Lamentations 3:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp?

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Referenced Verses

  • Eccl 12:1 : 1 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:
  • Matt 11:29-30 : 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me, for I am meeke & lowly in heart: and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules. 30 For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.
  • Heb 12:5-9 : 5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatio, which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren: My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym: 6 For whom the Lord loueth, he chasteneth, and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. 7 If ye endure chastenyng, God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes: For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not? 8 But yf ye be without chastisment, wherof all are partakers, then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes. 9 Furthermore, we haue had fathers of our fleshe, which corrected vs, and we gaue them reuerence: Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites, and lyue? 10 For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse. 11 No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby. 12 Strayghten vp therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:
  • Ps 90:12 : 12 Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart vnto wisdome.
  • Ps 94:12 : 12 Blessed is the man O Lorde, whom thou wylt chasten: and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe.
  • Ps 119:71 : 71 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.

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  • Lam 3:25-26
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    25O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym.

    26The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde.

  • Lam 3:28-29
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    28He sitteth alone, he holdeth hym styll, because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym.

    29He layeth his face vpon the earth, if there happen to be any hope.

  • Eccl 11:8-10
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    8If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie.

    9Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges.

    10Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie.

  • 1 Pet 3:17
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    17For it is better, yf the wyll of God be so, that ye suffer for wel doyng, then for euyll doyng.

  • Job 5:27
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    27Lo, this we our selues haue proued by experience, and euen thus it is: Hearken thou to it also, that thou mayest take heede to thy selfe.

  • Prov 12:25
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    25Heauinesse discourageth the heart of man: but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.

  • Prov 3:11
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    11My sonne refuse not the chastening of the Lorde, neither faynt when thou art corrected of hym:

  • Eccl 3:10
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    10For as touchyng the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto men, I see that he hath geuen it them to be exercised in it.

  • Lam 3:1
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    1I am the man that thorowe the rodde of his wrath haue experience of miserie.

  • Ps 119:71
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    71It is good for me that I am brought into miserie: by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes.

  • Eccl 3:12-13
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    12So I perceaued that in those thinges there is nothyng better for a man then to be mery, and to do well as long as he lyueth.

    13For all that a man eateth & drynketh, yea whatsoeuer a man enioyeth of all his labour: that same is a gyft of God.

  • Ps 37:7
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    7Holde thee still in God, and wayte paciently vpon him: fret not thy selfe at him whose way doth prosper, at the man that doth abhominations.

  • Isa 40:30
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    30Children are weerie and faint, and the strongest men fall:

  • Job 5:17
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    17Behold, blessed is the man whom God correcteth, therefore refuse not thou the chastening of the almightie:

  • Eccl 7:14
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    14Use well the tyme of prosperitie, and remember the tyme of misfortune: for God doth so temper the one and the other, that a man can finde nothing els.

  • Eccl 12:1
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    1Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:

  • Eccl 7:2-3
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    2It is better to go into an house of mourning, then into a banketting house: For there is the ende of all men, and he that is liuing taketh it to heart.

    3Grauitie is better then to laugh: for when the countenaunce is heauie, the heart is refourmed.

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    18It is good for thee to take holde of this, and not to let that go out of thy hande: For he that feareth God, commeth foorth with them all.

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    29The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged.

  • Matt 11:30
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    30For my yoke is easie, and my burthen is lyght.

  • 1 Cor 7:26
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    26I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie: for I say it is good for a man so to be.

  • Eccl 3:22
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    22Wherfore I perceaue that there is nothyng better for a man then to be ioyfull in his labour, for that is his portion: But who wyll bryng hym to see the thyng that shall come after hym?

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    3Yea him that is yet vnborne, to be better at ease then they both: because he seeth not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne.

  • Ps 94:13
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    13That thou mayest geue hym patience in tyme of aduersitie: vntyll the pyt be digged vp for the vngodly.

  • Jer 17:7
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    7O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe.

  • Job 22:21
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    21Therefore reconcile thee vnto God, and be at peace: so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well.

  • Prov 16:31
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    31Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

  • Eccl 5:18
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    18Therfore me thinke it a better and a fayrer thyng, a man to eate and drynke, and to be refresshed of all his labour that he taketh vnder the sunne, all the dayes of his lyfe which God geueth him: for this is his portion.

  • 1 Pet 2:19
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    19For it is thanke worthy, yf a man for coscience toward god, endure griefe, and suffer wrong vndeserued.

  • Gen 49:15
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    15And sawe that rest was good, and the lande that it was pleasaunt: and bowed his shoulder to beare, and became a seruaunt vnto tribute.

  • Gal 6:5
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    5For euery man shall beare his owne burthen.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Lam 1:14
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    14The yoke of my transgressions is bounde fast to his hande, they are wrapped or writhen and come vp about my necke: he hath caused my strength to fayle, the Lorde hath deliuered me into those handes wherout I can not quyte my selfe.

  • Ps 37:3
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    3Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth.

  • Ps 118:8
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    8It is better to trust in God: then to put any confidence in man.

  • Prov 22:6
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    6Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

  • Prov 3:4
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    4So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstandyng in the sight of God and men.

  • Ps 125:4
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    4Be beneficiall O God: vnto those that be good and vpright in their heart.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

  • Eccl 2:24
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    24Is it not better then for a man to eate and drynke, and his soule to be mery in his labour? yea I sawe that this also was a gift of God.

  • Ps 37:23
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    23The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth.

  • Lam 5:13
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    13They haue taken young men to grinde, and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.

  • Prov 3:27
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    27Withdraw no good thyng from them that haue nede, so long as thyne hande is able to do it.