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

Bible References

The vile

An old proverb says: 'Only evil people do evil things.' So I will not harm you.

This is what he said: Who does this David think he is? That son of Jesse is just one more slave on the run from his master. There are too many of them now days.

Can Ethiopians change the color of their skin or leopards change their spots? Can you do good when you are taught to do wrong?

You offspring of vipers. How can you who are evil speak good things? Out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

Evil thoughts come from the heart! Thoughts about murder, adultery, fornication, theft, lying, and slander come from the heart!

The tongue also is a little member. It boasts great things. Consider how great a forest fire a small fire kindles!

And his heart

([Psalm of David]) Do you indeed speak righteousness, you silent ones (O you God-like ones)? Do you judge uprightly, you sons of men?

They become hot inside like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning comes they do it because they are able to (it is in the power of their hands).

Peter said: Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the money from the land sale?

You have no part or share in this matter for your heart is not right in the sight of God.

Each man is tempted when he is drawn away by his evil desire (lust). He is enticed (allured).

Empty

Is not your wickedness great? There is no end to your iniquities.

The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.

There is one who scatters, and yet increases. There is one who withholds what is due and it leads to poverty.

Jehovah said: I will not withdraw punishment for (three sins of Israel, even for four) the many transgressions of Israel! They sold the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes.

We may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes, and sell the refuse of the wheat?

I said: Please listen, you heads of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel: is it not your responsibility to know justice?

[Verse not found in oldest manuscripts.]

Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for the fatherless persons and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself without spot from the world.