Job 17:5

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.

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  • Job 11:20 : 20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.
  • Job 32:21-22 : 21 I will regarde no maner of person, no man will I spare. 22 For if I woulde go about to please men, I knowe not howe soone my maker would take me away.
  • Ps 12:2-3 : 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes. 3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.
  • Prov 29:5 : 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs, whyles we looked for our vayne helpe, seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bowe downe to them, neyther serue them: for I the Lord thy God, am a gelous God, and visite the sinne of the fathers vpon the chyldren, vnto the thirde and fourth generation of them that hate me:
  • Deut 28:65 : 65 And among these nations thou shalt finde no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest: But the Lorde shal geue thee there an vnquiet heart, and dasing eyes, and sorowe of minde.
  • 1 Kgs 11:12 : 12 Notwithstanding, in thy dayes I will not do it, because of Dauid thy father: but wil take it fro the hand of thy sonne.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • Ps 36:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight: so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred.

    3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

  • 4 For thou hast withholden their heartes from vnderstanding, therefore shalt thou not set them vp on hie.

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    19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.

    20 Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse.

  • Ps 12:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

    3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.

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    23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym.

    24 Who so robbeth his father and mother, and sayth it is no sinne: the same is the companion of a destroyer.

  • 15 If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

  • Prov 17:4-7
    4 verses
    72%

    4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

    5 Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

    6 Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

    7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • 28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

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    20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

    21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

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    9 For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

  • 21 And whether his children come to worship or no, he can not tell: And if they be men of lowe degree, he knoweth not.

  • 27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.

  • 10 His children shalbe faine to agree with the poore, and his handes shall restore their goodes.

  • 17 Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles.

  • 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.

  • 7 All the brethren of the poore do hate hym, yea his owne frendes withdrawe them selues from hym: and he that geueth credence to wordes, getteth nothing.

  • 11 My sonne be wyse, and make me a glad heart, that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers.

  • 4 His children were without prosperitie, and they were slayne in the gate, and there was no man to deliuer them.

  • 10 He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.

  • 18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Ps 50:19-20
    2 verses
    69%

    19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

    20 Thou sattest and spakedst agaynst thy brother: yea and hast slaundered thine owne mothers sonne.

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    11 Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.

    12 The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours.

  • 5 Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • 4 Wherin take ye your pleasure? vpon whom gape ye with your mouth, and bleare out your tongue? Are ye not children of transgression, and a seede of dissimulation?

  • 4 He that dispiseth in his eyes the reprobate: and honoureth them that feare God. He that hath sworne to his owne hurt: and yet wyll not go from his oth.

  • 30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

  • 8 The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.

  • 14 He that is in tribulation, ought to be comforted of his neyghbour: but the feare of the almightie is cleane away.

  • 6 Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.

  • 10 Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse.

  • 6 But yf any of them came to visite me, he spake vanitie: his heart conceaued vngodlynesse within hym selfe, & when he came foorth a doores he vttered it.

  • 19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • 6 He hath made me a byworde of the people, where as afore I was their ioy.

  • 18 Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym vnto thee.

  • 12 Why doth thyne heart so bewitche thee? And wherefore winckest thou with thyne eyes,

  • 54 So that it shall greeue the man (that is tender and exceeding delicate among you) to loke on his brother, and vpon his wyfe that lieth in his bosome, and on the remnaunt of his chyldren which he hath yet left,

  • 25 An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • 26 He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.

  • 28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.