Verse 7

The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore.

Referenced Verses

  • Jer 5:26-28 : 26 For among my people are found wicked persons, that priuily lay snares and wayte for men, to take them and destroy them. 27 And like as a nette is full of byrdes, so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falshood and deceipt: Hereof commeth their great substaunce and riches, 28 Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.
  • Isa 5:23 : 23 Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.
  • Isa 59:3-4 : 3 For your handes are defiled with blood, and your fingers with vnrighteousnesse: your lippes speake leasinges, and your tongue setteth out wickednesse. 4 No man regardeth righteousnesse, and no man iudgeth truely: euery man hopeth in vayne things, and imagineth deceipt, conceaueth weerinesse, and bringeth foorth euill.
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The spirite of the Lord is vpon me: for the Lord hath annoynted me, and sent me to preache good tidinges vnto the poore, that I might binde vp the wounded heartes, that I might preache deliueraunce to the captiue, and open the prison to the that are bounde:
  • 1 Kgs 21:10-14 : 10 And set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse against him, saying, Thou dyddest blaspheme God and the king: And then carie him out, and stone him to death. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the elders and gouernours whiche dwelt in his citie, dyd as Iezabel had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter whiche she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaymed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people. 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died. 14 And then they sent to Iezabel, saying: Naboth is stoned to death.
  • Ps 10:7-9 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe. 8 He sitteth lurkyng in theeuishe corners of the streates: and priuily in lurking dennes he doth murther the innocent, he eyeth diligently hym that is weake. 9 He lieth in wayte lurking as a Lion in his denne: he lyeth in wayte lurkyng, that he may violently carry away the afflicted, he doth carry away violentlye the afflicted, in halyng hym into his net. 10 He croucheth and humbleth him selfe: so that a number of the that be weake, fall by his myght.
  • Ps 64:4-6 : 4 That they may priuily shoote at hym which is perfect: they do sodenly shoote at hym and feare not. 5 They courage them selues in mischiefe: and comune among them selues how they may lay snares, and say, who shall see them? 6 They searche out howe to do wrong, they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out: yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes.
  • Ps 82:2-5 : 2 Howe long wyll ye geue wrong iudgement: and accept the persons of the vngodly? Selah. 3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie. 4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly. 5 They knowe nothyng, they vnderstande nothing: they walke on styll in darknesse, wherfore all the foundations of the earth be out of course.
  • Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.
  • Jer 18:18 : 18 Then sayd they, Come, let vs imagine somethyng agaynst this Ieremie: for the priestes shall not be destitute of the lawe, neither shall the wise men be destitute of counsayle, nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God: Come, and let vs smite hym with the tongue, and let vs not marke all his wordes.
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If a man walke in the spirite, and would lye falsely saying I wyl prophecie to thee of wine and strong drinke: that were a prophete for this people.
  • Mic 7:2-3 : 2 There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death. 3 Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.
  • Matt 26:4 : 4 And helde a councell, that they might take Iesus by subtiltie, and kyll hym.
  • Matt 26:14-16 : 14 Then one of the twelue, called Iudas Iscariot, wet vnto ye chiefe priestes, 15 And sayde vnto them: What wyll ye geue me, and I wyll delyuer hym vnto you? And they appoynted vnto hym thirtie peeces of syluer. 16 And from that tyme foorth, he sought oportunitie to betray hym.
  • Matt 26:59-60 : 59 The chiefe priestes, and elders, and all the councell, sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus, for to put hym to death, 60 But founde none: yea, when many false witnesses came, yet founde they none. At the last, came two false witnesses,
  • Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they priuilie prepared men, whiche sayde, we haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moyses, and agaynst God. 12 And they moued the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came vppon hym, and caught him, and brought him to the counsell. 13 And brought foorth false witnesses, which sayde: This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynste this holy place and the lawe.