Proverbs 16:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 25:5 : 5 Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.
  • Prov 29:14 : 14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.
  • Luke 12:48 : 48 But he that knewe not, and did comit thynges worthy of strypes, shalbe beaten with fewe strypes. For vnto whosoeuer much is geuen, of him shalbe much required: and to whom men haue committed much, of hym wyl they aske the more.
  • Rev 19:11 : 11 And I sawe heauen open, & beholde a white horse, and he that sate vpon him was called faythfull and true, and in ryghteousnesse he doth iudge and make battayle.
  • Prov 28:9 : 9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe, his prayer shalbe abhominable.
  • Deut 25:16 : 16 For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.
  • Ps 99:4 : 4 Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie: thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob.
  • Prov 20:18 : 18 Thorowe counsayle, the thinges that men deuise are made strong: and with good aduise take warre in hande.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:13-14
    2 verses
    81%

    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

    14The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

  • Prov 25:5
    79%

    5Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

  • Prov 29:27
    77%

    27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • Prov 16:10-11
    2 verses
    77%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

    11A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

  • Deut 25:16
    76%

    16For all that do such thynges, and all that do vnright, are abhomination vnto the Lorde thy God.

  • Prov 15:8-9
    2 verses
    75%

    8The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym.

    9The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde: but who so foloweth righteousnesse, him he loueth.

  • Job 34:17-18
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    75%

    17May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

    18Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?

  • Prov 14:34-35
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    75%

    34Righteousnesse setteth vp the people: but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull.

    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Prov 29:14
    74%

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

  • Prov 11:1
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    1A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him.

  • Job 36:7
    74%

    7He shal not turne his eyes away from the righteous, but as kinges shal they be in their throne, he shal stablish them for euer, and they shalbe exalted.

  • Prov 17:15
    73%

    15The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.

  • Ps 94:20
    73%

    20Shall the seate of wickednesse haue any thyng to do with thee: which seate maketh wrong to be enacted for a law?

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    73%

    5A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Isa 16:5
    73%

    5And in mercie shall the seate be prepared, and he shall sit vpon it in the trueth in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging and sekyng iudgement, and makyng haste vnto ryghteousnesse.

  • Prov 8:7
    73%

    7For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Prov 20:8
    73%

    8A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke.

  • Prov 12:22
    72%

    22The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Prov 29:4
    72%

    4With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande: but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges, he turneth it vpside downe.

  • Prov 12:3
    72%

    3A man can not endure in vngodlinesse: but the roote of the ryghteous shall not be moued.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.

  • Prov 3:32
    72%

    32For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.

  • Prov 18:5
    72%

    5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.

  • Prov 15:26
    72%

    26The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.

  • Ps 99:4
    72%

    4Thou hast ordeyned all thynges accordyng to equitie: thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob.

  • Isa 32:1
    72%

    1Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie.

  • Prov 20:28
    72%

    28Mercy and trueth preserueth the king, and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp.

  • Prov 29:2
    72%

    2When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce: but when the wicked beare rule, the people mourne.

  • Prov 6:16
    71%

    16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:

  • Prov 21:15
    71%

    15The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.

  • Prov 17:26
    71%

    26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

  • Prov 12:7
    71%

    7God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked, and they stande not: but the house of the ryghteous shall stande.

  • Ps 45:6
    71%

    6Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer: the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome.

  • Ps 122:5
    71%

    5For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement: euen the seate of the house of Dauid.

  • Ps 7:9
    71%

    9My desire is, that ye wickednesse of the vngodly may come to an ende: and that thou wouldest assist the iust, who art the tryer of heartes and of reynes, O most righteous Lorde.

  • Prov 8:15
    71%

    15Through me kinges raigne, and princes make iust lawes.

  • Prov 21:12
    70%

    12The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

  • Prov 24:24
    70%

    24He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him:

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Eccl 3:16
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    16Moreouer, I sawe vnder the sunne vngodlynes in the steade of iudgement, & iniquitie in steade of righteousnesse.

  • Prov 20:10
    70%

    10Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde.

  • Ps 97:2
    70%

    2Cloudes and thicke darknesse are rounde about hym: iustice and iudgement are the habitation of his throne.

  • Ps 125:3
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    3For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes.