Isaiah 32:8
But noble people act unselfishly; they keep to their principles of generosity.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
In Context
Cross References
Job 31:16Have I refused to give the poor what they needed, or caused widows to despair?
Proverbs 11:24If you give generously you receive more, but if you keep back what you should give, you end up poor.
Acts 9:39So Peter got ready and left with them. When he arrived they took him upstairs. All the widows were there crying, and they showed him the coats and clothes that Dorcas had made while she was with them.
2 Corinthians 8:2Even though they have suffered terrible trouble, they are overflowing with happiness; and even though they are very poor, they are also overflowing in their generosity.
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 →