“The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked plans to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 32 contains 20 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.