Psalms 107:17

Geneva Bible (1560)

Fooles by reason of their transgression, and because of their iniquities are afflicted.

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  • Lam 3:39 : 39 Wherefore then is the liuing man sorowfull? man suffreth for his sinne.
  • Isa 57:17-18 : 17 For his wicked couetousnesse I am angry with him, and haue smitten him: I hid mee and was angry, yet he went away, and turned after the way of his owne heart. 18 I haue seene his wayes, and wil heale him: I wil leade him also, & restore comfort vnto him, and to those that lament him.
  • Isa 65:6-7 : 6 Beholde, it is written before me: I wil not keepe silence, but will render it and recompense it into their bosome. 7 Your iniquities and the iniquities of your fathers shalbe together (sayth the Lorde) which haue burnt incense vpon the mountaines, & blasphemed me vpon the hilles: therefore wil I measure their olde worke into their bosome.
  • Jer 2:19 : 19 Thine owne wickednes shal correct thee, and thy turnings backe shal reprooue thee: know therefore and beholde, that it is an euil thing, and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my feare is not in thee, sayeth the Lorde God of hostes.
  • Num 11:33-34 : 33 While the flesh was yet betweene their teeth, before it was chewed, euen the wrath of the Lorde was kindled against the people, and the Lorde smote the people with an exceeding great plague. 34 So the name of the place was called, Kibroth-hattaauah: for there they buried the people that fell a lusting.
  • Num 12:10-13 : 10 Also the cloude departed from the Tabernacle: and beholde, Miriam was leprous like snowe: and Aaron looked vpon Miriam, and beholde, she was leprous. 11 Then Aaron saide vnto Moses, Alas, my Lord, I beseech thee, lay not the sinne vpon vs, which we haue foolishly committed and wherein we haue sinned. 12 Let her not, I pray thee, be as one dead, of whome the flesh is halfe consumed, when he commeth out of his mothers wombe. 13 Then Moses cryed vnto the Lord, saying, O God, I beseech thee, heale her nowe.
  • Num 21:5-9 : 5 And the people spake against God and against Moses, saying, Wherefore haue ye brought vs out of Egypt, to die in the wildernesse? for here is neither bread nor water, & our soule lotheth this light bread. 6 Wherefore the Lorde sent fierie serpents among ye people, which stung the people: so that many of the people of Israel died. 7 Therefore the people came to Moses & said, We haue sinned: for wee haue spoken against the Lord, and against thee: pray to the Lorde, that he take away the serpents from vs: and Moses prayed for the people. 8 And the Lord said vnto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it vp for a signe, that as many as are bitten, may looke vpon it, and liue. 9 So Moses made a serpent of brasse, and set it vp for a signe: and when a serpent had bitten a man, then he looked to the serpent of brasse, and liued.
  • Ps 14:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.
  • Ps 38:1-8 : 1 A Psalme of Dauid for remembrance. O Lorde, rebuke mee not in thine anger, neither chastise me in thy wrath. 2 For thine arrowes haue light vpon me, and thine hand lyeth vpon me. 3 There is nothing sound in my flesh, because of thine anger: neither is there rest in my bones because of my sinne. 4 For mine iniquities are gone ouer mine head, and as a weightie burden they are too heauie for me. 5 My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes. 6 I am bowed, and crooked very sore: I goe mourning all the day. 7 For my reines are full of burning, and there is nothing sound in my flesh. 8 I am weakened and sore broken: I roare for the very griefe of mine heart.
  • Ps 92:6 : 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,
  • Prov 1:22 : 22 O ye foolish, howe long will ye loue foolishnes? and the scornefull take their pleasure in scorning, and the fooles hate knowledge?
  • Prov 7:7 : 7 And I sawe among the fooles, and considered among the children a yong man destitute of vnderstanding,
  • Prov 7:22 : 22 And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction,

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  • Ps 107:18-19
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    18 Their soule abhorreth al meat, and they are brought to deaths doore.

    19 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he deliuereth them from their distresse.

  • 3 The foolishnesse of a man peruerteth his way, and his heart freateth against the Lord.

  • Ps 107:27-28
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    27 They are tossed to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and all their cunning is gone.

    28 Then they crie vnto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresse.

  • 16 For hee hath broken the gates of brasse, and brast the barres of yron asunder.

  • Ps 107:10-13
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    10 They that dwell in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death, being bounde in miserie and yron,

    11 Because they rebelled against the wordes of the Lorde, and despised the counsell of the most High,

    12 When he humbled their heart with heauines, then they fell downe and there was no helper.

    13 Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse.

  • 4 Therefore I saide, Surely they are poore, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the iudgement of their God.

  • 32 For ease slaieth the foolish, and the prosperitie of fooles destroyeth them.

  • 39 Againe men are diminished, and brought lowe by oppression, euill and sorowe.

  • Prov 14:8-9
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    8 The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

    9 The foole maketh a mocke of sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.

  • 29 But iudgements are prepared for the scorners, and stripes for the backe of the fooles.

  • 8 Vnderstande ye vnwise among the people: and ye fooles, when will ye be wise?

  • 25 A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

  • 21 He that begetteth a foole, getteth himselfe sorow, and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 26:9-10
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    9 As a thorne standing vp in the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fooles.

    10 The excellent that formed all things, both rewardeth the foole & rewardeth the transgressers.

  • 1 To him that excelleth on Mahalath. A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. The foole hath saide in his heart, There is no God. they haue corrupted & done abominable wickednes: there is none that doeth good.

  • 19 For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.

  • 5 My woundes are putrified, and corrupt because of my foolishnes.

  • 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. The foole hath said in his heart, There is no God: they haue corrupted, & done an abominable worke: there is none that doeth good.

  • 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • 33 Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding, and is knowen in the mids of fooles.

  • Ps 107:5-6
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    5 Both hungrie and thirstie, their soule fainted in them.

    6 Then they cried vnto the Lorde in their trouble, & he deliuered them from their distresse,

  • 15 Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

  • 5 The foole foldeth his hands, and eateth vp his owne flesh.

  • 22 For my people is foolish, they haue not knowen me: they are foolish children, and haue none vnderstanding: they are wise to doe euill, but to doe well they haue no knowledge.

  • 22 When they professed themselues to be wise, they became fooles.

  • 7 As they that lift vp the legs of the lame, so is a parable in a fooles mouth.

  • 3 And also when the foole goeth by the way, his heart faileth, and he telleth vnto all that he is a foole.

  • 67 Before I was afflicted, I went astray: but nowe I keepe thy woorde.

  • 16 Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly.

  • 6 An vnwise man knoweth it not, and a foole doeth not vnderstand this,

  • 3 Vnto the horse belongeth a whip, to the asse a bridle, and a rod to the fooles backe.

  • 8 And if they bee bound in fetters and tyed with the cordes of affliction,

  • 17 He causeth the counsellers to goe as spoyled, and maketh the iudges fooles.

  • 15 The labour of the foolish doeth wearie him: for he knoweth not to goe into the citie.

  • 34 And a fruitfull land into barrennes for the wickednes of them that dwell therein.

  • 12 Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.

  • 8 They were the children of fooles and the children of villaines, which were more vile then the earth.

  • 43 Many a time did hee deliuer them, but they prouoked him by their counsels: therefore they were brought downe by their iniquitie.

  • 15 Why cryest thou for thine affliction? thy sorowe is incurable, for the multitude of thine iniquities: because thy sinnes were increased, I haue done these things vnto thee.

  • 15 The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise.