Isaiah 32:8

But the liberal deviseth liberal things, And in liberal things will he persevere.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7The instruments also of the niggard are evil; He plotteth mischievous devices, To destroy the poor with lying words, Even when the cause of the needy is just.

9Arise, hear my voice, ye women that are at ease! Give ear to my speech, ye careless daughters!

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I have refused the poor their desire, And 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, yet he cometh to want.

Acts 9:39Then Peter arose, and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber; and all the widows came to him weeping, and showing the coats and cloaks which Dorcas made while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 8:2that under a great trial of distress the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty increased the riches of their 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 →

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