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New International Version NIV
5 The fool shall be no more called noble, nor the churl said to be bountiful.
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No longer will the fool be called noble nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
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For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.
7 And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
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Scoundrels use wicked methods, they make up evil schemes to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8 But the noble deviseth noble things; and in noble things shall he continue.
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But the noble make noble plans, and by noble deeds they stand.
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