Proverbs 19:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The multitude hangeth vpon great men: and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes.

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  • Prov 17:8 : 8 A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise.
  • Prov 18:16 : 16 A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.
  • Prov 29:26 : 26 Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.
  • Prov 21:14 : 14 A priuie rewarde pacifieth displeasure: and a gyft in the bosome stylleth furiousnesse.
  • Matt 2:11 : 11 And went into the house, and founde the young chylde with Marie his mother, and fell downe, and worshypped hym, and opened their treasures, and presented vnto hym gyftes, golde, and frankensence, and mirre.
  • Rom 6:23 : 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death: but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe, thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde.
  • Prov 19:12 : 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse.
  • Gen 32:20 : 20 And say moreouer: beholde, thy seruaunt Iacob also commeth after vs: for he sayde, I wyll appeace his wrath with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see him my selfe, peraduenture he wyll receaue me to grace.
  • Gen 42:6 : 6 And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.
  • Gen 43:15 : 15 Thus toke they the present, and twyse so muche more money in their hande, with Beniamin, and rose vp, and went downe to Egypt, & stode before Ioseph.
  • 2 Sam 19:19-39 : 19 And sayde vnto the king: Let not my lorde impute wickednes vnto me, nor remembre the thinges that thy seruaunt dyd wickedly when my lord the king departed out of Hierusale, that the king should take it to his heart. 20 For thy seruaunt doth knowe howe that I haue done amisse: And therfore behold, I am the first this day of all the house of Ioseph, that am come downe to meete my lorde the king. 21 But Abisai the sonne of Zaruia aunswered, and sayd: Shall not Simei dye for this, because he cursed the Lordes annoynted? 22 And Dauid sayde: What haue I to do with you ye sonnes of Zaruia? For this day ye be aduersaries vnto me: Shall there any man dye this day in Israel? Do not I knowe that I am this day kyng ouer Israel? 23 And therfore the kyng sayde vnto Simei, Thou shalt not dye: and the kyng sware vnto hym. 24 And Miphiboseth the sonne of Saul came downe to meete the kyng, and had neither washed his feete, nor dressed his bearde, nor washed his clothes, from the tyme the kyng departed, vntyll he came againe in peace. 25 And when he was come to Hierusalem and met the king, the king sayde vnto him: Wherfore wentest not thou with me Miphiboseth? 26 He aunswered: My lorde O king, my seruaunt deceaued me: For thy seruaunt saide, I would haue myne asse sadled to ryde thereon, for to go to the king: because thy seruaunt is lame. 27 And he hath accused thy seruaunt vnto my lorde the king, and my lorde the king is as an angell of God: do therfore what seemeth good in thine eyes. 28 For all my fathers house were but dead men before my lorde the king, and yet diddest thou put thy seruaunt among the that dyd eate at thyne owne table: What right therefore haue I yet to crye any more vnto the king? 29 And the king said vnto him: Why speakest thou any more of thy matters? I haue saide, Thou and Ziba deuide the landes betweene you. 30 And Miphiboseth sayd vnto the king: yea, let him take all forsomuch as my lord ye king is come againe in peace vnto his owne house. 31 And Barzellai ye Gileadite came downe from Roglim, and went ouer Iordane with the king, to conduct him ouer Iordane. 32 Barzellai was a very aged man, euen foure score yeres olde, and prouided the king of sustenaunce while he laye at Mahanaim: for he was a man of very great substaunce. 33 And the king said vnto Barzellai, come ouer with me, & I will feede thee with me in Hierusalem. 34 And Barzellai saide vnto the king: How long haue I to liue, that I shuld go vp with the king vnto Hierusalem? 35 I am this day foure score yeres olde: & can I deserue betweene good or euyll? Hath thy seruaunt any taste in that he eateth or drinketh? Can he heare any more the voyce of syngyng men and women? wherfore the should thy seruaunt be yet a burthen vnto my lord the king? 36 Thy seruaunt will go a litle way ouer Iordane with the king: & why wyl the king recompence it me with such a rewarde? 37 O let thy seruaunt turne backe agayne, that I may dye in myne owne citie, and be buryed in the graue of my father & of my mother: Beholde, here is thy seruaunt Chimham, let him go with my lorde the king, and do to him what shall please thee. 38 And the king aunswered: Chimham shall go with me, and I will do to him that thou shalt be content with: And what soeuer thou shalt require of me, that same will I do for thee. 39 And al the people went ouer Iordane: and whe the king was come ouer Iordane, he kissed Barzellai, & blessed him, & he went backe againe vnto his owne place.
  • Job 29:24-25 : 24 When I laughed, they beleued it not, & the light of my countenaunce would they not put out. 25 When I agreed vnto their way, I was the chiefe, and sate as a king with his armie about him: and when they were in heauinesse, I was their comfortour.
  • Ps 45:12 : 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present: the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee.
  • Prov 16:15 : 15 The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

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  • Prov 17:8
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    8A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise.

  • Prov 18:23-24
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  • Prov 14:20
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  • Prov 29:4-5
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    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.

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  • Prov 22:11
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  • Job 34:19
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    19God 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.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Ezek 16:33
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    16Who 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 6:3
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    3Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate thy creditour.

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    23He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym.

  • Prov 22:9
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    27He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke: but he that hydeth his eyes from them, shall haue many a curse.

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  • Isa 1:23
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    23Thy princes are wicked, and companions of theeues: they loue gyftes altogether, and gape for rewardes: As for the fatherlesse they helpe hym not to his ryght, neither wyll they let the widdowes causes come before them.

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  • Luke 6:30
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    30Geue to euery man that asketh of thee: And of hym that taketh away thy goodes, aske them not agayne.

  • Prov 6:35
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    35No though thou wouldest offer hym great gyftes to make amendes, he wyll not receaue them.

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    14He that is in tribulation, ought to be comforted of his neyghbour: but the feare of the almightie is cleane away.

  • Prov 17:17-18
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    17He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother.

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    27Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende.

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  • Luke 14:12
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  • Luke 19:26
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  • Prov 16:28
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