Isaiah 32:7

The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

In Context

6For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

8But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

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Cross References

1 Kings 21:10And get two good-for-nothing persons to come before him and give witness that he has been cursing God and the king. Then take him out and have him stoned to death.

Psalms 64:4\64:3\Who make their tongues sharp like a sword, and whose arrows are pointed, even bitter words;

Isaiah 1:23Your chiefs have gone against the Lord, they have become friends of thieves; every one of them is looking for profit and going after rewards; they do not give right decisions for the child who has no father, and they do not let the cause of the widow come before them.

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit.

Jeremiah 5:26For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net and take men in it.

Micah 2:1A curse on the designers of evil, working on their beds! in the morning light they do it, because it is in their power.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9

The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →

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