Proverbs 22:16 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁶ Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne [riches] and geueth vnto the ryche, at the last commeth to pouertie hym selfe

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them ²⁰ Because he could not perceaue when his belly was well, through his greedie desire he shall not escape ²¹ There shall none of his meate be left, therefore shall no man loke for his goodes ²² When he had plenteousnesse of euery thing, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery side ²³ And it shall come to passe, that wherewith he purposed to fill his belly, God shall powre the furie of his wrath theron, and shall cause his indignation to raigne vpon him, and vpon his meate ²⁴ He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bowe of steele shall strike him through ²⁵ The [arowe] is taken foorth and gone out of the quiuer, and a glistering sword through the gall of him: so feare shall come vpon him ²⁶ All darknesse shalbe hid in their secrete places, an vnkindled fire shal consume him: and loke what remaineth in his house, it shalbe destroyed ²⁷ The heauen shal declare his wickednesse, and the earth shall take part against him ²⁸ The substaunce that he hath in his house, shalbe taken away and perishe in the day of the Lordes wrath ²⁹ This is the portion that the wicked man shal haue of God, and the heritage that he may loke for of God, because of his wordes

⁵ For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, [hym] whom the [wicked] hath snared

³¹ He that doth a poore man wrong, blasphemeth his maker: but who so honoureth him, hath pitie on the poore

²² Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement ²³ For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence

³ One poore man oppressing another by violence, is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite

²² He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym

² And they couet fieldes, and take them by violence, and houses, and take them away: so they oppresse a man and his house, [euen] man and his heritage ³ Therefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, against this housholde haue I deuised a plague, whereout ye shall not plucke your neckes: ye shall no more go so proudly, for it wyl be a perilous time

⁹ Thus saith the Lord of hoastes: Execute true iudgement, shew mercie & louing kindnes euery man to his brother ¹⁰ Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart ¹¹ Neuerthelesse, they would not take heede, but turned their backes, & stopped their eares that they should not heare ¹² Yea, they made their heartes as an Adamant stone, lest they should heare the law and wordes which the Lorde of hoastes sent in his holy spirite by the prophetes aforetime: Wherfore the lord of hoastes was very wroth at them ¹³ And thus is it come to passe, that like as he cryed, and they would not heare: euen so they cryed, & I would not heare saith the Lord God of hoastes ¹⁴ But scattred them among al the nations whom they knew not: Thus the land was made so desolate after them, that there trauayled no man in it neither to nor fro: for that plesaunt lande was vtterly layd waste

³³ And yf ye do good for them which do good for you, what thanke haue ye? For sinners also do euen the same ³⁴ And yf ye lende to them, of whom ye hope to receaue, what thanke haue ye? For synners also lende to sinners, to receaue such lyke agayne ³⁵ But loue ye your enemies, & do good, and lende, lokyng for nothyng agayne: and your rewarde shalbe great, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde, & to the euyll

¹² Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym [to meate:] When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friendes, nor thy brethren, neither thy kynsemen, nor thy ryche neyghbours, lest they also byd thee agayne, and a recompence be made thee ¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poore, the feeble, the lame, & the blynde ¹⁴ And thou shalt be happy, for they can not recompence thee: For thou shalt be recompenced at the resurrection of the iust [men.

²⁴ And he cryed and sayde: father Abraham, haue mercie on me, and sende Lazarus that he may dippe the tippe of his fynger in water, and coole my tongue: for I am tormented in this flambe

¹³ For he shall haue iudgement without mercie, that sheweth no mercie: And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten ³ Your golde and siluer is cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnesse agaynst you, and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes ⁴ Beholde, the hire of labourers, which haue reaped downe your fieldes, which hire is of you kept backe by fraude, cryeth: and the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth, and ben wanton: Ye haue nourisshed your heartes, as in a day of slaughter