Proverbs 21:7

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Ps 7:16 : 16 For his labour shall come vpon his owne head: and his wickednesse shall fall vpon his owne pate.
  • Ps 9:16 : 16 God is knowen by the iudgement that he hath executed: the vngodly is trapped in ye worke of his owne handes, this ought to be considered alwayes. Selah.
  • Prov 1:18-19 : 18 So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues. 19 Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.
  • Prov 10:6 : 6 Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement: 23 For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.
  • Isa 1:23-24 : 23 Thy 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. 24 Therfore saith the Lorde God of hoastes, the mightie one of Israel: Ah I must ease me of mine enemies, and auenge me of mine aduersaries:
  • Jer 7:9-9 : 9 For when ye haue stollen, murthered, committed adultrie and periurie, when ye haue offered vnto Baal, folowing straunge and vnknowen gods: shall ye be vnpunished? 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house (whiche hath my name geuen vnto it) and say, tushe, we are absolued quite, though we haue done all these abhominations. 11 What, thinke you this house that beareth my name, is a denne of thieues? And yet I see what you thinke, saith the Lorde.
  • Jer 7:15 : 15 And I shal thrust you out of my sight, as I haue cast out all your brethren the whole seede of Ephraim.
  • Ezek 18:18 : 18 As for his father, because he hath cruelly oppressed and spoyled his brother by violence, and hath not done good among his people, lo he dyeth in his owne sinne.
  • Ezek 22:13-14 : 13 Beholde, I haue smitten my handes vpon thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed, and vpon the blood which hath ben shed in thee. 14 Is thy heart able to endure? or may thy handes be strenghthened in the dayes that I shal haue to do with thee? Euen I the Lorde that speake it, wyll bryng it also to passe.
  • Mic 3:9-9 : 9 Heare this I pray you ye heades of the house of Iacob, and princes of the house of Israel: they abhorre iudgement, and peruert all equitie. 10 They builde vp Sion with blood, and Hierusalem with iniquitie. 11 (The heades therof iudge for rewards, and the priestes thereof teache for hyre, and the prophetes thereof prophecie for money: yet wyll they leane vpon the Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among vs? no euill can come vpon vs.) 12 Therefore shall Sion for your sake be plowed as a fielde, & Hierusalem shalbe an heape, and the mountaine of the house as the hie places of the forest.
  • Zech 5:3-4 : 3 Then saide he vnto me, This is the curse that goeth foorth ouer the whole earth: for al theeues shalbe iudged after this booke, & al pariured persons shalbe iudged according to the same. 4 And I wil bring it foorth saith the lord of hoastes, so that it shall enter into the house of the theefe, and into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remayne in his house, and consume it, with the timber & stones therof.
  • Eph 5:6 : 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes: For, because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience.

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  • Prov 21:12
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    12The righteous man wysely considereth the house of the wicked, and for their wickednesse God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

  • Prov 21:15
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    15The iust delighteth in doing the thing that is right: but destruction shalbe to the workers of wickednesse.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23Wo be vnto them that geue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condempne the iust cause of the ryghteous.

  • Prov 11:3-6
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    3The innocent dealyng of the iust shall leade them: but the wickednesse of the offendours shalbe their owne destruction.

    4Riches helpe not in the day of vengeaunce: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.

    5The ryghteousnesse of the innocent ordereth his way: but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wickednesse.

    6The righteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them: but the wicked shalbe taken in their owne vngodlynesse.

  • Prov 22:23
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    23For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence.

  • Job 21:30
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    30That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction, and the vngodly shalbe brought foorth to the day of wrath.

  • Ps 34:21
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    21Malice shal put the vngodly to death: and they that hate the righteous, shalbe brought to naught.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the way: but vngodlinesse doth ouerthrowe the sinner.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 12:7
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    7God ouerturneth the estate of the wicked, and they stande not: but the house of the ryghteous shall stande.

  • Prov 21:18
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    18The vngodly shalbe a raunsome for the righteous: and the wicked for the iust.

  • Job 31:3
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    3Is not destruction to the wicked? and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie?

  • Job 36:17
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    17Neuerthelesse, thou hast commended the iudgement of the vngodly, and euen such a iudgement & sentence shalt thou suffer.

  • Prov 12:21
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    21There shall no aduersitie happen vnto the iust: but the vngodly shalbe fylled with miserie.

  • Ps 37:21
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    21The vngodly boroweth and payeth not agayne: but the righteous geueth mercifully and liberally.

  • Mic 7:3
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    3Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge iudgeth for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the Lord geueth courage vnto the godly: but it is a feare for wicked doers.

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

  • Isa 3:11
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    11But wo be vnto the wicked, for it shalbe euyll with hym: for he shalbe rewarded after his owne workes.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 4:17
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    17For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4Therfore the law is dissolued, & iudgement doth neuer go foorth: for the wicked doth compasse about the righteous, therfore wrong iudgement proceedeth.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.

  • Ps 37:14
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    14The vngodly haue drawen out the sworde, and haue bended their bowe: to cast downe the poore and needie, and to slay such as be of right conuersation.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7They turne iudgement to wormewood, and forsake righteousnesse in the earth.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 2:22
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    22But the vngodly shall be cut of from the earth: and the wicked doers shalbe rooted out of it.

  • Prov 11:18-19
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    18The vngodly worketh deceiptfull workes: but he that soweth righteousnesse shall receaue a sure rewarde.

    19Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleaue vnto euyll, bryngeth death.

  • Job 21:16-17
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    16Lo, there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande, therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly.

    17How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out, and their destruction come vpon them? O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath?

  • Ps 112:10
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    10The vngodly shall see it, and it wyll greeue hym, he wyll gnashe with his teethe and consume away: the desire of the vngodly shall perishe.

  • Prov 13:21
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    21Mischiefe foloweth vpon sinners: but the righteous shal haue a good reward.

  • Jer 5:28
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    28Hereof are they fat and welthy, and are more mischieuous then any other: they minister not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesse cause, yea and they prosper: yet they iudge not the poore according to equitie.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2Where thorowe the poore are put from their right, and my seelie people robbed of iudgement, that wydowes may be their pray, and that they may rob the fatherlesse.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.

  • Ps 37:38
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    38As for wicked transgressours, they shalbe destroyed all together: and the ende of the vngodly shalbe rooted vp at the last.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The vngodly spyeth the righteous: and seeketh occasion to slay hym.

  • Prov 21:8
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    8The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7The wyse man hateth wrong dealing, and abhorreth the heart that coueteth rewardes.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Making a man to sinne in the worde, and that toke him in a snare, whiche reproued them in the open place, and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught.

  • Prov 11:21
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    21Though hand be ioyned in hande, yet the wicked shall not escape: but the seede of the ryghteous shalbe preserued.

  • Amos 3:10
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    10For they know not to do right, sayth the Lorde, they store vp violence and robberie in their palaces.

  • Prov 1:19
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    19Such are the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Rewarde them accordyng to their deedes: and according to the wickednes of their owne inuentions. Recompence them after the worke of their handes: pay them home that they haue deserued.

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    27Let them fall from one wickednesse to another: and let them not enter into thy ryghteousnesse.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good: and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous.