Verse 1

Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 28:6 : 6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
  • Isa 59:3 : 3 For yor hondes are defyled with bloude, and yor fyngers wt vnrighteousnesse: Yor lippes speake lesynges, & yor tonge setteth out wickednes.
  • Matt 12:31-34 : 31 Therfore I saye vnto you: All synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeuen vnto men, but the blasphemy agaynst the sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men: 32 And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man, it shalbe forgeue him. But whosoeuer speaketh agaynst the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him, nether in this worlde, ner in the worlde to come. 33 Either make the tre good and his frute good also, or els make the tre euel & his frute euel also. For the tre is knowne by the frute. 34 O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 16:26 : 26 What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?
  • Jas 2:5-6 : 5 Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him? 6 But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Take hede now therfore, and loke well what thou doest, for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, & agaynst all his house. And he is a man of Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge.
  • 1 Sam 25:25 : 25 Let not my lorde set his hert agaynst this Nabal the man of Belial, for he is a foole, acordinge as his name is called: his name is foole, and foolishnes is with him. As for me thy handmayde, I sawe not my lordes yonge men, whom thou dyddest sende.
  • Ps 26:11 : 11 But as for me I will walke innocently: O delyuer me, and be mercifull vnto me.
  • Ps 37:26 : 26 The rightuous is euer mercifull, & ledeth getly, therfore shal his sede be blessed.
  • Prov 12:26 : 26 The righteous is liberall vnto his neghboure, but the waye of the vngodly wil disceaue them selues.
  • Prov 14:2 : 2 Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.
  • Prov 15:16 : 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
  • Prov 16:8 : 8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
  • Prov 19:22 : 22 It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.
  • Prov 20:7 : 7 Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life, happie shal his children be, whom he leaueth behynde him.