Proverbs 16:13

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:35 : 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.
  • Prov 22:11 : 11 Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.
  • Ps 101:5-7 : 5 Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure, him wil I destroye: Who so hath a proude loke & an hye stomacke, I maye not awaye with him. 6 Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe, yt they maye dwell with me: and who so ledeth a godly life, shalbe my seruaunt. 7 There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house, he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:10
    81%

    10When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

  • Prov 23:16
    81%

    16yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

  • Prov 16:12
    81%

    12It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

  • Prov 16:14-15
    2 verses
    79%

    14The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.

    15The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.

  • Prov 22:11
    78%

    11Who so delyteth to be of a clene herte and of gracious lyppes, ye kynge shal be his frende.

  • Ps 37:30
    77%

    30Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    76%

    31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

    32The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.

  • Prov 24:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25But they yt rebuke ye vngodly shalbe comended, & a riche blessinge shal come vpo the.

    26He maketh him self to be well loued, that geueth a good answere.

  • Prov 12:22
    75%

    22The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull lippes, but they that laboure for treuth, please him.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6Geue eare, for I wil speake of greate matters, & open my lippes to tell thinges that be right.

    7For my throte shal be talkynge of ye trueth, & my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Prov 16:21
    74%

    21Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

  • Prov 17:7
    73%

    7An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.

  • Prov 15:23
    73%

    23O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

  • Prov 14:34-35
    2 verses
    73%

    34Rightuousnes setteth vp the people, but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccion.

    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.

  • Prov 16:23-24
    2 verses
    73%

    23The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

    24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

  • Prov 22:18
    72%

    18for it is a pleasaunt thinge yf thou kepe it in thine herte, and practise it in thy mouth:

  • Prov 10:11
    72%

    11The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

  • Isa 32:1
    72%

    1Beholde, the kinge shal gouerne after ye rule of rightuousnes, and ye princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite.

  • Ps 31:18
    72%

    18Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, helpe me for thy mercies sake.

  • Prov 14:3
    72%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Prov 15:2
    71%

    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Prov 10:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

    21The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

  • Eccl 8:4
    71%

    4Like as when a kynge geueth a charge, his commaundement is mightie: Euen so who maye saye vnto him: what doest thou?

  • Prov 12:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13The wicked falleth in to the snare thorow ye malyce of his owne mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parell.

    14Euery man shal enioye good acordinge to the innocency of his mouth, and after the workes of his hades shal he be rewarded.

  • Ps 138:4
    71%

    4All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the (o LORDE) when they heare the wordes of thy mouth.

  • Ps 12:3
    71%

    3O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes, ad the tonge that speaketh proude thinges.

  • Prov 15:7
    71%

    7A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 29:2
    71%

    2Where ye rightuous haue the ouer hande, ye people are in prosperite: but where the vngodly beareth rule, there ye people mourne.

  • Ps 63:11
    71%

    11They shal fall in to the swerde, & be a porcio for foxes. But ye kynge shal reioyse in God: all they that sweare by hym, shal be commeded, for the mouth of lyers shalbe stopped.

  • Prov 10:6
    71%

    6Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous, but ye fore heade of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

  • Prov 16:1
    70%

    1A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

  • Job 36:7
    70%

    7He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone, and cofirmeth them, so that they allwaye syt therin.

  • Prov 12:17
    70%

    17A iust man will tell the trueth, & shewethe thinge yt is right: but a false wytnesse disceaueth.

  • Prov 25:11
    70%

    11A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe.

  • Prov 13:5
    70%

    5A righteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and himself.

  • Hos 7:3
    70%

    3They make the kinge and the princes, to haue pleasure in their wickednes & lyes.

  • Prov 25:5
    70%

    5Take awaye vngodlinesse fro ye kynge, & his seate shal be stablished wt rightuousnes.

  • Ps 34:13
    70%

    13Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.

  • Ps 119:13
    70%

    13With my lippes wil I be tellynge out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth.

  • Prov 20:2
    70%

    2The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon, who so prouoketh him vnto anger, offendeth agaynst his owne soule.

  • Prov 16:8
    70%

    8Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.