Proverbs 16:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

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  • Ps 2:12 : 12 Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye, and so ye perishe from the way, if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled: blessed are all they that put their trust in hym.
  • Prov 19:8 : 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.
  • Ps 34:8 : 8 O taste and see how gracious God is: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
  • Prov 13:15 : 15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.
  • Prov 17:2 : 2 A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.
  • Gen 41:38-40 : 38 Then saide Pharao vnto his seruauntes: May there be founde a man suche as this is, in whom the spirite of God is? 39 And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee. 40 Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordyng to thy worde shall all my people be ruled: only in the kynges seate wyll I be aboue thee.
  • 1 Chr 5:20 : 20 And they were helped of the Lorde against them, and the Hagarites were deliuered into their hande, and so were all that were with them: For they cryed to God in the battayle, and he heard them, because they put their trust in him.
  • Ps 125:1 : 1 A song of high degrees. They that put their trust in God be as the mount Sion: whiche may not be remoued but must stande fast for euer.
  • Ps 146:5 : 5 Who made heauen and earth, the sea and all that therin is: who mainteyneth the trueth for euer.
  • Prov 8:35 : 35 For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.
  • Prov 22:19-20 : 19 That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde, I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest. 20 Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,
  • Prov 24:3-5 : 3 Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp. 4 Thorowe discretion shall the chaumbers be filled with all costly and pleasaunt riches. 5 A wise man is euer strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength.
  • Isa 26:3-4 : 3 By an assured purpose wylt thou preserue perfect peace, because they put their trust in thee. 4 Put ye your trust alway in the Lord: for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore.
  • Isa 30:18 : 18 Therefore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte, that he may haue mercy vpon you, to the entent that he may haue the preeminence when he is gratious vnto you: For the Lord is the God of iudgement, Blessed are all they that hope in hym.
  • Jer 17:7-8 : 7 O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe. 8 For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.
  • Dan 1:19-21 : 19 And the king communed with them: but among them all were founde none such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: therfore stoode they before the king. 20 In all matters of wysdome and vnderstanding that the king enquired of them, he founde them ten times better then all the wyse men and soothsayers that were in all his realme. 21 And Daniel abode still vnto the first yere of king Cyrus.
  • Dan 3:28 : 28 Then spake Nabuchodonozor, and sayde: Blessed be the God of Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, which hath sent his angel, and deliuered his seruauntes that put their trust in him, and haue altered the kinges commaundement, and ieoparded their bodies, rather then they would serue or worship any God, except their owne God onely.
  • Dan 6:23 : 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne: So Daniel was brought out of ye denne, & no maner of hurt was founde vpon him, for he put his trust in his God.
  • Matt 10:16 : 16 Beholde, I sende you foorth, as sheepe in the middest of woolfes. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and harmelesse as doues.
  • Eph 1:12-13 : 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie, whiche before beleued in Christe. 13 In whom also ye, after that ye heard the worde of trueth, the Gospell of your saluation, wherin also after that ye beleued, were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse,

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