Bible verse

Isaiah 32:5

No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

Isaiah 32:5 · BSB

Isaiah 32:5 in context

The verses around it, from Isaiah 32.

1 Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.

2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.

3 Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.

4 The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.

5 No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.

6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.

7 The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

8 But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.

9 Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.

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Isaiah 32:5 in other translations

KJV

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

ASV

The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.

ERV

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

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