Proverbs 28:3

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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  • Matt 18:28-30 : 28 But the same seruaunt went out, and founde one of his felowes, which ought hym an hundred pence: and he layde handes on hym, and toke hym by the throte, saying: pay me that thou owest. 29 And his felowe fel downe at his feete, and besought him, saying: haue pacience with me, and I wyll pay thee all. 30 And he woulde not: but went, and cast hym into prison, tyll he shoulde pay the debt.

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  • Prov 22:16
    82%

    16 Who 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 14:31
    82%

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

  • Prov 28:15-16
    2 verses
    77%

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

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

  • Prov 22:22
    76%

    22 Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:

  • Prov 13:23
    76%

    23 There is plenteousnesse of foode in the fieldes of the poore: but the fielde not well ordered, is without fruite.

  • Prov 28:8
    76%

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

  • Prov 29:7
    75%

    7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

  • Prov 28:27
    75%

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

  • Amos 5:11
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    11 Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4 Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle,

  • Prov 21:13
    74%

    13 Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore, he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde.

  • Job 20:19
    74%

    19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them.

  • Prov 10:15
    74%

    15 The riche mans goodes are his strong holde: but their owne pouertie feareth the poore.

  • Prov 28:6
    74%

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

  • Prov 19:17
    74%

    17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne.

  • Job 22:7
    73%

    7 To such as were weery, hast thou geuen no water to drinke, & hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie.

  • Ps 82:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 Iudge ryght vnto the poore and fatherlesse: dispatch according to iustice suche as be afflicted and in necessitie.

    4 Deliuer the poore and outcast: saue them from the hande of the vngodly.

  • Prov 28:4
    73%

    4 They that forsake the lawe, prayse the vngodly: but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them.

  • Prov 28:11
    73%

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

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    73%

    20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours: but the riche hath many frendes.

    21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore.

  • Prov 29:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.

    14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

  • Prov 18:23
    73%

    23 The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.

  • Isa 26:6
    73%

    6 The foote, euen the foote of the poore, and the steppes of suche as be in necessitie shall treade it downe.

  • Eccl 5:8
    73%

    8 If 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.

  • Ps 41:1
    73%

    1 To the chiefe musition, a psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

  • Exod 23:6
    73%

    6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite.

  • Job 24:4
    73%

    4 They cause the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together.

  • Prov 22:7
    72%

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

  • Prov 17:5
    72%

    5 Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished.

  • Jas 2:6
    72%

    6 But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates?

  • Exod 23:3
    72%

    3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause.

  • Isa 10:2
    72%

    2 Where 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.

  • Job 5:16
    72%

    16 He is the hope of the poore, & the mouth of the wicked shalbe stopped.

  • Job 24:9
    72%

    9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore.

  • Prov 28:19
    72%

    19 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread: but he that foloweth idle persons, shall haue pouertie inough.

  • Prov 22:9
    72%

    9 He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.

  • Deut 15:11
    72%

    11 The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande.

  • Prov 31:9
    71%

    9 Open thy mouth, defende the thyng that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse.

  • Prov 6:11
    71%

    11 So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man.

  • Job 34:28
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    28 Insomuch that they haue caused the voyce of the poore to come vnto him, and now he heareth the complaint of such as are in trouble.

  • Deut 24:14
    71%

    14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore, whether he be of thy brethre, or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates:

  • Prov 13:8
    71%

    8 With goodes a man redeemeth his life: and the poore wyll not be reproued.

  • Isa 3:14
    71%

    14 The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people, and shall say to them: It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde, the spoyle of the poore is in your houses.

  • Ps 10:2
    71%

    2 The vngodly of a wylfulnesse persecuteth the poore: but euery one of them shalbe taken in the craftie wylines that they haue imagined.

  • Prov 28:2
    71%

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

  • Job 36:15
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    15 The poore shall he deliuer out of his affliction, and rounde them in the eare when they be in trouble.