Verse 5

Godlynesse is a light despysed in ye hertes of the rich, & is set for them to stomble vpon.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde in due season. Their fote shall slyde, for the tyme of their destruccio is at honde, and the thinge that is to come vpon them, maketh haiste.
  • Job 6:5 : 5 Doth the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse? Or crieth the oxe, whe he hath fodder ynough?
  • Job 16:4 : 4 I coude speake, as ye do also. But wolde God, that youre soule were in my soules steade: then shulde I heape vp wordes agaynst you, and shake my heade at you.
  • Job 18:5 : 5 Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out? yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne.
  • Ps 17:5 : 5 Oh ordre thou my goynges in thy pathes, that my fote steppes slippe not.
  • Ps 94:18 : 18 When I sayde: my fote hath slipped, thy mercy (o LORDE) helde me vp.
  • Ps 123:3-4 : 3 Haue mercy vpo vs (o LORDE) haue mercy vpon vs, for we are vtterly despysed. 4 Oure soule is fylled wt the scornefull reprofe of the welthy, & with ye despitefulnesse of the proude.
  • Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shal be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 : 20 Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknesse.
  • Jer 13:16 : 16 Honoure ye LORDE youre God herein, or he take his light from you, and or euer youre fete stomble in darknesse at ye hill: lest whe ye loke for the light, he turne it in to ye shadowe and darknesse of death.
  • Amos 6:1-6 : 1 Wo be to the proude welthy in Sio, to soch as thinke the so sure vpon ye mount of Samaria? which holde them selues for the best of the worlde, and rule the house of Israel, eue as they list. 2 Go vnto Calne, and se: and from thence get you to Hemath the greate cite, and so go downe to Gath of the Philistines: be they better at ease then these kyngdomes, or the border of their londe wyder then yours? 3 Ye are taken out for the euel daye, euen ye that syt in the stole of wylfulnesse: 4 Ye that lye vpon beddes off yuery, and vse youre wantonnesse vpon youre couches: ye that eate the best lambes of ye flocke, and the fattest calues off the droaue: 5 ye that synge to the lute, and in playenge off instrumentes compare youre selues vnto Dauid: 6 ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes, & anoynte youre selues with the best oyle, but no man is sory for Ioseps hurte.
  • Matt 25:8 : 8 But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle, for oure lapes are gone out.
  • Luke 12:19 : 19 & wil saye vnto my soule: Soule, thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares, take now thine ease, eate, drinke, and be mery.
  • Luke 16:19-20 : 19 There was a certayne riche man, which clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen, and fared deliciously euery daye. 20 And there was a poore man named Lazarus which laye at his gate full of sores,