Isaiah 32:8

But, a noble man, noble things, hath devised,—And, he, upon noble things, will stand,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

7Yea, a knave, his weapons are wicked,—He, base schemes, hath devised To ruin the oppressed with speeches of falsehood Even when the needy pleadeth, for justice.

9Ye women in comfort! arise hear my voice, Ye daughters so confident give ear to my speech:—

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I withheld—from pleasure—the poor, or, the eyes of the widow, I dimmed;

Proverbs 11:24There is who scattereth, and increaseth yet more, and who withholdeth of what is due, only to come to want.

Acts 9:39And Peter, arising, went with them,—whom, when he arrived, they brought up into the upper room; and there stood by him all the widows, weeping, and showing the tunics and mantles—whatsoever things Dorcas was making while she was with them.

2 Corinthians 8:2That, in a great testing of tribulation, the superabounding of their joy and their deep destitution, superabounded unto 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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