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Then the eyes of those who see will not be blinded, And the ears of those who hear will listen.

And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken.

The mind of the rash will discern the truth, And the tongue of the stammerers will hurry to speak clearly.

The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.

No longer will the fool be called noble, Or the rogue be spoken of as generous.

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

For a fool speaks nonsense, And his heart inclines toward wickedness: To practice ungodliness and to speak error against the LORD, To keep the hungry person unsatisfied And to withhold drink from the thirsty.

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.

As for a rogue, his weapons are evil; He devises wicked schemes To destroy the poor with slander, Even though the needy one speaks what is right.

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.

But the noble person devises noble plans; And by noble plans he stands.

But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.