Proverbs 17:8
A rewarde is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that haue it: it prospereth, whithersoeuer it turneth.
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- Exod 23:8 : 8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
- Prov 17:23 : 23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
- Prov 21:14 : 14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
- Isa 1:23 : 23 Thy Princes are rebellious and companions of theeues: euery one loueth giftes, and followeth after rewards: they iudge not the fatherlesse, neither doeth the widowes cause come before them.
- Amos 5:12 : 12 For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewards, & they oppresse the poore in ye gate.
- Mic 7:3 : 3 To make good for the euil of their hands, the prince asked, and the iudge iudgeth for a reward: therefore the great man he speaketh out the corruption of his soule: so they wrapt it vp.
- Gen 33:9-9 : 9 And Esau said, I haue ynough, my brother: keepe that thou hast to thy selfe. 10 But Iaakob answered, Nay, I pray thee: if I haue found grace nowe in thy sight, then receiue my present at mine hande: for I haue seene thy face, as though I had seene the face of God, because thou hast accepted me. 11 I pray thee take my blessing, that is brought thee: for God hath had mercie on me, and therefore I haue all things: so he compelled him, and he tooke it.
- Gen 43:11 : 11 Then their father Israel sayd vnto them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and bring the man a present, a little rosen, & a little hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes:
- Deut 16:19 : 19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.
- 1 Sam 25:35 : 35 Then Dauid receiued of her hande that which she had brought him, and said to her, Goe vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition.
- 2 Sam 16:1-4 : 1 When Dauid was a litle past the toppe of the hill, behold, Ziba the seruant of Mephibosheth mette him with a couple of asses sadled, and vpon them two hundreth cakes of bread, and an hundreth bunches of raisins, and an hundreth of dryed figges, and a bottel of wine. 2 And the King said vnto Ziba, What meanest thou by these? And Ziba said, They be asses for the kings housholde to ride on, and bread and dryed figges for the yong men to eate, and wine, that the faint may drinke in the wildernesse. 3 And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father. 4 Then said the King to Ziba, Behold, thine are all that perteined vnto Mephibosheth; Ziba saide, I beseech thee, let me finde grace in thy sight, my lord, O King.
- Ps 18:16 : 16 He hath sent downe from aboue and taken mee: hee hath drawen mee out of many waters.
- Ps 19:6 : 6 His going out is from the ende of the heauen, and his compasse is vnto the endes of ye same, and none is hid from the heate thereof.
- Ps 21:13 : 13 Be thou exalted, O Lord, in thy strength: so will we sing and prayse thy power.
- Ps 29:4 : 4 The voyce of the Lorde is mightie: the voyce of the Lord is glorious.
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23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
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16 A mans gift enlargeth him, and leadeth him before great men.
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6 Many reuerence the face of the prince, and euery man is friend to him that giueth giftes.
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8 Thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and peruerteth the wordes of the righteous.
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14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger, and a gift in the bosome great wrath.
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9 He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.
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27 He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.
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11 (7:13) Wisedome is good with an inheritance, and excellent to them that see the sunne.
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4 So shalt thou finde fauour and good vnderstanding in the sight of God and man.
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17 Euery good giuing, and euery perfect gift is from aboue, and commeth downe from the Father of lights, with whome is no variablenes, neither shadow of turning.
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15 Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated.
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8 As the closing vp of a precious stone in an heape of stones, so is he that giueth glory to a foole.
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14 A man shalbe satiate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall God giue vnto him.
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14 For the marchandise thereof is better then the marchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof is better then golde.
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27 He that giueth vnto the poore, shall not lacke: but he that hideth his eyes, shall haue many curses.
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16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?
17 A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.
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17 The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde.
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20 He that is wise in his busines, shall finde good: and he that trusteth in the Lord, he is blessed.
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6 The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
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21 To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.
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33 They giue giftes to all other whores, but thou giuest giftes vnto all thy louers, and rewardest them, that they may come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication.
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20 In the house of the wise is a pleasant treasure and oyle: but a foolish man deuoureth it.
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4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
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12 For if there be first a willing minde, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
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19 Wrest not thou ye Law, nor respect any person, neither take rewarde: for the reward blindeth ye eyes of the wise, & peruerteth ye worde of ye iust.