Isaiah 32:8

But the honorable man makes honorable plans; and because of his honorable actions he will stand. 1

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

In Context

7The deceiver's methods are evil. He devises wicked schemes 1 to ruin the poor with lies, even when the poor say what is right. 1

9Rise up, you women who are at ease, and listen to my voice; 1 you carefree daughters, listen to me. 1

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I have withheld poor people from their desire, 1 or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to grow dim from crying, 1

Proverbs 11:24There is one who scatters—he will accumulate even more; 1 another withholds what he should give—he comes to poverty. 1

Acts 9:39Peter arose and went with them. When he had arrived, they brought him to the upper room, and all the widows stood by him weeping, showing him the coats and garments that Dorcas had made while she had been with them.

2 Corinthians 8:2During a great test of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extremity of their poverty have produced great riches of 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 →

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