Isaiah 32:5

He who is foolish will no longer be called leader, nor will the deceitful be called greater.

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In The King James Version

The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

In Context

4And the heart of the foolish will understand knowledge, and the tongue of those with impaired speech will speak quickly and plainly.

6For a foolish man speaks foolishness and his heart works iniquity in order to accomplish deception. And he speaks to the Lord deceitfully, so as to empty the soul of the hungry and to take away drink from the thirsty.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:25Let not my lord, the king, I beseech you, set his heart upon this iniquitous man, Nabal. For in accord with his name, he is senseless, and foolishness is with him. But I, your handmaid, did not see your servants, my lord, whom you had sent.

Proverbs 23:6Do not eat with an envious man, and do not desire his foods.

Malachi 3:18And you shall be converted, and you will see the difference between the just and the impious, and between those who serve God and those who do not serve him.

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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