Proverbs 22:16

Coverdale Bible (1535)

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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  • Ps 12:5 : 5 Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.
  • Jas 2:13 : 13 For ther shalbe iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy, & mercy reioiseth against iudgment.
  • Jas 5:1-5 : 1 Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you. 2 Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten. 3 Youre golde & yor siluer are cancred, & the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, & shal eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yor last dayes: 4 Beholde, the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of the which haue reped, are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth. 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes. Ye haue norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter.
  • Job 20:19-29 : 19 And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them. 20 His bely coude neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his couetousnesse. 21 He deuoured so gredely, yt he left nothinge behynde, therfore his goodes shal not prospere. 22 Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde. 23 For though ye wicked haue neuer so moch to fyll his bely, yet God shal sende his wrath vpon him, and cause his battayll to rayne ouer him: 24 so that yf he fle the yron weapens, he shall be shott with the stele bowe. 25 The arowe shal be taken forth, & go out at his backe, and a glisteringe swearde thorow ye gall of him, feare shal come vpo him. 26 There shal no darcknes be able to hyde him. An vnkyndled fyre shal consume him, and loke what remayneth in his house, it shall be destroyed. 27 The heauen shall declare his wickednesse, & the earth shal take parte agaynst him. 28 The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken awaye and perish, in the daye of the LORDES wrath. 29 This is the porcion that ye wicked shal haue of God, and the heretage that he maye loke for of the LORDE.
  • Prov 14:31 : 31 He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.
  • Prov 22:22-23 : 22 Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment: 23 for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.
  • Prov 28:3 : 3 One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.
  • Prov 28:22 : 22 He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.
  • Mic 2:2-3 : 2 When they covet to haue londe, they take it by violence, they robbe men off their houses. Thus they oppresse a ma for his house, & euery man for his heretage. 3 Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE: Beholde, agaynst this housholde haue I deuysed a plage, wherout ye shal not plucke youre neckes: Ye shal nomore go so proudly, for it will be a perlous tyme.
  • Zech 7:9-9 : 9 Thus saieth ye LORDE of hoostes: Execute true iudgment: shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse, euery man to his brother: 10 Do the wyddowe, the fatherlesse, the straunger, and poore no wronge: and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert. 11 Neuertheles they wolde not take hede, but turned their backes, and stopped their eares, that they shulde not heare. 12 yee they made their hertes as an Adamant stone, lest they shulde heare the lawe & wordes, which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very wroth at them. 13 And thus is it come to passe, that like as he spake and they wolde not heare: euen so they cried, and I wolde not heare (saieth the LORDE of hoostes) 14 but scatered them amonge all Gentiles, whom they knewe not. Thus the londe was made so desolate, yt there traualed no man in it nether to ner fro, for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly layed waist.
  • Luke 6:33-35 : 33 And yf ye do good for youre good doers, what thanke haue ye therfore? For synners also do euen the same. 34 And yf ye lende vnto them, of who ye hope to receaue what thake haue ye ther fore? For synners also lende vnto synners, that they maye receaue as moch agayne. 35 But rather loue ye yor enemies, do good, and lende, lokynge for nothinge therof agayne: so shal yor rewarde be greate, and ye shalbe the children of the Hyest, for he is kynde, euen to the vnthankfull and to the euell.
  • Luke 14:12-14 : 12 He sayde also vnto him that had bydden him: Wha thou makest a dyner or a supper, call not thy frendes, ner thy brethren, ner thy kynsfolkes, ner yi riche neghbours, lest they call the agayne, and recompece be made ye. 13 But wha thou makest a feast, call the poore, the crepell, the lame, the blynde, 14 then art thou blessed, for they can not recompece ye. But it shalbe recompensed the in the resurreccion of the righteous.
  • Luke 16:24 : 24 and he cried, and sayde: Father Abraham, haue mercy vpon me, and sende Lazarus, that he maye dyppe the typpe of his fynger in water, & coole my tonge, for I am tormeted in this flame.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 14:31
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    31He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.

  • Prov 28:8
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    8Who so increaseth his riches by vautage & wynnynge, let him gather them to helpe the poore withall.

  • Prov 28:3
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    3One poore man oppressinge another by violence, is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth ye frute.

  • Prov 28:22
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    22He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.

  • Prov 28:27
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    27He that geueth vnto the poore, shal not wante: but he that turneth awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite, shall suffre greate pouerte himself.

  • Prov 22:7-9
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    7The rich ruleth the poore, and ye borower is seruaunt to ye lender.

    8He yt soweth wickednesse, shal reape sorowe, & the rodde of his plage shal destroye him.

    9A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.

  • Prov 22:22
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    22Se yt thou robbe not ye poore because he is weake, and oppresse not ye simple in iudgment:

  • Prov 19:17
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    17He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

  • Prov 13:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7Some men are riche, though they haue nothinge: agayne, some me are poore hauynge greate riches.

    8With goodes euery man delyuereth his life, and the poore wyl not be reproued.

  • Prov 21:13
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    13Who so stoppeth his eare at the criege of the poore, he shal crie himself and not be herde.

  • Prov 10:15
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    15The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.

  • Prov 18:23
    77%

    23The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely, but the riche geueth a rough answere.

  • Prov 28:15-16
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    77%

    15Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer, euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people.

    16Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge, there is greate oppression & wronge: but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse, he shal longe raigne.

  • Job 20:19
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    19And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not buylded them.

  • Prov 13:23
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    23There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, & shalbe increased out of measure.

  • Prov 28:6
    77%

    6A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse, but the poore that hath vnderstondinge, ca perceaue him wel ynough.

  • Prov 14:20-21
    2 verses
    77%

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

    21Who so despyseth his neghbor, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pyte of the poore.

  • Prov 10:4
    76%

    4An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.

  • Prov 11:24
    76%

    24Some man geueth out his goodes, and is the richer, but ye nygarde (hauynge ynough) wil departe from nothinge, and yet is euer in pouerte.

  • Prov 29:7
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    7The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

  • Prov 28:19-20
    2 verses
    75%

    19He yt tylleth his londe, shal haue plenteousnesse of bred: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shal haue pouerte ynough.

    20A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.

  • Jas 2:6
    75%

    6But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?

  • Eccl 5:13
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    13Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession.

  • Amos 8:4
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    4Heare this, O ye yt oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in ye londe, sayenge:

  • Prov 21:26
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    26He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.

  • Prov 24:34
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    34so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

  • Job 5:16
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    16that the poore maye haue hope, & that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped.

  • Exod 23:6
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    6Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause.

  • Prov 11:28
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    28He that trusteth in his riches, shal haue a fall, but ye rightuous shal florish as the grene leaf.

  • Prov 13:11
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    11Hastely gotte goodes are soone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hande, shal increase.

  • Prov 19:4
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    4Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.

  • Ps 62:10
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    10O trust not in wronge & robbery, geue not yor selues vnto vanite: yf riches increase, set not yor herte vpon them.

  • Ps 41:1
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    1Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble.

  • Prov 22:17
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    17My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

  • Prov 21:17
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    17He yt hath pleasure in banckettes, shal be a poore man: Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates, shal not be riche.

  • Eccl 7:7
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    7Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.

  • Job 20:22
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    22Though he had plenteousnesse of euerythinge, yet was he poore, & therfore he is but a wretch on euery syde.

  • Job 36:15
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    15The poore delyuereth he out of his straytnesse, and comforteth soch as be in necessite and trouble.

  • Isa 10:2
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    2wherthorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocetes of my people are there with robbed of iudgment: that wyddowes maye be youre praye, and that ye maye robbe the fatherlesse.

  • Prov 13:18
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    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte and shame: but who so receaueth correccion, shal come to honoure.

  • Amos 5:11
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    11For so moch the as ye oppresse ye poore, and robbe him of his best sustenaunce: therfore, where as ye haue buylded houses off square stone, ye shall not dwell in them. Maruelos pleasaunt vynyardes shall ye plante, but the wyne of the shal ye not drynke: and why?