Proverbs 16:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.
  • Prov 20:2 : 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule.
  • Eccl 10:4 : 4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.
  • Dan 3:13-25 : 13 Then Nabuchodonozor in his anger and wrath commaunded that Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego should be brought vnto hym: so these men were brought before the king. 14 Then Nabuchodonozor spake vnto them, and sayde: Is it true, O Sidrach, Misach, & Abednego, will not you serue my gods, nor worship the golden image that I haue set vp? 15 Nowe therfore be redy when ye heare the sound of the cornet, trumpet, harpe, shawme, psaltries, dulcimers, and al instrumentes of musicke, to fal downe and worship the image whiche I haue made: for if ye worship it not, ye shalbe cast immediatly into the mids of a hot firie fornace: for who is that God that can deliuer you out of my handes? 16 Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego aunswered the king, and sayd: O Nabuchodonozor, we are not carefull to aunswere thee in this matter: 17 Beholde, our God whom we serue, is able to deliuer vs from the hot firie fornace: and he wil deliuer vs out of thy hande O king. 18 And though he will not, yet shalt thou knowe O king, that we will not serue thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set vp. 19 Then was Nabuchodonozor full of indignation, so that the countenaunce of his face chaunged vpon Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego: therefore he charged and commaunded that they should heate the fornace, one seuen times more then it was wont to be heat. 20 And he charged the most valiaunt men of warre that were in his armie, to bind Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the hot firie fornace. 21 So these men were bounde in their coates, hosen, head attire, with their other garmentes, and cast into the mids of the hot firie fornace. 22 Therefore, because the kinges commaundement was straite, & the fornace was exceeding hot, the men that put in Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, the flamble of the fire destroyed them. 23 And these three men Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, fel downe in the mids of the hot firie fornace bounde. 24 Then Nabuchodonozor the king was astonied, & rose vp in all haste: he spake vnto his counsel, and sayd, Dyd not we cast three men bounde into the mids of the fire? They aunswered and sayde vnto the king: It is true, O king. 25 He aunswered & sayde: Lo, I see foure men loose, walking in the mids of ye fire, and they haue no hurt: and the fourme of the fourth is like the sonne of God.
  • Mark 6:27 : 27 And immediatlye the kyng sent the hangman, and commaunded his head to be brought in: And he went, and beheaded hym in the pryson,
  • Luke 12:4-5 : 4 And I say vnto you my friendes, be not afrayde of them that kyll the body, and after that, haue no more that they can do. 5 But I wyll forewarne you who you shall feare: Feare hym, which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell, yea I say vnto you, feare hym.
  • Acts 12:20 : 20 And Herode was displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: But they came all with one accorde to hym, and made intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chaumberlayne, and desired peace, because their countrey was norisshed by the kyng.
  • 2 Cor 5:20 : 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe, euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade, that ye be reconciled vnto God.
  • 2 Kgs 6:31-33 : 31 Then he sayd: God do so & more also to me, if the head of Elisa the sonne of Saphat shall stande on him this day. 32 But Elisa sate in his house (& the elders sate by him) And the king sent a man before him: but yer the messenger came to him, he sayd to the elders: haue ye not seene howe that the sonne of this murtherer hath sent to take away myne head? Be circumspect when the messenger commeth, and shut the doore, and hold him at the doore: Is not the sound of his maisters feete behynde him? 33 While he yet talked with them: behold, the messenger came downe vnto him, & sayd, Behold, this euyl is of the Lorde: And what more shall I loke for of the Lorde?
  • Prov 17:11 : 11 A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.

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

  • Prov 14:35
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  • Prov 16:12-13
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    12Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

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

  • Prov 15:1-2
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    1A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.

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  • Prov 19:10-12
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

    11A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe.

    12The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.

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

  • Prov 14:27-29
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    27The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

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  • Prov 15:18
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    18An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.

  • Prov 21:14
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  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Eccl 8:4
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  • Prov 29:11
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    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • Prov 20:26
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    26A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them.

  • Prov 13:14
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    14The lawe of the wise is a well of life, to auoyde from the snares of death.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 25:15
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    15With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.

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    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Job 36:18
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    18And seeing there is wrath with God, beware lest he take thee away in thy wealth, & all that thou hast to redeeme thee can not deliuer thee.

  • Prov 10:13
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    13In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe.

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

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  • Prov 28:2
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  • Ps 2:10
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    10Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges: be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth.

  • Prov 26:18
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    19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: and though thou once deliuer hym, thou must do it agayne.

  • Prov 17:26-27
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    26Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly.

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

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  • Job 19:29
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  • Eccl 8:2
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    2Kepe the kynges commaundement, namely for the oth that thou hast made vnto God for the same.

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