Ecclesiastes 12:10 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁰ His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth

¹ The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel ² To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng ³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie ⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng ⁵ The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles ⁶ To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches

⁶ Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right ⁷ For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse ⁸ All the wordes of my mouth are righteous, there is no frowardnes nor falsehood in them ⁹ They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande, and right to them that finde knowledge ¹⁰ Receaue my doctrine and not siluer, and knowledge rather then fine golde

²³ A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season

²⁶ The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt

²¹ Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng ²² Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse ²³ A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes ²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones

¹⁷ Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine ¹⁸ For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes ¹⁹ That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde, I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest ²⁰ Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning ²¹ That I might make thee knowe the trueth, that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer ¹² Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde

¹ The wordes of the preacher ye sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem

¹² I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem

¹ Forasmuche as manye haue taken in hande, to set foorth in order, ye declaration of those thynges whiche are moste surelye to be beleued among vs ² Euen as they deliuered them vnto vs, which from the begynnyng sawe them them selues with their eyes, and were ministers of the worde ³ I determined also, assoone as I had searched out diligently all thinges from the begynnyng, that then I woulde write vnto thee, moste excellent Theophilus ⁴ That thou myghtest knowe the certentie of those thinges wherof thou hast ben infourmed

¹¹ Ueryly, veryly, I say vnto thee, we speake that we do knowe, & testifie that we haue seene: and ye receaue not our witnesse

⁵ For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen, of which [hope] ye hearde before, in the worde of trueth of the Gospell

¹⁵ This is a faythfull saying, and by all meanes worthy to be receaued, that Christe Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners, of whom I am chiefe