Proverbs 29:12

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

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  • 1 Sam 22:8-9 : 8 That ye haue also conspired agaynst me, & there is none that telleth me that my sonne hath made a couenaunt with the sonne of Isai, and there is none of you yt is sory for me, or sheweth me that my sonne hath stirred vp my seruaunt to lye in wayte agaynst me as appeareth this day? 9 Then aunswered Doeg the Edomite (which was appoynted by ye seruauntes of Saul) and sayd: I sawe the sonne of Isai, when he came to Nob to Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob, 10 Whiche asked councel of the Lorde for him, and gaue him vittayles, and the sword of Goliath the Philistine also. 11 Then the king sent and called for Ahimelech the priest the sonne of Ahitob, & all his fathers house that is to saye the priestes that were in Nob: And they came all to the king. 12 And Saul sayde: Heare nowe thou sonne of Ahitob. He aunswered: Here I am, my lorde. 13 And Saul sayde vnto him: Why haue ye conspired agaynst me, thou, and the sonne of Isai, in that thou hast geuen him vittayle, and a sworde, and hast asked councel of God for him, yt he shoulde aryse against me, and lye in waite for me as appeareth this day? 14 Ahimelech aunswered the king, and sayde: Who is so faithfull among all thy seruauntes, as Dauid, and therto the kinges sonne in lawe: and goeth at thy bidding, and is had in honour in thyne house? 15 Haue I this day begun first to aske councell of God for him? That be farre from me: Let not the king impute any thing vnto his seruaut, nor to all ye house of my father: For thy seruaunt knewe nothing of all this, either lesse or more. 16 The king sayde, Thou shalt surely die Ahimelech, thou, & al thy fathers house. 17 And the king sayde vnto the footemen that stoode about him: Turne, and slay the priestes of the Lorde: both because their hand is with Dauid, and because they knewe when Dauid fled, and shewed it not to me. But the seruauntes of the king would not moue their hades to fal vpon the priestes of the Lorde. 18 And the king sayde to Doeg: Turne thou, & fall vpon the priestes. And Doeg the Edomite turned, and ranne vpon the priestes, & slue that same day fourescore and fiue persons that did weare a linnen Ephod. 19 And Nob the citie of ye priestes, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklinges, oxen and asses, & sheepe, with the edge of the sworde. 20 And one of the sonnes of Ahimelech the sonne of Ahitob, named Abiathar, escaped, and fled to Dauid. 21 And Abiathar shewed Dauid howe that Daul had slayne ye Lordes priestes. 22 And Dauid sayde vnto Abiathar: I wist it the same day, when Doeg the Edomite was there, that he would tel Saul: and I am cause of the death of all the persons of thy fathers house. 23 Abyde thou with me, and feare not: For he that seketh my lyfe, he shall seke thine also, with me thou shalt be in safegarde.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-23 : 19 Then came the Ziphites to Saul to Gibea, saying: Doth not Dauid hyde him selfe fast by vs in strong holdes, in the wood in the hill of Hachila, on the right side of Iesimon? 20 Nowe therfore O king, thou mayest come downe according to all the lust of thy soule, and our part shalbe to deliuer him into the kinges hande. 21 And Saul sayde: Blessed are ye in the Lord, for ye haue compassion on me: 22 Go I pray you and prepare yet better, knowe and see where his foote hath ben, & who hath seene him there: for it is tolde me that he is very subtyll. 23 See therfore, and know al the lurking places where he hydeth him selfe, and come ye againe to me with ye certaintie, and I wil go with you: And yf he be in the lande, I will searche him out throughout al the thousandes of Iuda.
  • 2 Sam 3:7-9 : 7 And Saul had a concubine named Rispha, the daughter of Ahia: And Isboseth sayd to Abner, Wherfore hast thou gone in vnto my fathers concubine? 8 Then was Abner very wroth for the wordes of Isboseth, and sayde: Am I a dogges head, whiche against Iuda do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and frendes, & haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid: and thou fyndest a fault in me this day for this woman? 9 So do God to Abner, and more also, except as the Lorde hath sworne to Dauid, euen so will I do to him, 10 To bring the kingdome fro the house of Saul, that the throne of Dauid may be stablisshed ouer Israel and ouer Iuda, euen from Dan to Beerseba. 11 And he coulde geue Abner neuer a worde to aunswere, because he feared him.
  • 2 Sam 4:5-9 : 5 And the sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite, Rechab and Baanah, went and came in the heate of the day to the house of Isboseth (whiche slept on a bed at noone.) 6 And behold, they came into the middes of the house, as though they woulde haue fetched wheate, and Rechab and Baanah his brother smote him vnder the fyft ribbe, and fled. 7 For when they came into the house, he slept on his bed in his bed chamber, and they smote him and slue him, & beheaded him, and toke his head, & gat them away through the plaine all the night. 8 And they brought the head of Isboseth vnto Dauid to Hebron, and sayde to the king: Behold, there is the head of Isboseth Sauls sonne thyne enemie whiche sought after thy lyfe, and the Lorde hath auenged my lorde the kyng this day of Saul and of his seede. 9 And Dauid aunswered Rechab and Baanah his brother ye sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite, and said vnto them: As the Lorde lyueth, whiche hath deliuered my soule out of all aduersites: 10 When one tolde me & sayde that Saul was dead (thynking to haue brought good tydinges) I caught him, and slue him in Ziklag: whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing: 11 Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed? Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande, & take you from the earth? 12 And Dauid commaunded his young men, and they slue them, and cut of their handes and feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: But they toke the head of Isboseth, & buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.
  • 1 Kgs 21:11-13 : 11 And the men of his citie, euen the elders and gouernours whiche dwelt in his citie, dyd as Iezabel had sent vnto them, and as it was written in the letter whiche she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaymed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people. 13 And there came in two men the children of Belial, and sate before him: And the two vnthriftie persons witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people, saying: Naboth dyd blaspheme God and the king. And they caried him out of the citie, & stoned him with stones, that he died.
  • 2 Kgs 10:6-7 : 6 Then he wrote another letter to them, saying: If ye be myne, and wil hearken vnto my voyce, then take the heades of the men that are your maisters sonnes, and come to me to Iezrahel by to morowe this time: (And the kinges sonnes were threescore and ten persons, and they were with the great men of the citie which brought them vp.) 7 And when the letter came to them, they toke the kinges children, and slue them, euen threescore and ten persons, & layed their heades in baskettes, and sent them to him to Iezrahel.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser. 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah. 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.
  • Ps 101:5-7 : 5 I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke. 6 Myne eyes shalbe vpon such in the lande as haue a true meanyng, that they may sit with me: he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me. 7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.
  • Prov 20:8 : 8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke.
  • Prov 25:23 : 23 The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Hos 7:3
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    3 They make the kyng glad with their wickednesse, and the princes with their lyes.

  • Prov 19:9-10
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    9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.

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

  • Prov 29:11
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    11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • 1 Sam 12:25
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    25 But and yf ye do wickedly, then shall ye perishe, both ye and your king.

  • Eccl 10:4-5
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    4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences.

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  • Prov 12:22
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    22 The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Eccl 7:21
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    21 Take no heede vnto euery word that is spoken, lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse thee:

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

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

  • Prov 14:35
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    35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Prov 29:13-14
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    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 29:26
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    26 Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.

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

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    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.

  • Ps 101:7
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    7 There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • 1 Sam 12:14
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    14 If ye will feare the Lorde and serue him, and heare his voyce, & not disobey the worde of the Lorde, both ye and the king that raigneth ouer you, shall folowe the Lord your God.

  • Prov 19:5
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    5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.

  • Job 12:17
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    17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle, and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes.

  • Eccl 8:4
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    4 Like as when a king geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so, who may say vnto him, what doest thou?

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

  • Prov 12:17
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    17 A iust man wyll tell the trueth and shewe the thyng that is ryght: but a false witnesse deceaueth.

  • Prov 12:20
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    20 Deceipt is in the heart of them that imagine euyll: but to the counsaylers of peace shalbe ioy.

  • Deut 13:12
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    12 If thou shalt heare say in one of thy cities, whiche the Lorde thy God hath geuen thee to dwell in,

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

  • Prov 16:12-13
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    12 Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

    13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

  • Isa 9:16
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    16 For the guides of this people are deceauers, and those that be gouerned are vtterly lost.

  • Prov 14:5
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    5 A faithfull witnesse will not dissemble: but a false recorde wyll make a lye.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

  • Luke 12:44
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    44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

  • Prov 29:4-5
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    4 With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande: but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges, he turneth it vpside downe.

    5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

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

  • Prov 15:3
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    3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place, beholdeth both the good and the bad.

  • Prov 12:5
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    5 The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght: but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull.

  • Prov 29:21
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    21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Prov 28:2
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    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 36:11
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    11 If they now wyll take heede & serue him, they shal weare out their dayes in prosperitie, and their yeres in pleasure.

  • Job 34:18
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    18 Is it reason that thou shouldest say to the king, Thou art wicked, or thou art vngodly, and that before the princes?

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    5 Yea, one dissembleth with another, and they deale with no trueth: They haue practised their tongues to lye, and taken great paynes to do mischiefe.

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    28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.