Proverbs 26:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Lyke as snowe is not meete in sommer and rayne in haruest: euen so is worship vnseemely for a foole.

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  • Ps 12:8 : 8 The vngodly walke on euery side: when the worst sort be exalted amongst the chyldren of men.
  • Ps 15:4 : 4 He that dispiseth in his eyes the reprobate: and honoureth them that feare God. He that hath sworne to his owne hurt: and yet wyll not go from his oth.
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
  • Prov 19:10 : 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.
  • Prov 26:8 : 8 He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.
  • Prov 28:16 : 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.
  • Eccl 10:5-7 : 5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath. 6 in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath. 7 I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes.
  • Ps 52:1 : 1 To the chiefe musition, a wyse instruction of Dauid, when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him, saying: Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek. Why boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe? the goodnes of God dayly endureth.
  • Judg 9:7 : 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim, and lyft vp his voyce, & cryed, and sayd vnto them: Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem, that God may hearken vnto you.
  • Judg 9:20 : 20 But if you haue not dealt truely, then let a fire come out of Abimelech, & consume the men of Sichem, & the house of Mello: and let there come out a fire fro among the men of Sichem, & out of the house of Mello, & consume Abimelech.
  • Judg 9:56-57 : 56 Thus God rendred the wickednesse of Abimelech which he dyd vnto his father, in sleyng his seuentie brethren. 57 And therto all the wickednesse of the men of Sichem, dyd God bryng vpon their heades: And vpon them came the curse of Ioatham the sonne of Ierobaal.
  • 1 Sam 12:17-18 : 17 Is it not nowe wheate hearuest? I will call vnto the Lorde, & he shal sende thunder & rayne, that ye may perceaue and see howe that your wickednes is great which ye haue done in the sight of the Lord in asking you a king. 18 And so Samuel called vnto the Lord, and the Lorde sent thunder and rayne the same day: And all the people feared the Lord and Samuel exceedingly.
  • Esth 3:1-9 : 1 After these actes, dyd king Ahasuerus promote Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite, and set hym on hie, and set his seate aboue all the princes that he had with hym. 2 And al the kinges seruauntes that were in the kinges gate, bowed their knees, and reuerenced Haman, for the king had so commaunded concerning hym: But Mardocheus bowed not the knee, neither dyd hym reuerence. 3 Then the kinges seruauntes whiche were in the kinges gate, said vnto Mardocheus: Why transgressest thou the kinges commaundement? 4 And though they spake this dayly vnto hym, yet woulde he not heare them, therfore they tolde Haman, that they might see howe Mardocheus matters woulde stande, for he had tolde them that he was a Iewe. 5 And when Haman sawe that Mardocheus bowed not the knee vnto him, nor dyd reuerence vnto hym, he was full of indignation, 6 And thought it to litle to lay handes onely on Mardocheus, for they had shewed him the nation of Mardocheus: wherefore he sought to destroy all the Iewes that were throughout the whole empire of Ahasuerus, and that were of the nation of Mardocheus. 7 In the first moneth (that is, the moneth Nisan) in the twelfth yere of king Ahasuerus, they cast Phur, that is a lot, before Haman from day to day, and from moneth to moneth to the twelfth moneth, that is, the moneth Adar. 8 And Haman sayde vnto king Ahasuerus: There is here a people scattred abrode, and dispearsed among all people in all the prouinces of thyne empire, and their lawes are diuers from all people, and do not after the kinges lawes, therefore it is not the kinges profite to suffer them after this maner. 9 If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and so wyll I waye downe ten thousand talents of siluer by the handes of them that haue the charge of this busines, to bring it into the kinges treasurie. 10 And the king toke his ring from his hand, & gaue it vnto Haman the sonne of Amadatha the Agagite, the Iewes enemie. 11 And the king saide vnto Haman: Let the siluer be thyne, & do with that people as it pleaseth thee. 12 Then were the kinges scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first moneth, & there was written according as Haman commaunded vnto all the kinges officers, and to the captaynes that were ouer euery prouince, and to the rulers of euery people in the countryes on euery side according to the writing therof, and to euery nation after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus was it writen, and sealed with the kinges ring. 13 And the letters were sent by postes into all the kinges prouinces, to roote out, to kill, and to destroy all Iewes both young and olde, children and women in one day namely vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth (which is the moneth Adar) & to spoyle the as a pray.par 14 This was the summe of the writing, that there should be a commaundement geuen in al prouinces, and published vnto all people, that they should be redy against the same day. 15 And the postes went in all the haste according to the kinges commaundement, and in Susan the chiefe citie was the commaundement deuised: And the king and Haman sate and dranke, when in the meane time the citie of Susan was disquieted.
  • Esth 4:6 : 6 So Hathach went foorth to Mardocheus, vnto the streete of the citie which was before the kinges gate:
  • Esth 4:9 : 9 And when Hathach came in, he tolde Esther the wordes of Mardocheus.
  • Prov 26:3 : 3 Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:7-12
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    7Like as in a lame man his legges are not equall: euen so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    8He that setteth a foole in hye dignitie, that is euen as if a man would bynde a stone in a sling.

    9As is a thorne in the hande of a drunkarde: so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

    10The mightie that fourmed al thinges, rewardeth the fooles & transgressours.

    11Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe.

    12If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym.

  • Prov 26:2-5
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    2As the byrde and the swalowe take their flight and flee here and there: so the curse that is geuen in vayne, shall not light vpon a man.

    3Unto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a brydle: and a rod to the fooles backe.

    4Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him.

    5But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt.

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

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • Eccl 7:5-6
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    5It is better to geue eare to the chastening of a wyse man, then to heare the songue of fooles:

    6For the laughyng of fooles is like the cracking of thornes vnder a pot: and that is but a vayne thing.

  • Prov 14:24
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    24Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise: but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.

  • Prov 23:9
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    9Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes.

  • Prov 12:15-16
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    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

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

  • Prov 17:16
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    16Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto?

  • Prov 17:7
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    7Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Prov 25:13-14
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    13As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde.

    14Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.

  • Prov 20:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

    4A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 15:5
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 10:23
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    23A foole doth wickedly, and maketh but a sport of it: but wisdome ruleth the man that hath vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 24:7
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    7Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.

  • 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 14:7-9
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    69%

    7Get thee from a foolishe man, when thou perceauest not in hym the lippes of knowledge.

    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

    9Fooles make but a sport of sinne: but there is a fauourable loue among the ryghteous.

  • Eccl 10:6
    69%

    6in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath.

  • Prov 27:22
    69%

    22Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6An vnwise man doth not consider this: and a foole doth not vnderstande it.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion.

  • Prov 29:20
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    20Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Prov 14:33
    68%

    33Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng, and it shalbe knowen among them that are vnlearned.

  • Prov 12:23
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    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Eccl 10:3
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    3A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self.

  • 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.

  • Eccl 7:9
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    9Be not hastyly angrie in thy minde: for wrath resteth in the bosome of fooles.

  • Prov 14:18
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    18The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge.

  • Prov 17:24
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    24Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes.

  • Prov 18:2
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    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

  • Prov 27:3
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    3The stone is heauie, and the sande wayghtie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.

  • Prov 10:8
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    8A wyse man wyll receaue warning: but a prating foole shalbe punished.