Isaiah 32:5
Good News Translation
No one will think that a fool is honorable or say that a scoundrel is honest.

New Revised Standard Version
A fool will no longer be called noble, nor a villain said to be honorable.

Contemporary English Version
Fools will no longer be highly respected, and crooks won't be given positions of honor.

New American Bible
No more will the fool be called noble, nor the deceiver be considered honorable.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:

vile

Isaiah 5:20 Woe to you that call evil good, and good evil: that put darkness for light, and light for darkness: that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.

Psalm 15:4 In his sight the malignant is brought to nothing: but he glorifieth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his neighbour, and deceiveth not;

Malachi 3:18 And you shall return, and shall see the difference between the just and the wicked: and between him that serveth God, and him that serveth him not.

nor

1 Samuel 25:3-8 Now the name of the man was Nabal: and the name of his wife was Abigail. And she was a prudent and very comely woman: but her husband was churlish, and very bad and ill natured: and he was of the house of Caleb. . . .

Proverbs 23:6-8 Eat not with an envious man, and desire not his meats: . . .

Context
A Righteous King
4And the heart of fools shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of stammerers shall speak readily and plain. 5The fool shall no more be called prince: neither shall the deceitful be called great:6For the fool will speak foolish things, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and speak to the Lord deceitfully, and to make empty the soul of the hungry, and take away drink from the thirsty.…
Cross References
1 Samuel 25:25
Let not my lord the king, I pray thee, regard this naughty man, Nabal: for according to his name, he is a fool, and folly is with him: but I, thy handmaid, did not see thy servants, my lord, whom thou sentest.

Psalm 12:8
The wicked walk round about: according to thy highness, thou hast multiplied the children of men.

Isaiah 32:7
The vessels of the deceitful are most wicked: for he hath framed devices to destroy the meek, with lying words, when the poor man speaketh judgment.

Isaiah 32:4
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