Isaiah 32:5

A fool is no more called 'noble,' And to a miser it is not said, 'rich;'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And the heart of those hastened Understandeth to know, And the tongue of stammerers hasteth to speak clearly.

6For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 25:25'Let not, I pray thee, my lord set his heart to this man of worthlessness, on Nabal, for as his name [is] so [is] he; Nabal [is] his name, and folly [is] with him; and I, thine handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord whom thou didst send;

Proverbs 23:6Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

Malachi 3:18And ye have turned back and considered, Between the righteous and the wicked, Between the servant of God and him who is not His servant.

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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