The Nugget:
Pro 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things. (KJV)
Pro 28:5 Evil people do not know what justice is, but those who worship the LORD understand it well. (GNB, Good News Bible)
Pro 28:5 Criminals don’t know what justice means, but all who respect the LORD understand it completely. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)
Pro 28:5 Justice never makes sense to men devoted to darkness, but those tenderly devoted to the Lord can understand justice perfectly. (TPT, The Passion Translation)
My Comment:
We can see evidence of this character flaw every day in local and national news. Just now there are hundreds of so-called protestors in jail who were innocent participants in a Constitutionally guaranteed right to peacefully assemble to seek redress of grievances against what appears to be a corrupt Federal government. Many of them were identified as present at the event through facial recognition technology. They sit in jail today as political prisoners who have been denied a speedy trial. Meanwhile some very prominent actual criminals who have betrayed this country continue in blissful freedom uninvestigated for flagrantly violating our laws.
On a more individual basis, it is possible to be the target of unjust “lawfare” perpetrated against you by those wealthy or shrewd enough to pursue this practice.
It is even possible to be victimized in a forced-upon-you binding arbitration decision rendered by an utterly clueless arbitrator who for whatever reason is not able or not willing to understand the evidence and logic that proves your case and so render a fair verdict.
I was taught many years ago that the United States of America was a nation ruled by laws, not by men. Apparently this fundamental truth normally taught in civics and government courses in high school and college has been replaced by an overabundance of Marxist ideology that has penetrated even our halls of justice.
The solution to these issues of injustice is directly stated in Proverbs 28:5. “Those who follow the Lord understand [justice] completely” (NLT, New Living Translation).
Paul understood this principle and advocated it be practiced, as seen at 1 Corinthians 6:2 and context.
All who believe the Bible and claim to follow Christ need to be about the business of encouraging others to do the same (Proverbs 11:30. Romans 1:16). If we all did that, the problem would be solved.