Proverbs 16:13

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:35 : 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.
  • Prov 22:11 : 11 Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.
  • Ps 101:5-7 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke. 6 Myne eyes shalbe vpon such in the lande as haue a true meanyng, that they may sit with me: he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me. 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:10
    81%

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

  • Prov 23:16
    81%

    16 Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right.

  • Prov 16:12
    81%

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

  • Prov 16:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

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

    15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

  • Prov 22:11
    78%

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

  • Ps 37:30
    77%

    30 The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

    32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Prov 24:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25 But they that rebuke the vngodly in them doth God delight, and a rych blessing shall come vpon them.

    26 Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere.

  • Prov 12:22
    75%

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

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right:

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

  • Prov 16:21
    74%

    21 Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

  • Prov 17:7
    73%

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

  • Prov 15:23
    73%

    23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

  • Prov 14:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

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

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

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23 A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

    24 Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

  • Prov 22:18
    72%

    18 For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

  • Prov 10:11
    72%

    11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Isa 32:1
    72%

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

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18 Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3 In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

    2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

    21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.

  • Eccl 8:4
    71%

    4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

  • Prov 12:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13 The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth: but the iust shall escape out of all perill.

    14 Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • Ps 138:4
    71%

    4 All the kinges of the earth will prayse thee O God: for they haue hearde the wordes of thy mouth.

  • Ps 12:3
    71%

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

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

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

  • Ps 63:11
    71%

    11 But the king shal reioyce in the Lord, al they shal glory that sweare by him: for the mouth of all them that speake a lye, shalbe stopped.

  • Prov 10:6
    71%

    6 Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Prov 16:1
    70%

    1 A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

  • Job 36:7
    70%

    7 He 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 12:17
    70%

    17 A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

  • Prov 25:11
    70%

    11 A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

  • Prov 13:5
    70%

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

  • Hos 7:3
    70%

    3 They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes.

  • Prov 25:5
    70%

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

  • Ps 34:13
    70%

    13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Ps 119:13
    70%

    13 I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth.

  • Prov 20:2
    70%

    2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

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