Isaiah 32:8

But the godly have devised wise measures, and this counsel shall stand.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7For the counsel of the wicked will devise iniquity, to destroy the poor with unjust words, and ruin the cause of the poor in judgment.

9Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice; ye confident daughters, hearken to my words.

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Cross References

Job 31:16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, 1 And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 1

Proverbs 11:24There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: 1 And there are some also who gather, yet have less. 1

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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