Proverbs 28:16

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Where the prince is without vnderstanding, there is great oppression and wrong: but if he hateth couetousnes, he shall long raigne.

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  • Isa 3:12 : 12 Children are extortioners of my people, and women rule ouer them: O my people, thy leaders deceaue thee, and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes.
  • Isa 33:15-16 : 15 He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll: 16 He it is that shall dwell on hye, whose safegarde shalbe in a bulwarke of rockes: to hym shalbe geuen meate, and his waters shall not fayle.
  • Jer 22:15-17 : 15 Thinkest thou to raigne nowe that thou hast inclosed thy selfe with Cedar? Did not thy father eate and drinke and prosper well, as long as he dealt with equitie and righteousnesse? 16 Yea, when he helped the oppressed and poore to their right, then prospered he well: From whence came this, but onlye because he knewe me, saith the Lorde? 17 Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.
  • Amos 4:1 : 1 Heare this worde ye kyne of Basan, that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needy, which say to their maisters, Bring and let vs drinke.
  • Exod 18:21 : 21 Moreouer, thou shalt seeke out among all the people, men of actiuitie and such as feare God, true men hating couetousnes, and place of these ouer the people rulers of thousandes, rulers of hundrethes, rulers of fiftithes, and rulers of tennes,
  • 1 Kgs 12:10 : 10 And ye young men that were growen vp with him, spake vnto him, saying: Thus shalt thou speake vnto this people that haue sayd vnto thee, thy father made our yocke heauy, but make thou it vs lighter: Euen thus shalt thou say vnto them, My litle finger shalbe wayghtier then my father was in the loynes.
  • 1 Kgs 12:14 : 14 And spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying: My father made your yocke greeuous, and I will make it greeuouser: My father also chastised you with roddes, but I will chastise you with scourges.
  • Neh 5:15 : 15 For the olde captaynes that were before me, had ben chargeable vnto the people, and had taken of them bread & wine, beside fouretie sicles of siluer, yea and their seruauntes had oppressed the people: But so did not I, and that because of the feare of God.
  • Eccl 4:1 : 1 So I turned me, and considered all the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: and beholde the teares of such as were oppressed, and there was no man to comfort them, or that woulde deliuer and defende them from the violence of their oppressours.

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

  • Prov 28:2-3
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    2For the wickednes of the lande, the prince is oft chaunged: but thorowe a man of vnderstanding and wysdome, a realme endureth long.

    3One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite.

  • Prov 22:16
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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 21:26
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    26He coueteth greedyly all day long: but the righteous geueth and spareth not.

  • Prov 14:28-29
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    28In the multitude of people is the kynges honour: but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince.

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  • Prov 28:17
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    17He that by violence shedeth any mans blood, shalbe a runnagate vnto his graue, and no man shalbe able to succour hym.

  • Prov 15:27
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    27The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore.

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

  • Prov 14:17-18
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    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

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  • Prov 14:31
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    31He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore.

  • Eccl 10:5
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    5Another 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.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym.

  • Job 15:20
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    20The vngodly soroweth all the dayes of his lyfe as it were a woman with childe, and the number of a tirauntes yeres is vnknowen.

  • Prov 29:1-2
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    1He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.

    2When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce: but when the wicked beare rule, the people mourne.

  • Prov 28:5-6
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    5Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement: but they that seeke the Lord, vnderstande all thinges.

    6Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes: then he that peruerteth his wayes, and is riche.

  • Hab 2:9
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    9Wo he that coueteth an euyll couetousnesse to his house, that he may set his nest on hie, to escape from the power of euyll.

  • 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.

  • Isa 33:15
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    15He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll:

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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.

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

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    31Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

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    17May he be a ruler that loueth not right? or may he that is a very innocent man do vngodly?

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    16Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes.

  • Prov 28:27
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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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    19He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.

  • 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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  • Hab 2:6
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    6Shall not all these take vp a parable against him? and a taunting prouerbe against him, and say: Wo he that increaseth that which is not his? how long? and he that ladeth him selfe with thicke clay?

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    20A faythfull man shalbe fylled with blessinges, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be vngyltie.

  • 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.

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    14The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.

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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.

  • Eccl 5:8
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    8If thou seest the poore to be oppressed, and wrongfully dealt withall, so that equitie and right of the lawe is wrested in the lande, maruayle not thou at such a thyng: for he that is higher then the hyghest regardeth, and there be hygher then they.

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    12A foole slaundereth his neyghbour: but a wise man holdeth his peace.

  • Isa 3:5
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    5And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another, and euery one agaynst his neyghbour: The boy shall presume agaynst the elder, and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable.

  • Prov 27:12
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    12A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme.

  • Hos 12:7
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    7He is Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shalbe well fed.

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    12The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours.

  • Jer 22:17
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    17Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence.

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    15Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.

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    7The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.