Proverbs 14:31

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.

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  • Prov 17:5 : 5 Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.
  • Prov 22:2 : 2 The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.
  • Prov 22:16 : 16 Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.
  • Prov 19:17 : 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.
  • Job 31:13-16 : 13 If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes & maydens, when they had any matter against me: 14 When God will sit in iudgement, what shall I do? & when he will visite me, what aunswere shal I geue him? 15 He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies? 16 If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:
  • Ps 12:5 : 5 For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, hym whom the wicked hath snared.
  • Prov 14:21 : 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement: 23 For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.
  • Eccl 5:8 : 8 If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.
  • Matt 25:40-46 : 40 And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done it vnto me. 41 Then shall he saye vnto them on the left hande: Depart from me ye cursed into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuyll and his angels. 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me no drynke. 43 I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me not in: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then shall they also aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirste, or harbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in pryson, and did not minister vnto thee? 45 Then shall he aunswere them, saying: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye dyd it not to one of the least of these, ye dyd it not to me. 46 And these shall go into euerlastyng payne: the ryghteous into lyfe eternall.
  • John 12:8 : 8 For the poore alwayes shall ye haue with you: but me haue ye not alwayes.
  • 2 Cor 8:7-9 : 7 Nowe therefore as ye are riche in all thinges, in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all feruentnesse, and in loue, which ye haue to vs: euen so, see that ye be plenteous in this grace also. 8 This say I not by commaundement, but because of ye feruentnesse of other, & alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue. 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poore, that ye through his pouertie might be made rich.
  • 1 John 3:17-21 : 17 But who so hath this worldes good, and seeth his brother haue neede, and shutteth vp his compassion from hym: howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym? 18 My babes, let vs not loue in worde, neither in tongue: but in deede and in veritie. 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym. 20 For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges. 21 Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God.
  • 1 John 4:21 : 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym: that he which loueth God, shoulde loue his brother also.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 22:16
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    16 Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne riches and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5 Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Prov 14:20-21
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    20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.

    21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3 One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.

  • Prov 19:17
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    17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

  • Prov 29:7
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    7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27 He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke: but he that hydeth his eyes from them, shall haue many a curse.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13 Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore, he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde.

  • Jas 2:6
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    6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?

  • Ps 14:6
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    6 As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore: because he reposeth his trust in God.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18 He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.

  • Prov 28:6
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    6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

  • Job 34:19
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    19 God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8 If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    13 The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.

    14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • Ps 109:16
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    16 Because that he remembred not to do good: but he persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and hym whose heart was broken with sorow, that he might take his life from hym.

  • Job 5:16
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    16 He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.

  • Prov 22:9
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    9 He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

  • Job 36:15
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    15 The poore shall he deliuer out of his affliction, and rounde them in the eare when they be in trouble.

  • Job 20:19
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    19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them.

  • Prov 18:23
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    23 The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.

  • Ps 10:2
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    2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare, so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people.

    16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.

  • Prov 22:2
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    2 The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.

  • Prov 13:8
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    8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.

  • Job 36:6
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    6 As for the vngodly he shall not preserue him, but shall helpe the poore to their right.

  • Ps 82:3
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    3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

  • Prov 31:9
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    9 Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

  • Ps 74:21
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    21 O let not the simple go away ashamed: but let the afflicted & needy geue prayse vnto thy name.

  • Prov 22:7
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    7 The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • 1 Sam 2:7
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    7 The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye.

  • Ps 113:7
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    7 He rayseth vp the simple out of the dust: and lyfteth vp the poore from the dounghyll.

  • Job 34:28
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    28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23 There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.

  • Ezek 18:12
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    12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needie, or spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols, or hath committed abomination:

  • Amos 8:4
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    4 Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,

  • Exod 23:3
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    3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Deut 15:7
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    7 If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother:

  • Isa 10:2
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    2 Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • Ps 15:4
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    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.