"The instruments also of the churl {are} evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when…" — Isaiah 32:7

Isaiah 32:7 · KJV

“The instruments also of the churl {are} evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. {the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment}”

— Isaiah 32:7

Verse 6

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.

Verse 8

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. {stand: or, be established}

Isaiah 32 — Context

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

The instruments also of the churl {are} evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right. {the needy...: or, he speaketh against the poor in judgment}

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand. {stand: or, be established}

Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

Cross References

Jeremiah 5:26-28

For among my people are found wicked {men}: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. {they lay...: or, they pry as fowlers lie in wait}

Isaiah 5:23

Which justify the wicked for reward, and take away the righteousness of the righteous from him!

Matthew 26:59-60

But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, {yet} found they none. At the last came two false witnesses,

Matthew 26:14-16

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

Acts 6:11-13

Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and {against} God.

Psalms 64:4-6

That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.

Micah 7:2-3

The good {man} is perished out of the earth: and {there is} none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net. {good: or, godly, or, merciful}

Isaiah 61:1

The Spirit of the Lord GOD {is} upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to {them that are} bound;