Isaiah 32:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The foolish man will no longer be named noble, and they will not say of the false man that he is a man of honour.

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  • Isa 5:20 : 20 Cursed are those who give the name of good to evil, and of evil to what is good: who make light dark, and dark light: who make bitter sweet, and sweet bitter!
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then you will again see how the upright man is different from the sinner, and the servant of God from him who is not.
  • 1 Sam 25:3-8 : 3 Now this man was named Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigail: she was a woman of good sense and pleasing looks: but the man was cruel and evil in his ways; he was of the family of Caleb. 4 And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep. 5 And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name; 6 And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have. 7 I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel. 8 If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David.
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let my lord give no attention to Nabal, that good-for-nothing: for as his name is, so is he, a man without sense: but I, your servant, did not see the young men whom my lord sent.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not take the food of him who has an evil eye, or have any desire for his delicate meat: 7 For as the thoughts of his heart are, so is he: Take food and drink, he says to you; but his heart is not with you. 8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

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    6 For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

    7 The designs of the false are evil, purposing the destruction of the poor man by false words, even when he is in the right.

    8 But the noble-hearted man has noble purposes, and by these he will be guided.

  • Isa 32:4
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    4 The man of sudden impulses will become wise in heart, and he whose tongue is slow will get the power of talking clearly.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 In the words of his mouth are evil and deceit; he has given up being wise and doing good.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4 Who gives honour to those who have the fear of the Lord, turning away from him who has not the Lord's approval. He who takes an oath against himself, and makes no change.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21 The sinner takes money and does not give it back; but the upright man has mercy, and gives to others.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26 All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16 He who is cruel to the poor for the purpose of increasing his profit, and he who gives to the man of wealth, will only come to be in need.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and false words: under his tongue are evil purposes and dark thoughts.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;

  • Prov 10:30-32
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    30 The upright man will never be moved, but evil-doers will not have a safe resting-place in the land.

    31 The mouth of the upright man is budding with wisdom, but the twisted tongue will be cut off.

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  • Ps 31:18
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    18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.

  • Isa 9:17
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    17 For this cause the Lord will have no pleasure in their young men, and no pity on their widows and the children without fathers: for they are all haters of God and evil-doers, and foolish words come from every mouth. For all this his wrath is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7 By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15 And the poor man's head is bent, and the great man goes down on his face, and the eyes of pride are put to shame:

  • Ps 10:3
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    3 For the evil-doer is lifted up because of the purpose of his heart, and he whose mind is fixed on wealth is turned away from the Lord, saying evil against him.

  • Prov 17:4-5
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    4 A wrongdoer gives attention to evil lips, and a man of deceit gives ear to a damaging tongue.

    5 Whoever makes sport of the poor puts shame on his Maker; and he who is glad because of trouble will not go free from punishment.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 He whose purposes are bad will be named a man of evil designs.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are twisted.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.

  • Isa 26:10
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    10 Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24 The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

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    24 He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

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    2 Though he is wise, and able to send evil, and his purpose will not be changed; but he will go against the house of the evil-doers, and against those to whom they are looking for help.

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    7 The upright man gives attention to the cause of the poor: the evil-doer gives no thought to it.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8 The food which you have taken will come up again, and your pleasing words will be wasted.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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    21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

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    27 An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5 To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

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    31 He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour.

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    25 He who gives blessing will be made fat, but the curser will himself be cursed.

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    16 The prince who has no sense is a cruel ruler; but he who has no desire to get profit for himself will have long life.

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    6 Better is the poor man whose ways are upright, than the man of wealth whose ways are not straight.

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    29 He does not get wealth for himself, and is unable to keep what he has got; the heads of his grain are not bent down to the earth.

  • Job 5:16
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    16 So the poor man has hope, and the mouth of the evil-doer is stopped.

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    27 He who gives to the poor will never be in need, but great curses will be on him who gives no attention to them.

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    27 A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6 For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.

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    18 He who says to a king, You are an evil-doer; and to rulers, You are sinners;

  • Job 18:17
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    17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26 Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

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    11 Let not a man of evil tongue be safe on earth: let destruction overtake the violent man with blow on blow.

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  • Ps 37:14
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    14 The evil-doers have taken out their swords, their bows are bent; for crushing the poor, and to put to death those who are upright in their ways.