Proverbs 20 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse ² The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion, who so prouoketh hym vnto anger, offendeth against his owne soule ³ It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling ⁴ A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter: therefore shall he begge in sommer, and haue nothing ⁵ Counsayle in the heart of man is like deepe water: but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out ⁶ Many there be that woulde be called good doers: but where shall one finde a faythfull man ⁷ The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly, shalbe blessed after hym ⁸ A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke ⁹ Who can say, I haue made my heart cleane, I am pure from [my] sinne ¹⁰ Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde ¹¹ A chylde is knowen by his conuersation, whether his workes be pure and right ¹² The eare to heare, the eye to see: the Lorde hath made them both ¹³ Loue not sleepe, lest thou come vnto pouertie: but open thyne eyes, that thou mayest haue bread inough ¹⁴ It is naught, it is naught (saith he that byeth): but when he commeth to his owne house, then he boasteth [of his peny worth. ¹⁵ There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell ¹⁶ Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake ¹⁷ A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt: but at the last his mouth shalbe filled with grauell ¹⁸ Thorowe counsayle, the thinges that men deuise are made strong: and with good aduise take warre in hande ¹⁹ The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips ²⁰ Who so curseth his father and mother, his light shalbe put out in the depth of darknesse ²¹ The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende ²² Say not thou, I wyll recompence euyll: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall deliuer thee ²³ Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good ²⁴ The Lord ordereth euery mans goinges: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way ²⁵ It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy, and after the vowe to make inquirie ²⁶ A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them ²⁷ The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man, searching all the inwarde partes of the body ²⁸ Mercy and trueth preserueth the king, and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp ²⁹ The strength of young men is their worship, and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged ³⁰ Blewe woundes driue away euyll, and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body

²¹ And he drynkyng of the wyne, was dronken, and vncouered within his tent ²² And Ham the father of Chanaan, seeyng the nakednesse of his father, tolde his two brethren without ²³ And Sem and Iapheth takyng a garment, layde it vpon their shoulders, and commyng backwarde, couered the nakednesse of their father, namely their faces beyng turned away, lest they should see their fathers nakednesse

³¹ And the elder said vnto the younger: our father is olde, and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde ³² Come, let vs geue our father wine to drynke, and lye with hym, that we may saue seede of our father ³³ And so they gaue their father wine to drinke that night: and the elder daughter went and lay with her father, and he perceaued it not neither when she laye downe, neyther when she rose vp ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the younger: beholde, yesternight lay I with my father: let vs make hym drynke wyne this nyght also, & go thou and lye with hym, that thou mayest rayse vp seede of our father. And they made their father drynke wyne that nyght also ³⁵ And the younger arose, and laye with hym: & he perceaued it not, neither whe she lay downe, neither whe she rose vp ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with chylde by their father

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng ³⁷ But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone ³⁸ And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed

¹³ And when Dauid had called him, he did eate and drinke before him, and he made him drunke: And at euen he went out to lye on his couch with ye seruautes of his lorde, but went not downe to his house

²⁸ Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men

¹⁶ And they went out at noone: but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions, both he and the kinges: eue thirtie & two kinges, that holpe him ¹⁷ And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first, and Benhadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria ¹⁸ He sayde: Whether they be come out for peace, take them alyue: or whether they be come out to fight, take them yet alyue ¹⁹ And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie, and the hoast after them ²⁰ And they slue euery one his enemie [that came in his way:] and the Syrians fled, & they of Israel folowed after the: And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse, with his horsemen ²¹ And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charettes, & with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians

²⁹ Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause ³⁰ Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder ³³ Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship ³⁵ They haue beaten me [shalt thou say] and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again

⁴ O Lamuel, it is not for kynges, it is not [I say] for kynges to drynke wine, nor princes strong drynke

²² Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse

⁷ But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement

¹² Come [say they] I wyll fetche wine, so shall we fyll our selues, that we may be drunken: and do to morowe lyke as to day, yea and much more

¹¹ Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away

⁵ [This is] the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners

¹⁵ Wo vnto him that geueth his neyghbour drinke, thou ioynest thy heate, and makest [him] drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities ¹⁶ Thou art filled with shame for glorie, drinke thou also and be made naked: the cup of the Lordes right hand shalbe turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuyng shalbe for thy glorie

¹⁰ Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God

²¹ Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God

¹⁸ And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite

³⁸ The censers of these sinners agaynst their owne soules: let them make of them brode plates for a coueryng of the aulter: For they offered them before the Lorde, and therfore they are halowed, and they shalbe a signe vnto the children of Israel

²³ Then king Solomon sware by the Lord, saying: God do so and so to me, if Adonia haue not spoken this worde against his owne lyfe

³⁶ But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death

¹⁴ The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym ¹⁵ The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne

¹² The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion: but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse

⁴ If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences

¹⁰ They shall walke after the Lorde, he shall rose like a lion: when he shall rose, then the children of the west shall feare

⁸ The lion hath roared, who wil not be afrayde? The Lorde God hath spoken, who can but prophecie

¹⁰ Thou hast consulted shame to thyne owne house, by destroying many people, & hast sinned against thyne owne soule

⁹ And Iehoas the king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda, saying: Did not a thistle that is in Libanon, send to a Cedar tree that is in Libanon, saying: Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wife? And the wilde beast that was in Libanon went and trode downe the thystle

¹⁷ An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated [of the foole.

²⁹ He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse

³² A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie

¹⁴ The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with

⁶ A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes

¹¹ A wyse man can put of displeasure, and it is his honour to let some faultes passe

²⁴ He that is proude and arrogant; is called a scorner, whiche in his wrath worketh presumptuously

⁸ Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee ⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another ¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse

⁶ To the prayse of the glorie of his grace, wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued ⁷ In whom we haue redemption through his blood, the forgeuenesse of sinnes, accordyng to the rychesse of his grace ⁸ Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence

³² Be ye curteous one to another, merciful, forgeuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng & strife in your hearte, glorie not, neither be lyers agaynst the trueth

¹ From whence cometh warre and fightyng among you? come they not here hence, euen of your lustes that fight in your members

¹⁰ Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe ¹¹ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man

⁴ An idle hande maketh poore: but a quicke labouring hande maketh riche

⁴ The sluggarde woulde fayne haue and can not get [his desire:] but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie

¹⁵ Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger

²⁴ A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome, and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth

³⁴ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man

¹³ The slouthfull saith, there is a lion in the way, and a lion in the middest of the streates ¹⁴ Like as the doore turneth about vpon the hynges: euen so doth the slouthfull walter him selfe in his bed ¹⁵ The slouthfull body thrusteth his hande into his bosome, and it greeueth hym to put it agayne to his mouth ¹⁶ The sluggarde thinketh him selfe wiser then seuen men that sit and teache

³ They that were foolyshe, toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them ⁴ But the wise, toke oyle in their vessels, with their lampes also ⁵ Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slumbred and slept ⁶ And euen at mydnyght, there was a crye made: beholde, the brydegrome commeth, go out to meete hym ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and prepared their lampes ⁸ So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out ⁹ But the wyse aunswered, saying: [not so] lest there be not inough for vs & you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues ¹⁰ And whyle they went to bye, the brydegome came: and they that were redy, went in with hym, to ye maryage, and the gate was shut vp

²⁴ Then he which had receaued the one talent, came, and saide: Lorde I knew thee, that thou art an harde man, reapyng where thou hast not sowen, & gatheryng where thou hast not strowed ²⁵ And [therfore] was I afrayde, & went and hid thy talent in the earth: loe, there thou hast that thyne is ²⁶ His Lorde aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: Thou euyll and slouthfull seruaut, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I haue not strowed ²⁷ Thou oughtest therfore to haue delyuered my money to the exchaungers, and then at my commyng shoulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage ²⁸ Take therfore the talent from hym, and geue it vnto hym whiche hath ten talentes

⁵ And herevnto geue all diligence: in your fayth minister vertue, in vertue knowledge ⁶ In knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience, in pacience godlynesse ⁷ In godlynesse brotherly kyndnesse, in brotherly kyndnesse loue ⁸ For yf these thynges be among you, and be plenteous, they wyll make you that ye neither shalbe idle nor vnfruitefull in the knowledge of our Lorde Iesus Christe ⁹ But he that lacketh these thynges, is blynde, and can not see farre of, & hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes ¹⁰ Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callyng and election sure: For yf ye do such thynges, ye shall neuer fall ¹¹ Yea, and by this meanes an entryng in shalbe ministred vnto you aboudantlye, into the euerlastyng kyngdome of our Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christe

⁶ They searche out howe to do wrong, they put in practise fully that they haue diligently searched out: yea euen the secretes and bottome of euery one of their heartes

⁴ The wordes of a [wyse] mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame

¹¹ For what man knoweth the thynges of a man, saue ye spirite of man which is in hym? Euen so, the thinges of God, knoweth no man, but ye spirite of God

¹ Saue thou [me] O God, for there is not one godly man left: for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men

¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne

² Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes

²⁸ which as yet I seeke, and finde it not. Among a thousande men I haue founde one: but not one woman among all

¹ Loke through Hierusalem, beholde and see, seeke through her streetes also within, yf ye can fynde one man that doth equall and ryght, or seketh for the trueth, and I shall spare that citie, saith the Lorde

² There is not a godly vpon earth, there is not one righteous among men: they al lye in wayte for blood, and euery man hunteth his brother to death

² Therefore, when thou geuest thyne almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as hypocrites do, in the synagogues, & in the streates, yt they might be esteemed of me. Uerily I say vnto you, they haue their reward

⁸ I tell you he wyll auenge them, and that quickly. Neuerthelesse, when the sonne of man commeth, shall he fynde fayth on the earth

¹¹ The pharisee stoode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thanke thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or as this publicane

²⁸ Then Peter sayde: Lo, we haue forsaken all, and folowed thee

³³ And he sayde vnto him: Lord I am redy to go with thee into pryson, and to death

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym, & sayeth of hym: Beholde a ryght Israelite, in whom is no guile

¹¹ I am become a foole [in] gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng

⁷ Moreouer I wyll make my couenaunt betweene me and thee, & thy seede after thee, in their generations, by an euerlasting couenaut, yt I may be God vnto thee, and to thy seede after thee

² Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: and doth the thyng that is iust, and speaketh the trueth from his heart

¹ Iudge thou me O God, for I haue walked in my perfection: my trust also hath ben in God [therfore] I shall not fall

¹¹ But as for me I wyll walke in my perfection: O redeeme me, and be mercyfull vnto me

²⁶ The righteous is euer mercifull and lendeth: and his seede is blessed

² His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed

²² He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust

² He that walketh vpryghtlye, feareth the Lorde: but he that turneth hym selfe from his wayes, dispiseth hym

¹ Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole

¹⁵ He that leadeth a godly life, and speaketh the trueth, he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt, he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde, which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood, which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll

³⁹ And I wyll geue them one heart and one way, that they may feare me al the dayes of their lyfe: that they and their chyldren after them may prosper

⁶ They were both ryghteous before God, and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde, that no man coulde fynde fault with them

³⁹ For the promise was made vnto you, and to your chyldren, and to all that are a farre of, euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call

¹² For our reioycyng is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie & godly purenesse, and not in fleshely wisdome, but by the grace of God, we haue had our conuersatio in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes

¹¹ For there hath appeared the grace of God [which is] healthful to all men ¹² Teachyng vs, that denying vngodlynesse and worldly lustes, we shoulde lyue soberlie and ryghteouslie, and godlie in this present worlde

³ For I reioyced greatly, when the brethren came & testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in ye trueth ⁴ I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie

³ And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iuda: howe much more then if we come to Keila against the hoast of the Philistines ⁴ Then Dauid asked counsell of the Lorde agayne. And the Lorde aunswered him, and sayd: Aryse, and go downe to Keila, for I will deliuer the Philistines into thyne hande

⁴ And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp, a morning in which are no cloudes, [so shal my house be, but not] as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne

⁴ He wyll iudge the afflicted amongst the people: he wyll saue the children of the poore, and subdue the oppressour

⁹ For lo, thine enemies O God, lo thine enemies shall perishe: & all the workers of wickednesse shalbe destroyed

⁴ Thou hast ordeyned [all thynges] accordyng to equitie: thou hast caused iudgement and iustice to be in Iacob

⁶ Myne eyes shalbe vpon such in the lande as haue a true meanyng, that they may sit with me: he that leadeth a perfect lyfe shall minister vnto me ⁷ There shall no deceiptfull person haue any seate in my house: he that telleth lyes shall not tary long in my syght ⁸ I wyll euery mornyng destroy all the vngodly in the lande: that I may roote out from the citie of God all workers of wickednesse

¹² Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse

²⁶ A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly, and bringeth the wheele ouer them

⁵ Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse

¹⁴ The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore

¹ Beholde, a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse, and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie

⁴⁶ If they sinne against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not) & thou be angry with them, and delyuer them into the hand of their enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners, vnto the lande of their enemies whether farre or neare

³⁶ If they sinne against thee (as there is no man but he doth sinne) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them ouer before their enemies, and they take them and carie them away captiues vnto a lande farre or neare

⁴ Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thing? no bodye

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be cleane? and he which is borne of a woman, whereby he might be righteous

⁴ But how may a man compared vnto God, be iustified? or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman

⁵ Beholde, I was ingendred in iniquitie: and in sinne my mother conceaued me

²⁰ For there is not one iust vpon earth that doth good, and sinneth not

⁴ For I knowe nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde

² For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body

⁸ If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceaue our selues, and the trueth is not in vs ⁹ If we knowledge our sinnes, he is faythfull & iust to forgeue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnryghteousnesse ¹⁰ If we say we haue not sinned, we make hym a lyer, and his worde is not in vs

³⁵ Ye shall do no vnrighteousnesse in iudgement, in metyarde, in wayght, or in measure

²⁵ The graue images of their gods shalt thou burne with fire: and couet not the golde and siluer that is on them, nor take it vnto thee, lest thou be snared therin: for it is an abhomination before the Lorde thy God ²⁶ Bryng not therfore abomination into thine house, lest thou be a cursed thyng as it is: but vtterly defie it and abhorre it, for it is a cursed thyng

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of wayghtes, a great and a small ¹⁴ Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small ¹⁵ But thou shalt haue a right and iust waight, and a perfect and a iust measure shalt thou haue: that thy dayes may be lengthed in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee

¹ A false ballaunce is an abomination vnto the Lorde: but a true wayght pleaseth him

¹¹ A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke

²³ Diuers wayghtes are an abhomination vnto the Lord, and a false balaunce is not good

⁴ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle ⁵ Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite ⁶ That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate ⁷ The Lorde hath sworne by the excellencie of Iacob, surely I will neuer forget any of their workes

¹⁰ Are not yet the treasures of wickednesse in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure which is abhominable ¹¹ Should I iustifie the false balaunces, and the bagge of deceitfull weightes

⁸ But the fearefull and vnbeleuing, and the abhominable, and murtherers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, & all lyers, shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brymstone: which is the seconde death

³ The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe: assoone as they be borne, they go astray and speake a lye

⁸ The way of the vngodly is frowarde and straunge: but of the pure man his worke is right

¹⁵ Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away

¹⁶ Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites, Do men gather grapes of thornes? or fygges of thystles

¹⁵ For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe

⁶⁶ And all they that hearde them, layde them vp in their heartes, saying: What maner of chylde shall this be? And the hande of the Lorde was with hym

⁴⁶ And it came to passe, that after three dayes, they founde hym in the temple, sittyng in the myddes of the doctours, hearyng them, and posyng them ⁴⁷ And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres

⁴³ For it is not a good tree, that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite: Neither is that an euyll tree, that bryngeth foorth good fruite ⁴⁴ For euery tree is knowen by his fruite: for of thornes do not me gather fygges, nor of busshes, gather they grapes

¹¹ And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumbe, or deafe, the seyng, or the blynde? Haue not I the Lorde

⁹ He that hath planted the eare, shall he not heare? yf he shapeth the eye, shall he not see

¹⁸ (119:2) Open thou myne eyes: and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe

¹³ Therfore speake I to them in parables: because they seeyng, see not: and hearyng, they heare not: neither do they vnderstande ¹⁴ And in them is fulfylled the prophesie of Esaias, saying: by hearyng ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstande, and seeyng, ye shall see, & shall not perceaue ¹⁵ For this peoples heart is waxed grosse, and their eares are dull of hearyng, and their eyes haue they closed: lest at any tyme they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and shoulde vnderstande with their heart, & shoulde conuert, that I myght heale them ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare

¹⁸ To open their eyes, that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght, & from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes, & inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me

¹⁷ That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe, the father of glorie, may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation, in the knowledge of hym ¹⁸ The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened, that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng, and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce [is] in the saintes

⁹ Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe

¹¹ He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole

³⁰ I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man ³¹ And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe ³² This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning ³³ Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle ³⁴ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man

⁶ And the shippe maister came to him, and saide: What meanest thou sleeper? Up, and call vpon thy God, if so be that God wyl shine vnto vs, that we perishe not

¹¹ Not lither in businesse, feruent in spirite, seruyng the Lorde

¹¹ And chiefely consideryng the season, howe that it is tyme that we shoulde nowe awake out of slepe: For nowe is our saluation nearer, then when we beleued

³⁴ Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame

¹⁴ Wherefore he sayth: Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the dead, and Christe shall geue thee lyght

¹⁰ For when we were with you, this we warned you of: that yf any woulde not worke, the same shoulde not eate

¹⁰ Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde, lo this is newe? for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs

⁷ [He is] Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse ⁸ And Ephraim hath sayde, Tushe I am riche, I haue good enough: in all my workes shall not one iniquitie be founde wherin I haue offended

⁶ That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in [any] matter, because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche: as we also haue forewarned you, and testified

¹² Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding ¹³ Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue ¹⁴ The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer ¹⁶ No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her ¹⁷ No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde ¹⁸ No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles ¹⁹ The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde

¹⁵ She is more worth then pretious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her

¹¹ For wysdome is more worth then pretious stones, yea all thinges that thou canst desire, may not be compared vnto it

²⁰ The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught ²¹ The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie

⁷ The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so

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

¹⁶ To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer

²¹ Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones

¹² Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde

⁹ The preacher was yet more wyse, and taught the people knowledge, he gaue good heede, sought out the ground, and set foorth many parables ¹⁰ His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes, right scripture, & the wordes of trueth ¹¹ For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe, of the auctoures of gatheringes [which] are geuen of one shephearde

¹⁴ Howe then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde? Howe shal they heare, without a preacher ¹⁵ And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers

²⁶ If thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt deliuer it vnto him by that the sunne go downe ²⁷ For that is his couering only, euen the rayment for his skinne, wherein he slepeth: and when he cryeth vnto me, I wyll heare him, for I am mercyfull

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes

³ For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle

⁵ That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes

¹⁰ And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid

¹⁵ He that is suretie for a straunger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretishyp is sure

²⁶ Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes ²⁷ For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee

²⁷ For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit

¹³ Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake

⁶ And so the woman, seing that the same tree was good to eate of, and pleasaunt to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, toke of the fruite therof, and dyd eate, and gaue also vnto her husbande beyng with her, and he dyd eate ⁷ Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sowed fygge leaues together, & made them selues apernes

¹² When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, he hyd it vnder his tongue ¹³ That he fauoured, that would he not forsake, but kept it close in his throte ¹⁴ The bread that he did eate, is turned to the poyson of serpentes within his bodye ¹⁵ The riches that he deuoured shall he parbreake againe: for God shall drawe them out of his belly ¹⁶ He shall sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him ¹⁷ So that he shall no more see the ryuers and brookes of hony and butter ¹⁸ The thing he hath laboured for, shall he restore, and shall not eate of it: great trauaile shall he make for riches, but he shall not enioy them 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

¹⁷ For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie

¹⁷ Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste ¹⁸ And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell

⁹ Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges

¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitternesse, and geuen me wormewood to drinke ¹⁶ He hath smitten my teeth in peeces with stones, and roulled me in the dust

²⁵ Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season

¹ After the death of Iosuah, it came to passe, that the childre of Israel asked the Lord, saying: who shall go vp for vs against the Chanaanites, to fight fyrste against them ² And the Lorde sayde, Iuda shall go vp: beholde, I haue deliuered the land into his handes

²⁹ Woulde God this people were vnder my hande, then would I take Abimelech out of ye way. And he spake against Abimelech: Make thine hoast greater, and go out

⁷ Beholde ye are all children of Israel, geue your aduice and counsel herein

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and wet vp to the house of God, and asked of God, saying: Whiche of vs shall go vp first to the battel against the children of Beniamin? And the Lorde sayd: Iuda shall begin

²³ (And the children of Israel went vp, and wept before the Lorde vnto euen, and asked of the Lord, saying: Shal we go agayne to battell against the children of Beniamin our brethre? And the Lord sayde: Go vp against them.

²⁶ Then al the children of Israel, and all the people, went vp and came vnto the house of God, and wept, and sate there before the Lord, and fasted the same day vnto euen, and offered burnt offerynges and peace offerynges before the Lorde ²⁷ And the children of Israel asked the Lord: (for there was the arke of the appoyntment of God, in those dayes ²⁸ And Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron stoode before it at that time) saying: Shal I get me vp to go out any more to battell against the children of Beniamin my brethren, or shal I ceasse? The Lorde sayde: Go vp, for to morow I wil deliuer them into your handes

²⁶ Then Abner called to Ioab, and said: Shall the sword deuour for euer? Knowest thou not, that it wil be bitternesse in the latter ende? Howe long then shall it be yer thou bid the people returne from folowing their brethren ²⁷ And Ioab sayde: As God lyueth, if thou haddest not spoken, suerly euen in the morning the people had departed, euery one from persecuting his brother

¹⁷ Then Amaziahu king of Iuda toke aduise, and sent to Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz the sonne of Iehu king of Israel, and said: Come, that we way see either other ¹⁸ And Ioas king of Israel sent to Amaziahu king of Iuda, saying: A thistle that is in Libanon, sent to a Cedar tree of Libanon, saying, Geue thy daughter to my sonne to wyfe: And there came a wylde beast of Libanon, and trode downe the thistle ¹⁹ Thou sayest: Loe, thou hast smitten the Edomites, & thyne heart maketh thee proude to glorifie thy selfe: Now therefore byde at home, why doest thou prouoke vnto euyll, that thou mayest perishe, both thou and Iuda with thee ²⁰ But Amaziahu woulde not hearken to him: for it came of God, euen to delyuer them into the hande of their enemies, because they sought counsell at the gods of Edom ²¹ And so Ioas the king of Israel came vp, and they sawe either other both he and Amaziahu king of Iuda, at Bethsames which is in Iuda ²² And Iuda was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to his tent ²³ And Ioas the king of Israel toke Amaziahu king of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Iehoahaz at Bethsames, and brought him to Hierusalem, and tare the wall of Hierusalem (from the gate of Ephraim, vnto the gate that was ouer against it) foure hundred cubites

¹⁴ Where no counsayle is, there the people decay: but wheras many are that can geue counsayle, there is wealth

²² Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught: but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle, there is stedfastnesse

⁶ For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health

⁸ Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee

³¹ Or what kyng, goyng to make battell against another kyng, sitteth not downe first, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete hym, that commeth agaynst hym with twentie thousande

¹⁶ Thou shalt not go vp and downe with tales among thy people, neither shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lorde

¹³ A dissemblyng person wyll discouer priuie thynges: but he that is of a faythfull heart wyll kepe counsayle

³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe

²⁹ A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good

⁸ The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body

²¹ My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe [from his feare:

²⁰ Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth ²¹ As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce ²² A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy dayes may be long in the lande whiche the Lorde thy God geueth thee

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or mother, shalbe put to death for it

⁹ Whosoeuer he be that despiseth his father or his mother, let hym dye: for he hath deminished the estimation of his father & mother, his blood be vpon him

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen

⁵ Yea, the light of the vngodly shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine ⁶ The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him

¹⁸ They shall driue him from the light into darkenesse, and chaste him cleane out of the worlde

⁹ The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull: but the candell of the vngodly shalbe put out

²⁰ For the wicked shall haue no posteritie, and the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out

¹¹ There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles

⁴ For God comaunded, saying: honour father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother, let hym dye the death

¹³ Then sayde the kyng to the ministers: bynde hym hande and foote, and cast hym into vtter darknesse: there shalbe wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth

⁸ So the foolyshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are gone out

¹⁰ For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death ¹¹ But ye say, yf a man shall say to father or mother Corban (that is, by the gyft) that [is offred] of me, thou shalt be helped ¹² And so ye suffer hym no more to do ought for his father or his mother ¹³ And make the worde of God of none effect, through your tradition, which ye haue ordeyned. And many such thinges do ye

¹³ They are the ragyng waues of the sea, fomyng out their owne shame: They are wandryng starres, to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer

¹⁶ Though he heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay ¹⁷ He may well prepare it, but the godly shall put it on, and the innocent shall deale out the money

⁴ Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose

⁸ He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches: he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore

²⁰ A faythfull man shalbe fylled with blessinges, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be vngyltie

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

⁶ Shall not all these take vp a parable against him? and a taunting prouerbe against him, and say: Wo he that increaseth that which is not his? how long? and he that ladeth him selfe with thicke clay

⁴ And I wil bring it foorth saith the lord of hoastes, so that it shall enter into the house of the theefe, and into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name: and shall remayne in his house, and consume it, with the timber & stones therof

² If ye wyl not heare it nor regard it, to geue the glory to my name, saith the Lorde of hoastes, I wyll sende a curse vpon you, and wyll curse your blessinges, yea I haue cursed them alredie, because ye do not consider it in your heart

⁹ For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction

³⁵ Uengeaunce is myne, and I wyll rewarde, their feete shall slyde in due tyme: For the day of their destruction is at hande, and the thynges that shall come vpon them, make haste

¹² It may be that the Lorde will loke on myne affliction, and do me good for his cursing this day

¹⁴ Attende thou [therfore] vpon God, be of a good courage, and he will comfort thine heart: [I say] attende thou vpon God

³⁴ Wayte thou on God & kepe his way, and he wyll promote thee, that thou mayest possesse the lande: when the vngodly shalbe cut of, thou shalt see it

¹³ Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house

²⁹ Say not, I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me: and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes

³¹ But vnto them that haue their trust in the Lorde, shall strength be increased: Egles winges shall growe vpon them, when they runne they shall not fall, and when they go they shall not be weerie

²⁵ O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym, and to the soule that seeketh after hym ²⁶ The good man with stilnesse and pacience, taryeth for the health of the Lorde

³⁹ But, I say vnto you, that ye resist not euyll. But, whosoeuer geueth thee a blowe on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also

¹⁷ Recompensyng to no man euyll for euyll. Prouydyng afore hande thynges honest, [not only before God, but also] in the syght of all men ¹⁸ If it be possible, as much as lyeth in you, lyue peaceably with all men ¹⁹ Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is written: Uengeaunce is myne, I wyll repay sayth the Lorde

¹⁵ See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man: but euer folowe that whiche is good, both among your selues, and to all men

²³ Whiche when he was reuiled, reuiled not agayne: when he suffred, he threatned not, but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously

⁹ Not rendryng euyl for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywyse blesse, knowyng that ye are therevnto called, euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng

¹⁹ Wherefore, let them that are troubled accordyng to the wyll of God, commit their soules to him with well doyng, as vnto a faythfull creatour

¹⁰ Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures, both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde

¹⁰ Ye shall haue a true Ballaunce, a true Ephah, and a true Bath

⁷ [He is] Chanaan, the ballaunces of deceipt are in his hande, he loueth to oppresse

⁵ Saying, When will the new moneth be gone, that we may sell corne? & the Sabbath, that we may set foorth wheate, and make the Epha small, & the sicle great, & falsifie the wayghtes by deceite

⁴ (25:3a) Make me to knowe thy wayes O God, and teache me thy pathes

¹² (25:10) What man is he that feareth God? [God] wyll teache hym in the way that he shall choose

²³ The pathes of man is directed by God: and his way pleaseth

⁸ The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth

⁹ A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges

⁶ I wyll sende hym among those hypocritishe people: among the people that haue deserued my disfauour wyll I sende hym, that he vtterly rob them, spoyle them, and treade them downe lyke the myre in the streete ⁷ Howbeit, his meaning is not so, neither thinketh his heart on this fashion: But he imagineth howe he may roote out and destroy muche people

²³ Nowe I knowe (O Lord) that it is not in mans power to order his owne wayes, or to rule his owne steppes and goinges

²³ But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen, so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee, that thou and thy princes, with thy wyues and concubines, might drinke wine thereout: and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse and iron, of wood and stone, which neither see, heare, nor vnderstand: As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes, thou hast not glorified him

²⁸ For in hym we liue, and moue, & haue our beyng, as certaine of your owne poetes sayde: for we are also his offpryng

¹⁵ If a soule trespasse and sinne thorowe ignoraunce in thinges that are consecrated vnto the Lorde, let hym bryng for his trespasse vnto the Lord, a Ramme without blemishe out of the flockes, valued in money at two sicles, after the sicle of the sanctuarie, that it may be for a trespasse offering

¹⁰ There shall no straunger eate of the holy thing, neither a ghest of ye priestes, neither shall an hyred seruaunt eate of the holy thyng ¹¹ But if the priest bye any soule with money, he shall eate of it, like as he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate ¹² If the priestes daughter also be maried vnto a staunger, she may not eate of the halowed heaue offeringes ¹³ Notwithstanding, if ye priestes daughter be a wydowe or deuorsed, and haue no chylde, but is returned vnto her fathers house agayne, she shall eate of her fathers meate, aswell as she dyd it in her youth: But there shall no straunger eate therof ¹⁴ If a man eate of the holy thyng vnwittingly, he shal put the fifth part thervnto, and geue it vnto the priest with the halowed thyng ¹⁵ And the priestes shall not defile the holy thynges of the chyldren of Israel, whiche they offer vnto the Lorde

⁹ If it be a beast of which men bryng an offeryng vnto the Lorde, all that any man geueth of such vnto the Lord, shalbe holy ¹⁰ He shall not alter it, nor chaunge it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: And if he chaunge beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherwith it was chaunged, shalbe holy

³⁰ Euery tithe of the lande also, both of the seede of the lande, and of the fruite of the trees, is the Lordes, and is sanctified vnto the Lorde ³¹ And if a man wyll redeeme ought of his tithes, let hym adde the fift part thereto

² If a man vowe vnto the Lorde, or sweare an othe to bynde his soule: he shall not go backe with his worde, but shall fulfyll all that is proceeded out of his mouth ³ If a woman also vowe a vowe vnto the Lorde, & bynde her selfe being in her fathers house in the tyme of her youth ⁴ And her father heare her vowe and bonde which she hath made vpon her soule, & holde his peace therto: then all her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpo her soule, shal stande in effect ⁵ But and if her father disalowe her the same day that he heareth al her vowes and bondes which she hath made vpon her soule: they shall not be of value, and the Lorde shall forgeue her, because her father disalowed her ⁶ If she had an husbande, when she vowed or pronounced ought out of her lippes, wherwith she bounde her soule ⁷ And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace therat the same day he hearde it: then her vowes shall stande, and her bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect ⁸ And if her husbande disalowe her the same day that he hearde it, then he shall make her vowe which she hath vpon her, and the openyng of her lippes wherwith she bounde her soule, of none effect, and the Lorde shall forgeue her ⁹ But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is deuorsed, that they haue bounde their soule withall, shall stande in effect with them ¹⁰ If she vowed in her husbandes house, or bounde her soule with an othe ¹¹ And her husbande hearde it, and helde his peace concernyng her, & disalowed her not: then all her vowes shal stande, and euery bonde wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande ¹² But if her husbande disanulled them the same day yt he hearde them: then nothyng that proceedeth out of her lippes in vowes and bondes wherwith she bounde her soule, shall stande in effect: for her husbande hath disanulled them, and the Lorde shall forgeue her ¹³ All vowes and othes that binde to humble the soule, may her husbande stablishe or breake ¹⁴ But if her husbande holde his peace from one day to another, then he stablissheth all her vowes & bondes which she had vpon her: he confirmeth them, because he helde his peace concernyng her the same day that he hearde them ¹⁵ But if he breake them, after that he hath hearde them, he shall beare her sinne hym selfe ¹⁶ These are the ordinaunces which the Lord commaunded Moyses betweene a man and his wyfe, and betweene the father and his daughter, beyng yet a damsell in her fathers house

⁷ A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule

⁴ If thou make a vowe vnto God, be not slacke to perfourme it: As for foolish vowes he hath no pleasure in them: yf thou promise any thyng, pay it ⁵ For better is it that thou make no vowe, then that thou shouldest promise and not pay ⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy fleshe for to sinne, neither say thou before the angell that it is thy ignoraunce: for then God wyll be angry at thy voyce, and destroy all the worke of thyne handes

⁸ Wyll a man spoyle his Gods? yet ye haue spoyled me: and ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tythes and offeringes ⁹ Ye are cursed with a curse, & me haue ye spoyled, euen this whole nation ¹⁰ Bryng euery tythe into the store house, that there may be meate in myne house, and prooue me withal, saith the Lorde of hoastes: if I wyl not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and poure you out a blessing without measure

³³ Agayne, ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme: Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt perfourme vnto the Lorde thine othes

⁹ And Dauid aunswered Rechab and Baanah his brother ye sonnes of Rimmon the Berothite, and said vnto them: As the Lorde lyueth, whiche hath deliuered my soule out of all aduersites ¹⁰ When one tolde me & sayde that Saul was dead (thynking to haue brought good tydinges) I caught him, and slue him in Ziklag: whiche thought that I woulde haue geuen him a rewarde for his tydinges bringing ¹¹ Howe much more when wicked men haue slayne a righteous person in his owne house and vpon his bed? Shal I not nowe therfore require his blood of your hande, & take you from the earth ¹² And Dauid commaunded his young men, and they slue them, and cut of their handes and feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: But they toke the head of Isboseth, & buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron

³¹ And he caryed away the people that was therein, & put them vnder sawes, and vnder iron harrowes, and vnder axes of iron, & thrust them into the tylekyll: thus dyd he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. And so Dauid and al the people returned vnto Hierusalem

⁵ I will destroy him who priuily slaundereth his neighbour: I wyll not suffer hym who hath a proude loke and a great stomacke

⁸ A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euyll with his looke

²⁷ For fitches shall not be threshed with an harrowe, neither shall a cart wheele be brought thorowe the comin: but the fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and comin with a rodde ²⁸ But the seede that bread is made of, is threshed, though it be not alway a threshing, and the cart wheele must be brought ouer it, lest he grinde it with his teeth

⁷ The Lorde God also dyd shape man, [euen] dust fro of the grounde, & breathed into his nosethrylles the breath of lyfe, and man was a lyuyng soule

⁸ Euery man no doubt hath a mynde, but it is the inspiration of the almightie that geueth vnderstanding

³⁰ Blewe woundes driue away euyll, and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body

¹⁵ Which shewe the workes of the lawe written in their heartes, their conscience bearing them witnesse, & their thoughtes, accusyng one another, or excusyng,

² But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie, and walke not in craftynesse, neither handle we the word of God disceitefully, but in openyng of the trueth, and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God ³ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd, it is hyd in them that are lost ⁴ In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not, lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe (which is the image of God) should shine vnto them ⁵ For we preache not our selues, but Christe Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake ⁶ For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse, whiche hath shined in our heartes, for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of Iesus Christe

¹² For the worde of God is quicke, and myghtie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth thorowe, euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule & the spirite, and of the ioyntes & the marie, and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart ¹³ Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake

¹⁹ Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth, and shall assure our heartes before hym ²⁰ For yf our heart condempne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all thynges ²¹ Dearely beloued, yf our heart condempne vs not, then haue we boldnesse towarde God

⁷ Because the king trusteth in God, and in the mercie of the most highest: he shal not miscarie

⁷ He shall dwell before the Lorde for euer: O appoynt thy louing mercy and faithfulnes, that thei may preserue him

¹ I will sing of mercie and iudgement: I wyll syng vnto thee O God psalmes

⁶ With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed

⁵ And in mercie shall the seate be prepared, and he shall sit vpon it in the trueth in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging and sekyng iudgement, and makyng haste vnto ryghteousnesse

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before the hore head, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dreade thy God: I am the Lorde

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse

²³ Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches ²⁴ But who so wyll reioyce, let hym reioyce in this, that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lorde whiche do mercy, equitie, and righteousnesse vpon the earth: therfore haue I pleasure in suche thinges, saith the Lorde

¹⁴ I write to you little chyldren, because ye haue knowe the father. I haue written to you fathers, because ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng. I haue written vnto you young men, because, ye are stronge, and the worde of God abydeth in you, and ye haue ouercome the wicked

²⁵ If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser

⁹ By this meanes therfore shall the iniquitie of Iacob be purged, and this is all the fruite [namely] the taking away of his sinne, if he make all the stones of the aulter of idols as chalke stones that are beaten in sunder, that their groues and images ryse not vp agayne

⁵ Wheras he [notwithstandyng] was wounded for our offences, and smitten for our wickednesse: for the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym, and with his stripes are we healed

¹⁰ For they veryly, for a fewe dayes, chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he, for our profite, that we myght be partakers of his holynesse