Isaiah 32:8
But the noble devises noble things, and he will continue in noble things.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.
In Context
9Rise up, you women who are at ease! Hear my voice! You careless daughters, give ear to my speech!
Cross References
Job 31:16“If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
Proverbs 11:24There is one who scatters, and increases yet more. There is one who withholds more than is appropriate, but gains poverty.
Acts 9:39Peter got up and went with them. When he had come, they brought him into the upper room. All the widows stood by him weeping, and showing the tunics and other garments which Dorcas had made while she was with them.
2 Corinthians 8:2how in a severe ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded to the riches of 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 →