Isaiah 32:7

The ways of the scoundrel are evil. 2 He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, 2 even when the needy speaks of mishpat ·just judgement·. 1

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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 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

8But the noble devises noble things; 2 and he will continue in noble things. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 64:4to shoot innocent men from ambushes. 2 They shoot at him suddenly and fearlessly. 1

Isaiah 1:23Your princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves. 2 Everyone 'ahav ·affectionately loves· bribes, and follows after rewards. 2 They don’t judge the orphan, 2 neither does the cause of the widow come to them. 1

Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, 2 and your fingers with depravity (moral evil). 1 Your lips have spoken lies. 2 Your tongue mutters wickedness. 1

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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