Isaiah 32:8 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁸But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

Isaiah 32:8 —

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Cross-References

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2 Corinthians 8:2
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
Acts 11:29-30
Then the disciples, every man according to his ability, determined to send relief unto the brethren which dwelt in Judaea: …
2 Samuel 9:1-13
And David said, Is there yet any that is left of the house of Saul, that I may shew him kindness for Jonathan's sake? …
Proverbs 11:24-25
There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. …
Psalms 112:9
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-8)

We have here the description of a flourishing kingdom. “ Blessed art thou, O land! when it is thus with thee, when kings, princes, and people, are in their places such as they should be.” It may be taken as a directory both to magistrates and subjects, what both ought to do, or as a panegyric to Hezekiah, who ruled well and saw something of the happy effects of his good government, and it was desi…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 8)

8. liberal--rather, “noble-minded.” stand--shall be approved under the government of the righteous King.