Isaiah 32:8

But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore.

9Up ye riche and idle women, hearken vnto my voyce, ye carelesse daughters marke my wordes.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:24Some man geueth out his goodes and is the richer: but the niggarde hauyng inough, wyll depart from nothyng, and yet is euer in pouertie.

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 →

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