVE SEEN in chapter 27 the blessing of God and refuge in the sanctuary, chapter 28, a fourth section. brings our feet abruptly back to the wilderness path, where walk and ways must be tested by...
UNDERSTAND NOT, because their minds are naturally blind, and are further blinded by their own prejudices and passions, and by the god of this world, who rules in and over them. JUDGMENT, i.e. what is...
Proverbs 28:5 Evil H7451 men H582 understand H995 (H8799) justice H4941 seek H1245 (H8764) LORD H3068 understand...
CONTENTS: Warnings and instructions. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: True religion is true wisdom, making men wise in every relation. Those who make conscience of God's law will find a security in the...
Proverbs 28:2. _By a man of understanding the state shall be prolonged._ Who can value the Samuels in Israel; the Gracchuses in Rome; the Walpoles, the Chathams in England? In Lord Chatham's time it w...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:2 Righteous individuals are essential for a just society. When many individuals are unjust, particularly those with power, all of society will suffer....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 28:5 In Proverbs 1:1, EVIL MEN are those opposed to God’s will. They DO NOT UNDERSTAND JUSTICE and what it requi
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 28:5. JUDGMENT, or, “what is right” _(Delitzsch)_. PROVERBS 28:6. PERVERSE, etc., literally, “he who is crooked in two ways.” Delitzsch translates, “_a double-going deceive...
EXPOSITION This chapter is still part of the Hezekiah collection, and not a new series by another author. It may be regarded as describing the various destinies of the powerful and the weak, the sinn...
Twenty-eight: The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are as bold as a lion (Proverbs 28:1). The contrast of the wicked and the righteous. We had an awful lot of that early in the pr...
1 Corinthians 2:14; 1 Corinthians 2:15; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27;...
DIVINE CONTRASTS Proverbs 28:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We have another one of Solomon's messages which God gave to him. We will bring out several statements in the beginning of the chapter. 1. A CONTRAS...
Judgment — What is just and right. All things — Which are necessary to be known by them....