Isaiah 32:5

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A fool will no longer be called honorable; a deceiver will no longer be called principled.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 5:20 : 20 Beware, those who call evil good and good evil, who turn darkness into light and light into darkness, who turn bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter.
  • Mal 3:18 : 18 Then once more you will see that I make a distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between the one who serves God and the one who does not.
  • 1 Sam 25:3-8 : 3 The man’s name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was both wise and beautiful, but the man was harsh and his deeds were evil. He was a Calebite. 4 When David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep, 5 he sent ten servants, saying to them,“Go up to Carmel to see Nabal and give him greetings in my name. 6 Then you will say to my brother,“Peace to you and your house! Peace to all that is yours! 7 Now I hear that they are shearing sheep for you. When your shepherds were with us, we neither insulted them nor harmed them the whole time they were in Carmel. 8 Ask your own servants; they can tell you! May my servants find favor in your sight, for we have come at the time of a holiday. Please provide us– your servants and your son David– with whatever you can spare.”
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 My lord should not pay attention to this wicked man Nabal. He simply lives up to his name! His name means‘fool,’ and he is indeed foolish! But I, your servant, did not see the servants my lord sent.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 He despises a reprobate, but honors the LORD’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.
  • Prov 23:6-8 : 6 Do not eat the food of a stingy person, do not crave his delicacies; 7 for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you; 8 you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

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  • Isa 32:6-8
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    6For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

    7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

    8An honorable man makes honorable plans; his honorable character gives him security.

  • Isa 32:4
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    4The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4He despises a reprobate, but honors the LORD’s loyal followers. He makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21Evil men borrow, but do not repay their debt, but the godly show compassion and are generous.

  • Prov 21:26
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    26All day long he has craved greedily, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.

  • Prov 22:16
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    16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich– both end up only in poverty.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Prov 10:30-32
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    30The righteous will never be moved, but the wicked will not inhabit the land.

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    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Isa 9:17
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    17So the Lord was not pleased with their young men, he took no pity on their orphans and widows; for the whole nation was godless and did wicked things, every mouth was speaking disgraceful words. Despite all this, his anger does not subside, and his hand is ready to strike again.

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15Men will be humiliated, they will be brought low; the proud will be brought low.

  • Ps 10:3
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    3Yes, the wicked man boasts because he gets what he wants; the one who robs others curses and rejects the LORD.

  • Prov 17:4-5
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    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

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  • Prov 24:8
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    8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Excessive speech is not becoming for a fool; how much less are lies for a ruler!

  • Isa 26:10
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    10If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; they do not see the LORD’s majesty revealed.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24A proud and arrogant person, whose name is“Scoffer,” acts with overbearing pride.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24The one who says to the guilty,“You are innocent,” peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous person cares for the legal rights of the poor; the wicked does not understand such knowledge.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21those who bear false testimony against a person, who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is terrible to show partiality to the wicked, by depriving a righteous man of justice.

  • Prov 14:31
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    31The one who oppresses the poor has insulted his Creator, but whoever honors him shows favor to the needy.

  • Prov 11:25
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    25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied.

  • Prov 28:16
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    16The prince who is a great oppressor lacks wisdom, but the one who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6A poor person who walks in his integrity is better than one who is perverse in his ways even though he is rich.

  • Job 15:29
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    29He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

  • Job 5:16
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    16Thus the poor have hope, and iniquity shuts its mouth.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27The one who gives to the poor will not lack, but whoever shuts his eyes to them will receive many curses.

  • Prov 16:27
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    27A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

  • Jer 17:6
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    6They will be like a shrub in the arid rift valley. They will not experience good things even when they happen. It will be as though they were growing in the stony wastes in the wilderness, in a salt land where no one can live.

  • Job 34:18
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    18who says to a king,‘Worthless man’ and to nobles,‘Wicked men,’

  • Job 18:17
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    17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26The LORD abhors the plans of the wicked, but pleasant words are pure.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

  • Job 34:30
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    30so that the godless man should not rule, and not lay snares for the people.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.