Isaiah 32:5
No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25My lord should pay no attention to this scoundrel Nabal, for he lives up to his name: His name means Fool, and folly accompanies him. I, your servant, did not see my lord’s young men whom you sent.
Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Malachi 3:18So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
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 →