Proverbs 14:21 Cross References - Coverdale

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

¹³ Dyd I euer thynke scorne to do right vnto my seruautes and maydens, when they had eny matter agaynst me? ¹⁴ But seynge that God wil sytt in iudgment, what shal I do? And for so moch as he wil nedes vyset me, what answere shal I geue him? ¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shappen alyke in oure mothers bodies?

⁵ loke vnto the heaue, & beholde it: cosidre ye cloudes, how they are hyer then thou. ⁶ Yf thou synnest, what dost thou vnto him? Yf thine offences be many, how gettest thou his fauoure?

²⁴ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore: he hath not hyd his face fro me, but whe I called vnto him, he herde me.

¹ Blessed is he, yt considreth ye poore: ye LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble. ² The LORDE shal preserue him, and kepe him alyue: he shal make him to prospere vpon earth, and shal not delyuer him into ye wil of his enemies.

⁵ Wel is him that is mercifull, & lendeth gladly, & podreth his wordes wt discrecion.

⁹ He hath sparsed abrode, & geue to the poore, his rightuousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted wt honor.

¹² A foole bryngeth vp a slaunder of his neghboure, but a wyse man wil kepe it secrete.

²⁴ Some man geueth out his goodes, and is the richer, but ye nygarde (hauynge ynough) wil departe from nothinge, and yet is euer in pouerte. ²⁵ He that is lyberall in geuynge, shal haue plenty: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also himself.

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

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

³ Where vngodlynes is, there is also di?dayne: & so there foloweth shame & dishonor.

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

²⁷ He 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.

¹ Sende thy vytayles ouer the waters, and so shalt thou fynde the after many yeares. ² Geue it awaye amonge seuen or eight, for thou knowest not what misery shal come vpo earth.

⁷ It pleaseth not me, till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie, & brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house, when thou seist the naked that thou couer him, and hyde not thy face fro thine owne flesh. ⁸ Then shal thy light breake forth as ye mornynge, and thy health florish right shortly: thy rightuousnesse shal go before the, and ye glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. ⁹ Then yf thou callest, the LORDE shal answere the: yf thou criest, he shal saye: here I am. Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens, and holdest thy fyngers, and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge, ¹⁰ yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie, and refre?shest ye troubled soule: Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone daye. ¹¹ The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfie the desyre of thine hert, and fyl yi bones with marry. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and like the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge. ¹² Then the places that haue euer bene waist, shalbe buylded of the: there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynreds. Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges, and ye buylder agayne of ye waye of the Sabbath.

²⁷ Wherfore (o kinge) be contet with my councel, that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse, ad thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace.

³⁴ Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on his right honde: Come hither ye blessed of my father, inheret ye ye kingdome, which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde. ³⁵ For I was hongrie, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye lodged me: ³⁶ I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye vysited me: I was in preson, and ye came vnto me. ³⁷ Then shal the righteous answere him, & saye: LORDE, whe sawe we the hogrie, and fed the? Or thirstie, and gaue the drynke? ³⁸ When sawe we the herbourlesse, and lodged the? Or naked, and clothed ye? ³⁹ Or whe sawe we ye sicke or in preson, and came vnto the? ⁴⁰ And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren, the same haue ye done vnto me. ⁴¹ Then shal he saye also vnto them that shalbe on the left hande: Departe fro me ye cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre, which is prepared for the deuell and his angels. ⁴² For I was hogrie, and ye gaue me no meate: I was thirstye, and ye gaue me no drynke: ⁴³ I was herbourlesse, and ye lodged me not: I was naked, and ye clothed me not: I was sicke and in preson, and ye vysited me not. ⁴⁴ Then shal they also answere hi, and saye: LORDE, when sawe we the hogrie, or thyrstie, or herbourlesse, or naked, or sicke, or in preson, and haue not mynistred vnto the? ⁴⁵ The shal he answere them, and saye: Verely I saye vnto you: Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these, the same haue ye not done vnto me. ⁴⁶ And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne, but the righteous in to euerlastinge life.

³⁰ Who so euer axeth of the, geue him: and who so taketh awaye thyne, axe it not agayne. ³¹ And as ye wolde that men shulde do vnto you, euen so do ye vnto them likewyse. ³² And yf ye loue them that loue you, what thake haue ye therfore? For synners also loue their louers. 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. ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercifull, as youre father also is mercifull.

⁹ And vnto certayne which trusted in the selues, that they were perfecte, and despysed other,he spake this symilitude:

³⁵ I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so labouringe ye oughte to receaue the weake, and to remembre the worde of the LORDE, how that he sayde: It is more blessed to geue, then to receaue.

¹² that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethre. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, which are ryche in faith, and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to the that loue him? ⁶ But ye haue despised the poore. Are not the rych they which oppresse you: & they which drawe you before iudges?

¹⁴ What a vayleth it my brethre, though a man saye he hath faith, when he hath no dedes? Can faith saue him? ¹⁵ If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, ¹⁶ & one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmnes and fode: notwithstodinge ye geue them not tho thinges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it them?

¹⁷ But he yt hath this worldes good, & seyth his brother haue nede, and shutteth vp his hert fro him, how dwelleth the loue of God in him? ¹⁸ My litle children, let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge, but with ye dede, and with the trueth. ¹⁹ Hereby knowe we, that we are of the verite, and can quyete oure hertes before him. ²⁰ But yf oure hert condemne vs, God is greater the oure hert, and knoweth all thinges. ²¹ Dearly beloued, yf oure hert condemne vs not, then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde. ²² And what so euer we axe, we shal receaue it: because we kepe his comaundemetes, and do those thinges, which are pleasaunt in his sighte.