Proverbs 28:4

Coverdale Bible (1535)

They that forsake the lawe, prayse ye vngodly; but soch as kepe the lawe, abhorre them.

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  • Eph 5:11 : 11 and haue no fellishippe with ye vnfrutefull workes of darknes, but rather rebuke the.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of ye Saduces come to hys baptim, he sayde vnto them: ye generacio of vipers, who hath certified you, that ye shal escape ye vengeaunce to come?
  • Rom 1:32 : 32 which men, though they knowe the righteousnes of God (that they which do soch, are worthy of death) yet not onely do the same, but also haue pleasure in those that do the.
  • 1 Kgs 18:18 : 18 He sayde: I trouble not Israel, but it is thou and thy fathers house, because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE, and walke after Baal.
  • Matt 14:4 : 4 For Ihon sayde vnto him: It is not laufull for ye to haue her.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the vngodly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre, the cuvetous blesseth him self, and blasphemeth the LORDE.
  • Ps 49:18 : 18 Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happie man: & so loge as he is in prosperite, me speake good of him.
  • 1 Kgs 18:21 : 21 Then stepte Elias vnto all the people, & sayde: How longe halte ye on both ye sydes? Yf the LORDE be God, the walke after him: but yf Baal be he, the folowe him. And the people gaue him no answere.
  • 1 Kgs 20:41-42 : 41 Then put he the a?shes from his face in all the haist. And the kynge of Israel knewe him, that he was one of the prophetes. 42 And he sayde vnto him: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Because thou hast let the damned man go, therfore shall thy soule be for his soule, and thy people for his people.
  • 1 Kgs 21:19-20 : 19 and talke thou with him, and speake: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Thou hast slayne, and taken in possession. And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him, and saye: Thus sayeth the LORDE: Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude, shall the dogges licke thy bloude also. 20 And Achab sayde vnto Elias: Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye? He saide: Yee, I haue founde the, because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE.
  • 1 Kgs 22:19-28 : 19 He sayde: Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE: I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate, and all the hoost of heauen stodinge by him at his righte hande & at his lefte. 20 And the LORDE saide: Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp, & fall at Ramoth in Gilead. And one sayde this, another that. 21 Then wete there forth a sprete, & stode before the LORDE, and sayde: I wyl disceaue him. 22 The LORDE sayde vnto him: Wherwith? He sayde vnto him: I wyll go forth, and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes. He saide: Thou shalt disceaue him, and shalt be able: go forth and do so. 23 Beholde now, the LORDE hath geue a false sprete in ye mouth of all these yi prophetes, and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. 24 Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena, and smote Micheas vpon the cheke, and sayde: What, is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me, to speake with the? 25 Micheas sayde: Beholde, thou shalt se it in yt daye, whan thou shalt go fro one chamber to another to hyde the. 26 The kynge of Israel sayde: Take Micheas, and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite, and with Ioas the kynges sonne, 27 and saye: Thus sayeth the kynge: Put this man in preson, and fede him with bred and water of trouble, tyll I come agayne in peace. 28 Micheas sayde: Yf thou commest agayne in peace, then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me. And he sayde: herken to all ye people.
  • 2 Kgs 3:13-14 : 13 But Eliseus sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: What hast thou to do wt me? go to the prophetes of thy father & to yi mothers prophetes. The kinge of Israel saide vnto him: No, for ye LORDE hath called these thre kynges, to delyuer them in to the handes of the Moabites. 14 Eliseus sayde: As truly as the LORDE Zebaoth lyueth, before whom I stode, yf I regarded not Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda, I wolde not regarde the, ner set oughte by ye.
  • Neh 5:7-9 : 7 and I aduysed so in my mynde, yt I rebuked the councelers, and the rulers, and sayde vnto them: Wyl ye requyre vsury one of another? And I broughte a greate congregacion agaynst them, 8 and sayde vnto them: We (after oure abilyte) haue boughte oure brethren the Iewes, which were solde vnto the Heythen. And wyl ye sell youre brethren, whom we haue boughte vnto vs? Then helde they their peace, & coulde fynde nothinge to answere. 9 And I sayde: It is not good that ye do. Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God, because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies? 10 I and my brethre, and my seruauntes haue lent them money and corne: but as for vsury, let vs leaue it. 11 Therfore this same daye se that ye restore the their londes agayne, their vynyardes, oyle gardens and houses, and the hundreth parte of the money of the corne, wyne and oyle that ye haue wonne of them. 12 Then sayde they: We wyl restore them agayne, and wyl requyre nothinge of them, and wyl do as thou hast spoken. And I called the prestes, and toke an ooth of the, that they shulde do so. 13 And I shoke my lappe, and sayde: God shake out euery man after the same maner fro his house and laboure, that maynteyneth not this worde: euen thus be he shaken out, and voyde. And all ye congregacion sayde: Amen, and praysed the LORDE. And the people dyd so.
  • Neh 13:8-9 : 8 and it greued me sore, and I cast forth all the vessels of Tobias house out of the chest, 9 and commauded them to clense the chest. And thither broughte I agayne the vessels of the house of God, the meatofferynge and the incense. 10 And I perceaued, that the porcions of ye Leuites were not geuen them, for the which cause the Leuites and syngers were fled, euery one to his londe for to worke. 11 Then reproued I the rulers, and sayde: Why forsake we the house of God? But I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
  • Neh 13:15 : 15 At the same tyme sawe I some tredinge wyne presses on the Sabbath, and brynginge in clusters, and asses laden wyth wyne, grapes, fygges, and brynginge all maner of burthens vnto Ierusalem, vpon the Sabbath daye. And I rebuked them earnestly ye same daye that they solde ye vytayles.
  • Neh 13:17-20 : 17 Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda, and saide vnto them: What euell thinge is this that ye do, and breake the Sabbath daye? 18 Dyd not oure fathers euen thus, and oure God broughte all this plage vpon vs & vpon this cite? And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel, in that ye breake the Sabbath. 19 And whan the portes of Ierusalem were drawen vp before the Sabbath, I commauded to shutt the gates, and charged that they shulde not be opened tyll after the Sabbath: and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates, yt there shulde no burthe be broughte in on the Sabbath daye. 20 Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyce ouer nighte without Ierusalem with all maner of wares.
  • Neh 13:23-26 : 23 And at the same tyme sawe I Iewes, that maried wyues of Asdod, Ammon and of Moab, 24 and their children spake halfe in the speache of Asdod, and coulde not speake in ye Iewish language, but by ye tonge mighte a ma perceaue euery people. 25 And I reproued them, and cursed them, & smote certayne men of the, and plucte them vp, and toke an ooth of them by God: Ye shal not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, nether shal ye take their daughters vnto youre sonnes, or for youre selues. 26 Dyd not Salomon ye kynge of Israel synne ther in? & yet amonge many Heythen was there no kynge like him, & he was deare vnto his God, and God made him kynge ouer all Israel, and the outlandish wemen.
  • Neh 13:28 : 28 And one of the children of Ioiada the sonne of Eliasib ye hye prest, had made a cotracte wyth Saneballath the Horonite: but I chaced him fro me.
  • Jer 5:30 : 30 Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe.
  • 1 Sam 15:14-24 : 14 Samuel answered: What crye is this then of shepe in myne eares, and the crye of oxen which I heare? 15 Saul sayde: They haue broughte them from the Amalechites: for the people spared the best shepe & oxen for the offerynge of ye LORDE thy God, the other haue we damned. 16 Neuertheles Samuel answered Saul: Let me tell the what ye LORDE hath sayde vnto me this nighte. He sayde: Saye on. 17 Samuel sayde: Whan thou wast but small in thine awne eyes, wast thou not ye heade amoge the trybes of Israel? & the LORDE anoynted the to be kynge ouer Israel? 18 and ye LORDE sent ye in to the waye, & sayde: Go yi waie & damne the synners the Amalechites, and fighte agaynst them, tyll thou haue vtterly destroyed the? 19 Wherfore hast thou not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, but hast turned thy selfe to the spoyle, and done euell in the sighte of the LORDE? 20 Saul answered Samuel: Yee I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE, & haue gone the waye that ye LORDE sent me, and broughte Agag the kynge of the Amalechites, & damned the Amalechites: 21 but ye people haue take of the spoyle, shepe & oxen, and ye best amoge the damned, to offer vnto ye LORDE thy God in Gilgall. 22 Samuel saide: Hath the LORDE pleasure in sacrifices and burntofferynges, as in obeynge the voyce of the LORDE? Beholde, obedience is better then offerynge, and to herken is better then the fat of rammes. 23 For disobedience is as ye synne of witchcrafte, and rebellion is as the blasphemy of Idolatrye. In so moch now as thou hast refused the worde of the LORDE, he hath refused the also, that thou shuldest not be kynge. 24 Then sayde Saul vnto Samuel: I haue synned, yt I haue transgressed the commaundement of the LORDE and thy worde: for I was afrayed of the people, and herkened vnto their voyce.
  • 1 Sam 22:14-15 : 14 Ahimelech answered the kynge and saide: And who is amonge all thy seruauntes like Dauid, which is faithfull, and hath maried the kynges doughter, and goeth in thine obedience, & is honorably taken in thine house? 15 Haue I begonne then first this daye to axe councell at God for him? That be farre frome. Let not the kinge laie soch to his seruautes charge in all my fathers house: for thy seruaunt knewe not of all these thinges nether small ner greate.
  • 1 Sam 23:19-21 : 19 But the Siphites wente vp to Saul vnto Gibeath, and sayde: Is not Dauid hyd with vs in the castell in ye wodd, vpon mout Hachila, which lyeth on the righte hande of the wildernesse? 20 Let the kynge come downe now therfore acordinge to all the desyre of his hert, and we wyll delyuer him in to the kynges hande. 21 Then sayde Saul: Blessed be ye of the LORDE, that ye haue had pytie vpon me:
  • Acts 12:22 : 22 As for the people, they cried therto: This is a voyce of God, and not of a man.
  • Acts 15:2 : 2 Now wha there rose a discesion, and Paul and Barnabas had set them selues harde agaynst them, they ordeyned, that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shulde go vp to Ierusalem vnto the Apostles and Elders, aboute this questio.
  • Acts 19:9 : 9 But whan dyuerse waxed herde herted, and beleued not, and spake euell of the waye of the LORDE before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, and disputed daylye in the scole of one called Tyrannus.
  • Acts 24:2-4 : 2 Whan Paul was called forth, Tertullus begane to accuse him, and sayde: Seynge that we lyue in greate peace by the meanes of ye, and that many good thinges are done for this people thorow thy prouydence 3 (most mightie Felix)that alowe we euer and in all places with all thankes. 4 Notwithstondinge yt I be nomore tedious vnto the, I praye the, that of thy curtesy thou woldest heare vs a few wordes.
  • Gal 2:3-6 : 3 But Titus which was also with me, was not compelled to be circucysed, though he was a Greke: 4 and that because of certayne incommers beynge false brethre, which came in amoge other, to spye out oure libertye, which we haue in Christ Iesus, that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage: 5 To whom we gaue no rowme, no not for the space of an houre, as concernynge to be broughte in to subieccion: yt the trueth of the Gospell mighte comtynue with you. 6 As for the that semed to be greate, what they were in tyme passed, it maketh no matter to me. For God loketh not on the outwarde appearaunce of men. Neuertheles they which semed greate, taught me nothinge:
  • Matt 3:15 : 15 Iesus answered & sayd vnto hym: Let it be so now. For thus it be commeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes. Then he suffred hym.
  • 1 Thess 2:2 : 2 but as we had suffred afore, & were shamefully intreated at Philippos (as ye knowe) we were bolde in oure God, to speake vnto you ye Gospel of God with moch stryuynge.
  • 1 John 4:5 : 5 They are off the worlde, therfore speake they off the worlde, and the worlde herkeneth vnto them.
  • Jude 1:3 : 3 Beloued, when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion: it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geue vnto the sayntes.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 28:5-10
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    5Wicked men discerne not the thinge yt is right, but they that seke after the LORDE, discusse all thinges.

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

    7Whoso kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstondinge: but he yt fedeth ryotous men, shameth his father.

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

    9He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge ye lawe, his prayer shalbe abhorred.

    10Who so ledeth ye rightuous in to an euell waye, shal fall in to his owne pytt, but ye iust shal haue the good in possession.

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

  • Jer 5:28
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    28herof are they fat and welthy, and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies. They ministre not the lawe, they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause, they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4for the lawe is torne in peces, and there can no right iudgment go forth. And why? the vngodly is more set by then the rightuous: this is the cause, yt wronge iudgment procedeth.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23These gyue sentence with the vngodly for rewardes, but condemne the iust cause of the rightuous.

  • Prov 24:24-25
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    24He yt saieth to ye vngodly: thou art rightuous, him shall the people curse, yee ye comotie shal abhorre him.

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

  • Prov 21:7
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    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

  • Prov 2:13-14
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    13From soch as leaue the hye strete, and walke i ye wayes of darcknesse:

    14which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges:

  • Prov 4:2
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    2Yee I shal geue you a good rewarde, yf ye wil not forsake my lawe.

  • Prov 29:6-7
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    6The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.

    7The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

  • Deut 25:1
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    1Whan there is a stryfe betwene men, they shalbe brought before ye lawe and iudged: and the iudges shall iustifye the righteous, and condemne the vngodly.

  • Amos 5:7
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    7Ye turne the lawe to wormwod, and cast downe rightuousnes vnto the grounde.

  • Prov 13:6
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    6Righteousnesse kepeth the innocet in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrowe the synner.

  • Prov 28:28
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    28Whan the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hyde them selues: but whe they perish, the rightuous increase.

  • Prov 13:14-15
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    14The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

    15Good vnderstondinge geueth fauoure, but harde is the waye of the despysers.

  • Prov 29:18
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    18Where no prophet is, there the people perishe: but well is him that kepeth the lawe.

  • Job 34:8
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    8which goeth in ye company of wicked doers, & walketh wt vngodly me?

  • Amos 5:10
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    10but they owe him euel will, yt reproueth them openly: and who so telleth the the playne treuth, they abhorre him.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4He yt setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of the that feare the LORDE: he yt sweareth vnto his neghboure & dispoynteth him not.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.

  • Ps 119:150
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    150They drawe nye yt of malice persecute me, & are farre fro yi lawe.

  • Prov 4:14
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    14Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wicked.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The lawe of his God is in his hert, therfore shal not his fotesteppes slyde.

  • 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.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21soch as laboure to drawe me vnto synne: and yt disceaue him, which reproueth them in the gate, & soch as turne good personnes to vanite.

  • Prov 28:12
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    12When rightuous men are in prosperite, the doth honoure florish: but when the vngodly come vp, ye state of men chaungeth.

  • Prov 10:17
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    17To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The rightuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodly, but ye vngodly go on still after their owne wickednesse.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19But ye waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse, wherin me fall, or they be awarre.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5It is not good to regarde ye personne of the vngodly, or to put backe ye righteous in iudgmet.

  • Ps 28:4
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    4Rewarde them acordinge to their dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuencions.

  • Prov 28:1
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    1The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The LORDE abhorreth a fayned hert, but he hath pleasure in them that are vndefyled.

  • Ps 89:30
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    30His sede wil I make to endure for euer, yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen.

  • Prov 29:16
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    16When the vngodly come vp, wickednesse increaseth: but the rightuous shall se their fall.

  • Jer 5:4
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    4Therfore I thought in my self: peraduenture they are so symple and folish, that they vnderstonde nothinge of the LORDES waye, and iudgmentes of oure God.

  • Ps 14:4
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    4Their mouth is full of cursinge and bytternes, their fete are swift to shed bloude. Destruccion & wretchednes are in their wayes, ad the waye of peace haue they not knowne: there is no feare off God before their eyes.