Isaiah 32:8

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

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

In Context

7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

9Rise up, all of you women that are at ease; hear my voice, all of you careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.

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Cross References

Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Proverbs 11:24There is that scatters, and yet increases; and there is that withholds more than is meet, but it tends to poverty.

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

2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded 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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