Isaiah 32:5

The fool will no longer be called honorable, nor the deceiver called principled. 1

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

In Context

4The rash will think carefully with understanding, and the stutterer will speak distinctly and with ease. 1

6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart plans evil 1 and godless actions, and he speaks wrongly against Yahweh. 1 He makes the hungry empty, and the thirsty he causes to lack drink. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:25Let not my master regard this worthless fellow, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and folly is with him. But I your servant did not see the young men of my master, whom you sent.

Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the food of one with an evil eye— 1 and do not crave his delicacies, 1

Malachi 3:18Then once again you will distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between one who worships God and one who does not worship 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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