Isaiah 32:5

The fool will no longer be called noble, 2 nor the scoundrel be highly respected. 1

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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

4The heart of the rash will understand knowledge, 2 and the tongue of the stammerers will be ready to speak plainly. 1

6For the fool will speak folly, 2 and his heart will work vain striving of iniquity, 2 to practice profanity, 2 and to utter error against Adonai, 2 To make empty the soul of the hungry, 2 and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 23:6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, 2 and don’t crave his delicacies: 2

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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