Isaiah 32:6
For the vile will still utter villany, And his heart will devise iniquity; He will practise deception, and speak impiety against God; He will take away the food of the hungry, And deprive the thirsty of drink.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5The vile shall no more be called liberal, Nor the niggard said to be bountiful;
Cross References
Job 24:2They remove landmarks; They take away flocks by violence, and pasture them.
Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; And there is that withholdeth more than is right, yet he cometh to want.
Isaiah 3:15What mean ye, that ye crush my people, And grind the faces of the poor?” Saith Jehovah, the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 59:13We have rebelled, and proved false to Jehovah; We have departed from our God; We have spoken violence and rebellion; Our hearts have conceived and brought forth words of falsehood.
Ezekiel 34:18Seemeth it a small thing to you to eat up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to drink of the clear waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?
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 →