Isaiah 32:8
But the noble deviseth noble things; and to noble things doth he stand.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
In Context
9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
Cross References
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Proverbs 11:24There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is right, but [it tendeth] only to want.
Acts 9:39And Peter rising up went with them, whom, when arrived, they brought up into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping and shewing him the body-coats and garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
2 Corinthians 8:2that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty has abounded to the riches of their [free-hearted] liberality.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 32:2-9
The Reign of Justice. ( b. c. 726.) 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. 2 And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. 3 And the eyes of them that see shall not be dim, and the ears of them that hear shall hearken. 4 The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly. 5 The vile… Read the whole commentary →