Proverbs 19:22
It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.
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- Mark 14:6-8 : 6 But Iesus sayde: let her be in rest. Why trouble ye her? She hath done a good worke vpo me. 7 Ye haue allwaye the poore with you, and wha so euer ye wil, ye maye do the good: but me haue ye not allwaie. 8 She hath done what she coulde, she is come before, to anoynte my body for my buriall.
- 2 Cor 8:2-3 : 2 For their reioysinge was most abundaunt, whan they were tryed by moch trouble: & though they were exceadinge poore, yet haue they geue exceadinge richely, and that in synglenesse. 3 For to their power (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power, they were wyllinge of their awne acorde,
- 2 Cor 8:12 : 12 For yf there be a wyllinge mynde, it is accepted acordinge to that a man hath, not acordinge to that he hath not.
- Titus 1:2 : 2 vpon the hope of eternall life: which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde:
- 1 Chr 29:2-3 : 2 Yet haue I after all my abilite prepared vnto the house of God, golde for the vessels of golde, syluer for them of syluer, brasse for them of brasse, yron for the of yron, wod for them of wod, Onix stones, set Rubyes, & stones of dyuerse coloures, & all precious stones, & Marble stones in multitude. 3 Besydes this, for the good wyl yt I haue to the house of God,
- 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 6:8 : 8 the LORDE sayde vnto Dauid my father: Where as thou wast mynded to buylde an house vnto my name, thou hast done well:
- Job 6:15 : 15 Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the waterbroke, that hastely runneth thorow ye valleys.
- Job 17:5 : 5 He promiseth his fredes parte of his good, but his owne childre spende it.
- Ps 62:9 : 9 Sela. As for men, they are but vayne, me are disceatfull: vpo the weightes they are al together lighter then vanite itself.
- Prov 19:1 : 1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
- Mark 12:41-44 : 41 And Iesus sat ouer agaynst the Gods chest, and behelde how the people put money in to the Godschest. And many that were riche: put in moch. 42 And there came a poore wyddowe, and put in two mytes, which make a farthinge. 43 And he called vnto him his disciples, and sayde vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: this poore wyddowe hath put more in ye Godschest, then all they that haue put in: 44 For they all haue put i of their superfluyte, but she of hir pouerte hath put in all that she had, euen hir whole lyuynge.
Similar Verses (AI)
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1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
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6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
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21 There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.
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6 The multitude hageth vpo greate men, & euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.
7 As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee his owne frendes forsake him, & he that geueth credece vnto wordes, getteth nothinge.
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1 A good name is more worth then greate riches, and louynge fauor is better then syluer and golde.
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6 Many there be that are called good doers, but where shal one fynde a true faithful ma?
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2 A good man is acceptable vnto the LORDE, but ye wicked wyl he condempne.
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23 The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely, but the riche geueth a rough answere.
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5 Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion.
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20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neghbours, but the riche hath many frendes.
21 Who so despyseth his neghbor, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pyte of the poore.
22 They that ymagin wickednes, shalbe disapoynted: but they that muse vpo good thinges, vnto soch shal happen mercy and faithfulnesse.
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13 The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
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23 The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.
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16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
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23 The iust laboure for peace and traquylite, but the vngodly for disquyetnesse.
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11 The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.
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17 He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.
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12 Who so listeth to lyue, & wolde fayne se good dayes.
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8 A man shalbe commended for his wy?dome, but a foole shal be despysed.
9 A simple man which laboureth and worketh, is better the one that is gorgious and wanteth bred.
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30 Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe, that stealeth to satisfie his soule, when he is hongerie:
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20 In a wyse mans house there is greate treasure and plenteousnesse, but a foolish body spendeth vp all.
21 Who so foloweth rightuousnesse and mercy, fyndeth both life, rightuousnesse and honor.
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16 Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his owne riches, geueth (comoly) vnto the rich, and at the last commeth to pouerte himself.
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22 The LORDE abhorreth disceatfull lippes, but they that laboure for treuth, please him.
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1 Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble.
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25 Heuynesse discorageth ye herte of man, but a good worde maketh it glad agayne.
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5 A righteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and himself.
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9 A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.
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27 He that laboureth for honesty fyndeth his desyre: but who so seketh after myschefe, it shal happe vnto him.
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4 Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.
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20 A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.
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4 So shalt thou fynde fauor and good vnderstondinge in ye sight of God and men.
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16 Then sayde I: wy?dome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wy?dome is despysed, & his wordes are not herde.
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31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.
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4 Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the LORDE, and turneth not vnto the proude, & to soch as go aboute with lies.
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9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
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22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.
23 He that rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauoure at ye last, the he that flatreth him.
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7 Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.
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1 Who so hath pleasure to sowe discorde, piketh a quarell in euery thinge.
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16 Liberalite bryngeth a man to honor and worshipe, & setteth him amonge greate men.
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19 When a desyre is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell.
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8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
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3 and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.
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4 A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.
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26 He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.
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16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.