Isaiah 32:6

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Summary

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

The vile

And his heart

Empty

James 1:27

Bible References

The vile

Just as the ancient proverb says, 'From the wicked, wickedness goes out,' but my hand will not be against you!

But Nabal answered David's servants and said, "Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? Today, [there] are many servants breaking away from the presence of their masters.

Can a Cushite change his skin, or a leopard his spots? [Then] you also will be able to do good, [who] are accustomed to doing evil.

Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say good things [when you] are evil? For from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

For from the heart come evil plans, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, abusive speech.

So also the tongue is a small member [of the body] and boasts great [things]. Behold how small a fire sets ablaze how great a forest!

And his heart

Do you really speak [what is] right [when] silent? [Do] you judge fairly the children of humankind?

Because they are kindled like an oven, their heart burns within them; all night their anger {smolders}, [in the] morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Woe [to] those who plan wickedness and evil deeds upon their beds! In the light of the morning they did it, because they have power in their hands.

But Peter said, "Ananias, for what [reason] has Satan filled your heart, [that] you lied to the Holy Spirit and kept back for yourself [some] of the proceeds of the piece of land?

{You have no} part or share in this matter, because your heart is not right before God.

But each one is tempted [when he] is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.

Empty

[Is] not your wickedness great, and there is no end to your iniquities?

They remove border [stones]; they seize flocks, and they pasture [them].

There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.

Thus says Yahweh: "For three transgressions of Israel and for four I will not revoke [the punishment], because they sell the righteous for money and the poor for a pair of sandals!

{That we can} buy [the] powerless with silver and [the] poor for the sake of a pair of sandals, and we can sell the waste of the grain?"

And I said, "Listen, O heads of Jacob and leaders of the house of Israel! [Is it] not for you to know justice?

Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to look after orphans and widows in their affliction, [and] to keep oneself unstained by the world.