Luke 16:15

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he sayde vnto them: Ye are they that iustifie yor selues before men, but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is hye amonge men, is an abhominacion before God.

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 16:7 : 7 But ye LORDE sayde vnto Samuel: loke not vpon his countenaunce, ner vpon the tallnesse of his person, For I iudge not after the sighte of man. A man hath respecte vnto the thinge that is before his eyes, but the LORDE loketh vpon the hert.
  • Prov 16:5 : 5 The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.
  • 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 but let ye inwarde ma of ye hert be vncorrupte wt a meke & a quyete sprete, which before God is moch set by.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble.
  • 1 Cor 4:5 : 5 Therfore iudge ye nothinge before ye tyme, vntyll the LORDE come, which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse, and ope the councels of ye hertes, and the shal euery one haue prayse of God.
  • Prov 21:2 : 2 Euery man thinketh his owne waye to be right, but the LORDE iudgeth ye hertes.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert, ad search the reynes and rewarde euery ma acordinge to his wayes, and acordinge to the frute off his councels.
  • 1 Chr 29:17 : 17 I knowe my God, that thou tryest the hert, and that vnfaynednes is acceptable vnto the: therfore haue I geue all this with an vnfayned hert, eue with a good wyll, and now haue I had ioye to se thy people (which here are present) offre with a fre wyll vnto the.
  • 2 Chr 6:30 : 30 heare thou then from heauen, euen from ye seate of thy habitacion, and be mercifull: and geue euery man acordinge to all his wayes, in so moch as thou knowest his hert (for thou onely knowest the hert of the children of men)
  • Ps 7:9 : 9 Oh let the wickednes of the vngodly come to an ende: but manteyne the iust,
  • Acts 15:8 : 8 And God the knower of hertes bare wytnesse ouer the, and gaue the the holy goost, like as vnto vs,
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I wil kyll her childre with deeth. And all the cogregacios shal knowe, yt I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes. And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes.
  • Matt 23:5 : 5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,
  • Matt 23:25-27 : 25 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse. 26 Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also. 27 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrites, which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres, that appeare beutyfull outwarde, but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines.
  • Luke 10:29 : 29 But he wolde haue iustified himself, & sayde vnto Iesus: Who is then my neghboure?
  • Luke 11:39 : 39 But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse.
  • Luke 18:11 : 11 The Pharise stode, and prayed by himself after this maner: I thanke the God, that I am not as other men, robbers, vnrighteous, aduouters, or as this publican.
  • Luke 18:21 : 21 But he sayde: All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp.
  • Luke 20:20 : 20 And they watched hi, & sent forth spyes, which shulde fayne the selues perfecte, that they might take him in his wordes, to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of ye debite.
  • Luke 20:47 : 47 They deuoure wedowes houses and that vnder a culoure of longe prayenge: These shal receaue the greater danacion.
  • John 2:25 : 25 & neded not yt eny ma shulde testifye of man, for he knewe well what was in man.
  • John 21:17 : 17 He saide vnto him ye thirde tyme: Symon Iohana, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto him, louest thou me? And he sayde vnto him: LORDE, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest, that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him: Fede my shepe.
  • Acts 1:18 : 18 This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes, and hanged himself, and brast asunder in the myddes, and all his bowels gusshed out.
  • Rom 3:20 : 20 because yt by ye dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte. For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the vngodly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORDE.
  • Ps 49:13 : 13 This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse, & yet their posterite prayse it wt their mouth.
  • Ps 49:18 : 18 Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happie man: & so loge as he is in prosperite, me speake good of him.
  • Ps 139:1-2 : 1 O Lorde, thou searchest me out, and knowest me. Thou knowest my downe syttinge & my vprisynge, thou vnderstodest my thoughtes a farre of. 2 Thou art aboute my path & aboute my bedd, & spyest out all my wayes.
  • Amos 5:21-22 : 21 I hate and abhorre youre holy dayes, ad where as ye cense me when ye come together I will not accepte it. 22 And though ye offre me brentofferinges and meatofferinges, yet haue I no pleasure therin: As for youre fat thankofferynges, I wil not loke vpon them.
  • Mal 3:15 : 15 Therfore maye we saye, that the proude are happie, and that they which deale with vngodlynesse, are set vp: for they tempte God, and yet escape.
  • Matt 6:2 : 2 When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.
  • Matt 6:5 : 5 And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as ye ypocrytes are. For they loue to stode and praye in the synagoges, and in the corners of the stretes, to be sene of men. Verely I saie vnto you: they haue their rewarde.
  • Matt 6:16 : 16 Moreouer when ye fast, be not sad as ye ypocrytes are. For they disfigure their faces, that they myght be sene of men to fast. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.
  • Isa 1:10-14 : 10 Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma: and herken vnto the lawe of oure God, thou people of Gomorra. 11 Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me? I am discontent for the brentoffringes of wethers, and with ye fatnesse offedbeastes. I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes, lambes and gootes. 12 When ye apeare before me, who requyreth you to treade within my porches? 13 Offre me no mo oblacions, for it is but lost laboure. I abhorre youre incense. I maye not awaye with youre newmoones, youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes. Youre fastinges are also in vayne. 14 I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges, euen fro my very harte. They make me weery, I can not abyde them.
  • Prov 20:6 : 6 Many there be that are called good doers, but where shal one fynde a true faithful ma?
  • Jas 2:21-25 : 21 Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter? 22 Thou seist how yt faith wrought with his dedes, and through ye dedes was the faith made perfect: 23 & the scripture was fulfilled which faith: Abraha beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called ye frende of God. 24 Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of faith only 25 Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes, when she receaued the messengers, and sent them out another waye?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Luke 16:13-14
    2 verses
    79%

    13 No seruaunt can serue two masters: for either he shal hate the one, and loue ye other: or els he shal leane to the one, and despyse the other. Ye can not serue God and Mammon.

    14 All these thinges herde the Pharises, which were couetous, and they mocked hi.

  • Luke 11:39
    77%

    39 But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse.

  • Matt 23:25-29
    5 verses
    76%

    25 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrytes, which make cleane the vttersyde of the cuppe and platter, but within are ye full of robbery and excesse.

    26 Thou blynde Pharise, clense first the in syde of the cuppe and platter, that the out syde maye be cleane also.

    27 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye Ypocrites, which be like vnto paynted Sepulcres, that appeare beutyfull outwarde, but within they are full of deed mens bones and all fylthines.

    28 Euen so are ye also: Outwarde ye appeare righteous vnto men, but within ye are full of ypocrisye and iniquyte.

    29 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrites, which buylde the tombes of the prophetes, and garnysh the sepulcres of the righteous,

  • Matt 15:7-12
    6 verses
    75%

    7 Ye ypocrites, full well hath Esaye prophecied of you, & sayde:

    8 This people draweth nye vnto me wt their mouth, & honoureth me wt their lippes, howbeit, their hert is farre fro me.

    9 But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men.

    10 And he called ye people to hi, & saide vnto the: Heare & vnderstode:

    11 That which goeth in to the mouth, defyleth not the ma: but yt which cometh out of the mouth, defyleth ye ma.

    12 Then came his disciples, & sayde vnto him: knowest thou yt the Pharises were offended, whan they herde this sayenge?

  • Luke 18:9-10
    2 verses
    75%

    9 And vnto certayne which trusted in the selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed other,he spake this symilitude:

    10 There wente vp two men in to the teple, to praye: the one a Pharise, the other a publican.

  • Luke 11:41-44
    4 verses
    75%

    41 Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, all is cleane vnto you.

    42 But wo vnto you Pharises, ye that tythe mynt and rewe, and all maner herbes, and passe ouer iudgmet and ye loue of God. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other vndone.

    43 Wo vnto you Pharises, for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges, and to be saluted in the market.

    44 Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses, ye ypocrites, for ye are like couered sepulcres, where ouer men walke, and are not awarre of them.

  • John 12:43
    75%

    43 For they loued more the prayse with men, then with God.

  • Matt 6:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Take hede to youre almes, that ye geue it not in the syght of men, to the intent that ye wolde be sene of them: or els, ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in heauen.

    2 When soeuer therfore thou geuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trompet to be blowen before the, as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes, for to be praysed of me. Verely I saye vnto you: they haue their rewarde.

  • Mark 7:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6 But he answered & sayde vnto them: Full well hath Esay prophecied of you Ypocrytes, as it is wrytte: This people honoureth me wt their lippes, but their hert is farre fro me.

    7 But in vayne do they serue me, whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundemetes of me.

  • Matt 23:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5 All their workes do they to be sene of men. They set abrode their Philateries, and make large borders vpon their garmentes,

    6 and loue to syt vppermost at the table, and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges,

  • Luke 6:26
    72%

    26 Wo vnto you whan euery man prayseth you, Euen so dyd their fathers vnto the false prophetes also.

  • Luke 20:46
    72%

    46 Bewarre of the scrybes, which wyl go in longe garmentes, and loue to be saluted vpon the market, and desyre to syt hyest in the synagoges, and at the table.

  • Matt 23:12-14
    3 verses
    72%

    12 For who so exalteth himself, shal be brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

    13 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men: Ye come not in youre selues, nether suffre ye them to enter, that wolde be in.

    14 Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises, ye ypocrytes, that deuoure wyddowes houses, and that vnder the culoure of prayenge longe prayers, therfore shal ye receaue ye greater damnacion.

  • Matt 15:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18 But the thinge that proceadeth out of the mouth, cometh fro ye hert, & that defyleth ye ma.

    19 For out of ye hert come euell thoughtes murthur, breakynge of wedlocke, whordome theft, false witnesse, blasphemy.

  • Matt 5:20
    71%

    20 For I saye vnto you: excepte youre rightewesnes exceade the righetewesnes of the Scribes and Pharises, ye can not entre in to the kyngdome of heauen.

  • Mark 12:39-40
    2 verses
    71%

    39 and syt gladly aboue in the synagoges and at the table:

    40 they deuoure wyddowes houses, and vnder a coloure they make longe prayers. These shal receaue the more damnacion.

  • Matt 9:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 And beholde, certeyne of the scribes sayde in them selues: this man blasphemeth.

    4 But when Iesus sawe their thoughtes, he sayde: wherfore thinke ye euill in youre hertes?.

  • Luke 18:14
    71%

    14 I tell you: This man wente downe in to his house iustified more the the other. For who so euer exalteth himself, shalbe brought lowe: and he that humbleth himself, shalbe exalted.

  • Jas 2:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3 & ye haue a respecte to him yt weareth the gaye clothinge & saye vnto hi: Sit thou here i a good place, & saye vnto ye poore, stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fote stole:

    4 are ye not parciall in youre selues, and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes?

  • Luke 12:1
    71%

    1 There were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, in so moch that they trode one another: Then beganne he, and sayde first vnto his disciples: Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises, which is ypocrisye.

  • Mark 7:20
    70%

    20 And he sayde: The thinge that goeth out of the man,

  • Mark 7:23
    70%

    23 All these euell thinges go from within, and defyle the man.

  • Prov 16:2
    70%

    2 A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

  • Luke 7:31
    70%

    31 But the LORDE saide: Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion? And whom are they like?

  • John 12:19
    70%

    19 But the pharises sayde amonge them selues: Ye se, that we preuayle nothinge, beholde, all ye worlde runneth after him.

  • Mark 7:15
    70%

    15 There is nothinge without a man, that can defyle him, whan it entreth in to him. But that goeth out of him, that is it that maketh the man vncleane.

  • Luke 12:15
    70%

    15 And he sayde vnto them: Take hede, and bewarre of couetousnesse, for no man lyueth therof, that he hath abundaunce of goodes.