Proverbs 22 Cross References - Bishops

¹ A good name is more to be desired then great riches: and louing fauour [is better] then siluer and golde ² The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all ³ A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished ⁴ By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde, [commeth] riches, honour, and life ⁵ Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them ⁶ Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde ⁷ The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender ⁸ He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle ⁹ He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore ¹⁰ Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse ¹¹ Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende ¹² The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours ¹³ The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate ¹⁴ The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall ¹⁵ Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away 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 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 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 ²⁴ Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious ²⁵ Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule 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 ²⁸ Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set ²⁹ Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people

¹⁹ I knowe this also, that he wyll commaunde his chyldren and his householde after him, that they kepe the way of the Lord, and to do iustice and iudgement, that the Lorde may bryng vppon Abraha that he hath spoken vnto him

⁹ Sara saw also the sonne of Hagar the Egyptian, whiche she had borne vnto Abraham, [to be] a mocker ¹⁰ Wherfore she sayd vnto Abraham: cast out this bond woman, & her sonne: for the sonne of this bonde woman, shal not be heyre with my sonne Isahac

³⁹ And Pharao saide vnto Ioseph: Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee all this, there is no man of vnderstandyng or of wisedome lyke vnto thee ⁴⁰ Thou therfore shalt be ouer my house, and accordyng to thy worde shall all my people be ruled: only in the [kynges] seate wyll I be aboue thee ⁴¹ And Pharao sayde agayne vnto Ioseph: beholde, I haue set thee ouer all the lande of Egypt ⁴² And Pharao toke of his ryng from his hande, and put it vpon Iosephes hande: & arayed him in cloth of raynes, & put a golden cheyne about his necke ⁴³ And set hym vpon the best charet he had saue one: and they cried before him, tender father, and made hym ruler ouer all the lande of Egypt ⁴⁴ And moreouer Pharao said vnto Ioseph: I am Pharao, and without thee shal no man lyft vp his hande or foote in all the lande of Egypt ⁴⁵ And Pharao called Iosephes name Zaphnath Paaneach, & he gaue hym to wyfe Asnath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On. Then went Ioseph ouer the lande of Egypt ⁴⁶ (And he was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt) And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao, went throughout all the lande of Egypt

⁴⁶ (And he was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt) And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao, went throughout all the lande of Egypt ⁴⁷ And in the seuen plenteous yeres, the earth brought foorth great store for to lay vp ⁴⁸ And he gathered vp all the foode of the seuen plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egypt, and layed vp the foode in the cities: the foode of the fieldes that grew rounde about euery citie, layed he vp in the same ⁴⁹ And Ioseph layed vp corne in store lyke vnto the sande of the sea, in multitude out of measure, vntyll he left numbryng: for it was without number ⁵⁰ And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes before the yeres of famine came: which Asnath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On, bare vnto hym ⁵¹ And Ioseph called the name of the first sonne, Manasse: for God [sayde he] hath made me forget al my labour, and all my fathers housholde ⁵² The name of the seconde called he Ephraim, for God [sayd he] hath caused me to be fruitefull in the lande of my trouble ⁵³ And when the seuen yeres of plenteousnesse that was in the land of Egypt, were ended ⁵⁴ Then came the seuen yeres of dearth, according as Ioseph had sayde, and the dearth was in all landes: but in all the lande of Egypt, was there yet foode ⁵⁵ And when the lande of Egypt also began to hunger, the people cryed to Pharao for bread. And Pharao sayde vnto al the Egyptians, go vnto Ioseph: and what he sayeth to you, that do ⁵⁶ And the dearth was throughout all the lande: and Ioseph opened all the barnes wherein was corne, and solde vnto the Egyptians: for the famine waxed sore in the lande of Egypt ⁵⁷ And all countreys came into Egypt to Ioseph, for to bye [corne] because that the famine was so sore in all landes

²⁰ And as many as feared the worde of the Lorde amongest the seruauntes of Pharao, made their seruauntes and their beastes flee into the houses ²¹ But he that regarded not the worde of the Lord, left his seruauntes and his beastes in the fielde

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

⁶ Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite

³² And they brought vp an euyll report of the lande whiche they had searched, saying vnto the children of Israel: The lande whiche we haue gone through to searche it out, is a lande that eateth vp the inhabitours therof, and the people that we sawe in it, are men of a great stature ³³ And there we sawe also giauntes the chyldren of Anac [whiche come] of the giauntes: And we seemed in our sight as it were grashoppers, and so we dyd in their sight

⁹ Take heede to thy selfe therefore, and kepe thy soule diligently, that thou forget not the thynges which thyne eyes haue seene, and that they depart not out of thy heart all the dayes of thy life: but teache them thy sonnes, & thy sonnes sonnes

⁷ And thou shalt shewe them vnto thy children, and shalt talke of them when thou art at home in thine house, and as thou walkest by the way, & when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp

⁷ If one of thy brethren among you be poore within any of thy gates in thy lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee: thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut to thine hande from thy poore brother ⁸ But thou shalt open thine hande vnto hym, and lende hym sufficient for his neede which he hath ⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee ¹⁰ Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to ¹¹ The lande shall neuer be without poore: and therfore I comaunde thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hande vnto thy brother that is needy & poore in thy lande

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce, that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it

¹⁷ Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marke: and all the people shall say, Amen

⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greeued to loke on her husbande that lieth in her bosome, & on her sonne, and on her daughter

¹⁹ The Lorde therfore sawe it, and was angry: because of the prouokyng of his sonnes and his daughters

¹³ Be ye sure that the Lorde your God will no more cast out all these nations from before you: but they shalbe snares and trappes vnto you, and scourges in your sides, & thornes in your eyes, vntill ye perishe from of this good land whiche the Lorde your God hath geuen you

²⁰ And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters of brasse: and he dyd grynde in the prison house

²⁸ And therfore I haue geuen him vnto the Lord, as long as he liueth he shalbe geuen to the Lorde. And he worshipped the Lorde there

⁷ The Lord maketh poore, and maketh ryche, bringeth lowe, and heaueth vp on hye

²⁶ (The childe Samuel profited & grew, and was in fauour both with the Lord and also with men.

² Nowe therfore, your king walketh before you: and I am olde and graye headed, and behold my sonnes are with you, & I haue walked before you from my childehod vnto this day ³ Beholde here I am, beare recorde of me before the Lorde & before his annoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? whom haue I done wrong to? Whom haue I hurt? Or of whose hande haue I receaued any bribe, to blind myne eyes therwith? and I will restore it you

¹² The Lorde be iudge betweene thee and me, & the Lorde auenge me of thee: but myne hande be not vpon thee

¹⁵ The Lorde therfore be iudge, & iudge betweene thee & me, and see & pleade my cause, & auenge me out of thyne hande

³⁹ And when Dauid heard that Nabal was dead, he sayd: Blessed be the Lord that hath iudged ye cause of my rebuke of the hand of Nabal, & hath kept his seruaunt from euill: For the Lord hath recompenced the wickednes of Nabal vpon his owne head. And Dauid sent to commune with Abigail, to take her to his wyfe

⁴⁷ And moreouer, the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid, saying: God make the name of Solomo more honorable then thy name, & make his seate greater then thy seate. And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed

⁸ Happy are thy men, and happy are these thy seruauntes whiche stand euer before thee, and heare thy wysdome

²⁸ And this felowe Ieroboam was a man of strength & courage: And Solomon sawe the young man that he was able to do the worke, he made him ruler ouer all the charge of the house of Ioseph

¹ And there cryed a certayne woman of the wyues of the sonnes of the prophetes, vnto Elisa, saying: Thy seruaunt my husband is dead, & thou knowest that thy seruaunt did feare the Lorde: And the creditor is come to fet my two sonnes to be his bondmen

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earth, to strength them that are of perfect heart toward him: Herein thou hast done foolishly, and therefore from hencefoorth thou shalt haue warre

⁶ This Esdras also went vp from Babylon, and was a perfect scribe in the law of Moyses which the Lorde God of Israel did geue: And the king gaue him al that he required, according to the hand of the Lorde his God which was vpon him ⁷ And there went vp certaine of the children of Israel, of the priestes, leuites, singers, porters, and of the Nethinims vnto Hierusalem, in the seuenth yere of king Artaxerxes ⁸ And he came to Hierusalem in the fifth moneth, euen in the seuenth yere of the king ⁹ For vpon the first day of the first moneth, began he to go vp from Babylon: and on the first day of the fifth moneth came he to Hierusalem, according to the good hand of his God that was vpon him ¹⁰ For Esdras prepared his heart to seeke the law of the Lorde, and to do it, and to teache the preceptes and iudgementes in Israel ¹¹ And this is the copie of the letter that king Artaxerxes gaue vnto Esdras the priest, and scribe, which was a writer of the wordes and commaundementes of the Lorde, and of his statutes ouer Israel

⁴ And the king sayde vnto me: What is then thy request? I made my prayer also to the God of heauen ⁵ And sayd vnto the king: If it please the king, and if thy seruaunt haue founde fauour in thy sight, sende me vnto Iuda vnto the citie of my fathers burialles, that I may buylde it ⁶ And the king sayd vnto me (the queene his wyfe sitting by him:) Howe long shal thy iourney continue, and when wilt thou come againe? And it pleased the king to sende me, and I set him a time

¹ But when Sanaballat hearde that we buylded the wall, he was wroth in him selfe, and toke great indignation, and mocked the Iewes ² And sayde before his brethren and the souldiers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? will the [heathen] suffer them? shall they offer? shal they perfourme it in one day? shal they make the stones whole againe that are brought to dust and brent ³ And Tobiah the Ammonite was beside him, and sayde: Though they buyld, yet if a foxe go vp, he shall breake downe their stony wall

⁴ But some there were that saide: We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute, and that vpon our landes & vineyardes ⁵ And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren, and our children as their children: and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes, and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie, and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them, and other men haue our landes and vineyardes

²⁶ Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne

²⁸ And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest, was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me

³ (9:35) For Mardocheus the Iewe, was the second next vnto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Iewes, and accepted among the multitude of his brethren, as one that seeketh the wealth of his people, and speaketh peaceably for all his seede

⁸ For as I haue proued by experience, they that plow iniquitie & sow wretchednesse, reape the same

¹² He destroyeth the deuices of the subtyll, so that their handes are not able to perfourme that which they do enterprise ¹³ He compasseth the wise in their owne craftinesse, & maketh foolishe the counsell of the wicked

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

⁸ For his feete are taken [as it were] in the net, & he walketh vpon the snares

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

² For some men remoue the landemarkes, robbe men of their cattell, and feede of the same

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cryed, and the fatherlesse, and hym that had none to helpe hym ¹³ The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me, and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce ¹⁴ And why? I put vpon me righteousnesse, which couered me as a garment, and equitie was my crowne ¹⁵ I was an eye to the blinde, and a foote to the lame ¹⁶ I was a father to the poore: and when I knewe not the cause, I sought it out diligently

¹⁵ He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe, made he not him also? were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies ¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne

¹⁶ If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne ¹⁷ If I haue eaten my morsell alone, that ye fatherlesse hath not eaten therof ¹⁸ (For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father, and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the [wydowe] ¹⁹ If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing, or any poore for lake of rayment ²⁰ If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe ²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate

¹⁸ For I am full of matter, and the spirite within me compelleth me ¹⁹ Beholde, my belly is as the wine, whiche hath no vent, lyke the newe bottels that bruste

¹⁹ God hath no respect vnto the persons of the lordly, and regardeth not the riche more then the poore: for they be al the worke of his handes

⁶ Upon ye vngodly he wyl rayne snares, fire and brimstone: and tempestious stormes shalbe their portion to drinke

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 ⁶ The wordes of God be wordes pure, as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth: and purified seuen times

²⁶ (18:25) With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde ²⁷ (18:26) For thou hast saued the people oppressed: and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude

¹⁰ (19:9) They are more to be desired then golde, yea then much fine golde: they are also sweeter then hony and the hony combe

⁹ Feare God ye that be his saintes: for they that feare him lacke nothing ¹⁰ Young Lions do lacke and suffer hunger: but they whiche seeke God, shall want no maner of thing that is good

¹ Pleade thou my cause O God, with them that striue with me: and fight thou agaynst them that fight against me

¹⁰ All my bones shall say, God who is lyke vnto thee? whiche deliuerest the poore from hym that is to strong for him: yea the poore and him that is in miserie, from him that spoyleth him

¹ Blessed is he that considereth ye poore: God wyll delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble ² God wyll preserue hym & kepe him aliue: he shalbe blessed vpon the earth, and [thou O God] wylt not deliuer him into the wyll of his enemies ³ God wyll comfort hym when he lyeth sicke vpon his bed: thou [O God] wylt turne vpside downe all his bed in his sicknesse

¹ Iudge me O Lorde, and debate my cause with an vnnaturall people: oh delyuer me from the deceiptfull and wicked man

² Thou art fayrer then the children of men, full of grace are thy lippes: because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer

¹ Heare this all ye people: geue eare all ye that dwell in the worlde ² As well lowe as high: riche and poore, one with another

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

⁸ O ye people, put your trust in hym alway: powre out your heartes before him, for the Lorde is our hope. Selah

⁵ He is a father of the fatherlesse, and the iudge of widdowes: [he is] the Lord in his holy habitation

³ Which we haue hearde and knowen: and such as our fathers haue tolde vs ⁴ We wyll not hyde them from their children: nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come, the prayses of God, and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done ⁵ For he reuiued a statute in Iacob, and gaue Israel a lawe: in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children ⁶ To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it, [and] children whiche shalbe borne: that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children

¹² So I gaue them vp vnto the wicked cogitations of their owne heartes: and I did let them folowe their owne imaginations

¹² Make vs to knowe so our dayes, that we number them: and we wyll frame a heart [vnto] wisdome

¹ Whosoeuer sitteth vnder the couer of the most highest: he shal abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie

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

³⁵ (106:33) But they were mingled amongst the Heathen: and learned their workes

¹ Blessed is the man that feareth God: he hath great delight in his commaundementes ² His seede shalbe mightie vpon the earth: the generation of them that dwell vprightly, shalbe blessed ³ Riches and plenteousnes shalbe in his house: and his righteousnes endureth for euer

⁹ He hath distributed abrode, he hath geuen to the poore: his righteousnes remayneth for euer, his horne shalbe exalted with glory

¹³ (119:5) I haue declared with my lyppes: all the iudgementes of thy mouth

¹⁰³ (119:7) Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte: truely [they be sweeter] then hony is to my mouth

¹¹¹ (119:7) I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer: for they are the very ioy of myne heart

¹⁶² (119:2) I am as glad of thy worde: as he that fyndeth a great bootie

¹⁷¹ (119:3) My lippes shall powre out [thy] prayse: when thou hast taught me thy statutes

³ For the scepter of the vngodly shall not rest vpon the lot of the righteous: lest the righteous put their handes vnto wickednes

¹² I am sure that God wyll dispatche the cause of the afflicted: and he wyll geue iudgement for the needy

³ To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie

² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng ³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures ⁵ Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God

¹⁰ When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes ¹⁷ Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes

⁵ Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit

¹⁶ In her right hande is long life, and in her left hande riches and honour ¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes, and all her pathes are peaceable

⁴ He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue ⁵ Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee ⁷ The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding ⁸ Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour

¹ My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence ² That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge ³ For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle ⁴ But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde ⁵ Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell ⁶ Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them ⁷ Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth ⁸ Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house ⁹ That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell ¹⁰ That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house ¹¹ Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say ¹² Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction ¹³ Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me ¹⁴ I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation ¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring ¹⁶ Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates ¹⁷ But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee ¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth ¹⁹ Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue ²⁰ Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger ²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges ²² The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped ²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray

¹ My sonne if thou be suretie for thy neyghbour, and hast fastened thyne hande for another man ² Thou art bounde with thine owne wordes, and taken with thine owne speach ³ Therfore my sonne do this, and thou shalt be discharged: When thou art come into thy neyghbours daunger, go thy wayes then soone, humble thy selfe, and with thy frendes intreate [thy creditour. ⁴ Let not thyne eyes sleepe, nor thyne eye liddes slumber ⁵ Saue thy self as a Doe from the hand of the [hunter] and as a byrde from the hande of the fouler

²⁴ That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman ²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes ²⁶ By an harlot [a man is brought] to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man ²⁷ May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hotte coales, and his feete not be brent ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie

⁵ That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes ⁶ For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe ⁷ And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt

⁷ And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt ⁸ Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her hous ⁹ In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke ¹⁰ And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid ¹¹ She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house ¹² Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner ¹³ She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying ¹⁴ I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it ¹⁵ Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee ¹⁶ I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon ¹⁸ Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast ²¹ Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym ²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished

²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished ²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon

²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon ²⁴ Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth ²⁵ Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes ²⁶ For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her ²⁷ Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death

⁶ Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right

³³ O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching dayly at my gates, and geuing attendaunce at the postes of my doores

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith 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

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

¹³ In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe

²¹ The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie

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

²⁵ He that is liberall in geuyng, shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also hym selfe

²⁴ A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute

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

¹⁵ Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers

²⁰ He that goeth in the companie of wise men, shalbe wise: but who so is a companion of fooles, shalbe afflicted

²⁴ He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth hym, chasteneth hym betymes

³ In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them

¹⁶ A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure

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

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym

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

¹⁹ The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes: but the way of the ryghteous is playne

¹³ Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule

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

¹⁸ Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole

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

²³ The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere

¹⁶ Who so kepeth the commaundement, kepeth his owne soule: but he that regardeth not his wayes, shall dye ¹⁷ He that hath pitie vpon the poore, lendeth vnto the Lord: and looke what he layeth out, it shalbe payde hym agayne ¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope: and let not thy soule spare for his crying

¹⁶ Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake

¹³ Who so stoppeth his eares at the crying of the poore, he shall crye hym selfe and not be hearde

²¹ Who so foloweth righteousnesse and mercy, findeth both life, righteousnesse, and honour

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

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

²² Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement

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

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse

¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse ¹¹ For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee

¹¹ For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee ¹² Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge ¹³ Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof ¹⁴ If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell

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

¹³ My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth ¹⁴ So [sweete] shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer

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

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

¹² A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme ¹³ Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger, and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake

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

¹ He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe

¹³ The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes

¹⁵ The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame

¹⁷ Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart

²² An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll

¹ A good name is more worth then precious oyntment: & the day of death, is better the the day of byrth

²⁵ I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles ²⁶ And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her

⁹ All these thinges haue I considered, and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the sunne, howe one man hath lordship vpon another to his owne harme

¹⁶ And so I applied my minde to learne wysdome, and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde, and that of suche a fashion, that I suffred not mine eyes to sleepe neither day nor night

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome

¹ Lay thy bread vpon wette faces, and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes ² Geue part seue days, & also vpon the eyght: for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth

⁴ For thou hast broken the yoke of his burthen, the staffe of his shoulder, and the rod of his oppressour, as in the day of Madian

⁵ O Assur whiche art the staffe of my wrath, in whose hand is the rod of mine indignation

² Beholde, God is my saluation, in who I wyll trust and not be afrayde: for the Lorde God is my strength and [my] song, he also is become my saluation

²⁹ Reioyce not thou whole Palestina, because the rod of him that beateth thee is broken: for out of the serpentes roote there shall come an Adder, and his fruite shalbe a fierie fleeyng worme

² And the priest shalbe as the people, and the maister as the seruaunt, the mistresse lyke the mayde, the seller lyke the byer, he that lendeth vpon vsurie, like him that boroweth vpon vsurie, the creditour as the dettour

⁴ Put ye your trust alway in the Lord: for in the Lorde God there is strength for euermore

²⁰ Come my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doores about thee, hide thy selfe for a litle whyle, vntill the indignation be ouerpast ²¹ For beholde, the Lorde is comming out of his place, to visite the wickednesse of suche as dwell vpon earth: the earth also shall disclose her bloods, and shall no more hide them that are slayne in her

³¹ For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed, which smote other men with the rodde

⁸ But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges, and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion

¹ Wo to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed, thou breakest ye league where as none hath broken it with thee: for when thou shalt leaue destroying, thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed: and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league, then shall they breake it to thee

⁶ And a sure stablishyng of thy tymes, shalbe strength, health, wisdome, and knowledge: and the very feare of the Lorde shalbe the treasure of it

³ Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede [I say] and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid

¹⁵ For thus saith the hye and excellent, euen he that dwelleth in euerlastingnesse, whose name is the holy one: I dwell hye aboue and in the sanctuarie, and with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirite do I dwell, that I may heale a troubled minde, and a contrite heart

⁷ To deale thy bread to the hungrie, and to bring the poore wandering home into thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou couer hym, and hide not thy selfe from thy neighbour, and despise not thyne owne fleshe ⁸ Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thy health florishe right shortly: righteousnesse shall go before thee, and the glory of the Lorde shall embrace thee ⁹ Then if thou callest, the Lorde shall aunswere thee, if thou cryest, he shall say, here I am: yea if thou layest away from thee thy burthens, and holdest thy fingers, and ceassest from vngracious talking ¹⁰ If thou hast compassion vpon the hungrie, and refreshest the troubled soule: then shall thy light spring out in the darknesse, and thy darknesse shalbe as the noone day ¹¹ The Lorde shall euer be thy guyde, and satisfie the desire of thyne heart in the tyme of drought, and fill thy bones with mary: Thou shalt be like a freshe watred garden, and like the fountaine of water that neuer leaueth running ¹² Then the places that haue euer ben waste, shalbe builded of thee, there shalt thou lay a foundation for many kinredes: Thou shalt be called the maker vp of the breache, and the buylder agayne of the way to dwell in

¹⁹ They shall feare the name of the Lorde from the rising of the sunne, and his maiestie vnto the going downe of the same, for he shall come as a violent water streame which the winde of the Lorde hath moued ²⁰ But vnto Sion there shall come a redeemer, and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse, saith the Lord ²¹ I wyll make this couenaunt with them (saith the Lord:) My spirite that is vpon thee, and the wordes whiche I haue put in thy mouth, shall neuer go out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy childers chyldren, from this time foorth for euermore, worlde without ende, saith the Lorde

¹⁶ When I had founde thy wordes I did eate them vp greedyly, they haue made my heart ioyfull and glad: for thy name was called vpon me O Lorde God of hoastes

⁷ O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde, and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe

³⁴ But their auenger and redeemer is mightie, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes, he shall maynteyne their cause, he shal make the lande shake, and iudge them that dwell therin, [one with another

³⁶ Therfore thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I wyll defende thy cause, and auenge thee, I wyll drynke vp her sea, and drye vp her water sprynges

²⁹ The people in the lande vsed wicked extortion and robbery, they vexe the poore and needy, and oppresse the straunger agaynst right

⁴⁶ Then the king Nabuchodonozor fell downe vpon his face, and bowed hym selfe vnto Daniel, and commaunded to ordeine rewardes and sweete odours for hym ⁴⁷ The king aunswered Daniel, & sayde: Of a trueth your God is a God of gods, and the Lorde of kinges, and a reuealer of secretes, seing thou couldest reueale this secrete ⁴⁸ So the king made Daniel a great man, and gaue him many & great giftes: he made hym ruler of all the countreys of Babylon, and the chiefe of the rulers aboue all the wyse men of Babylon ⁴⁹ Then Daniel made request to the king, and he set Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego ouer the charge of the prouince of Babylon: but Daniel [sate] in the kinges gate

³⁰ { (3:97) So the king promoted Sidrach, Misach, and Abednego, in the prouince of Babylon}

²⁰ Now as he came nye vnto the denne, he cryed with a pitious voyce vnto Daniel, yea the king spake and saide vnto Daniel: O Daniel, thou seruaut of the liuing God, is not thy God whom thou seruest alway, able to deliuer thee from ye lions ²¹ Then Daniel saide vnto the king: O king, liue for euer ²² My God hath sent his angel, which hath shut the lions mouthes, so that they might not hurt me, for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him: and as for thee O king, I neuer offended thee ²³ Then was the king exceeding glad for him, & commaunded to take Daniel out of the denne: So Daniel was brought out of ye denne, & no maner of hurt was founde vpon him, for he put his trust in his God

⁷ They haue sowen winde, therfore shall they reape a whirlewinde: it hath no stalke, the bud shall bryng foorth no meale: and if haplie it do, straungers shall deuour it vp

¹² I haue written to them the great thinges of my lawe, [but] they are counted as a straunge thing

¹³ For you haue plowed vngodlinesse, ye haue reaped iniquitie, you haue eaten the fruite of lyes, because thou puttest thy confidence in thine owne wayes, and leanest to the multitude of thy strong men

⁶ Thus sayth the Lorde, For three wickednesses of Israel, and for foure I wil not spare hym: because they solde the righteous for siluer, and the poore for a paire of shoes

¹ Heare this worde ye kyne of Basan, that are in the mountaine of Samaria, which oppresse the poore, & destroy the needy, which say to their maisters, Bring and let vs drinke

¹¹ Forasmuch then as your treading is vpon the poore, and ye take from hym burdens of wheate: ye haue buylt houses of hewen stone, but ye shall not dwell in them: ye haue planted pleasaunt vineyardes, but ye shall not drinke wine of them ¹² For I knowe your manyfolde transgressions, and your mightie sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take rewardes, and they oppresse the poore in the gate

⁴ Heare this, O ye that swallow vp the poore, that ye may make the needy of the lande to fayle

⁶ That we may bie the poore for siluer, and the needy for shoes, yea and sell the refuse of the wheate

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 I will beare the wrath of the Lord, for I haue offended hym till he sit in iudgement vpon my cause, and see that I haue right: then will he bring me foorth to the light, and I shall see his righteousnesse

⁸ Because thou hast spoyled many nations, all the remnaunt of the people shall spoyle thee, because of mens blood, and for the wrong [done] in the lande, in the citie, and vnto all that dwell therin

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

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

⁷ For the priestes lippes shall kepe knowledge, and they shall seeke the lawe at his mouth: because he is the messenger of the Lorde of hoastes

⁵ And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes

⁸ Blessed (are) the pure in heart: for they shall see God

³³ But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you

¹⁶ Simon Peter aunswered and sayde: Thou art Christe, the sonne of the lyuyng God ¹⁷ And Iesus aunswered, and sayde vnto hym: happy art thou Simon Bar Iona, for flesh & blood hath not opened [that] vnto thee, but my father which is in heauen ¹⁸ And I say also vnto thee, that thou art Peter, and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation: And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it

⁵ Whyle he yet spake, beholde, a bryght cloude shadowed them: And beholde, [there came] a voyce out of the cloude, which sayde, this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased, heare hym

¹⁷ If he heare not them, tell it vnto the Churche: If he heare not the Churche, let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man, and a publicane

²⁵ But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde, and his wyfe, and chyldren, and all that he had, and payment to be made

¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good

¹⁵ When ye therefore, shall see the abhomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophete, stande in the holy place, (who so readeth, let hym vnderstande. ¹⁶ Then let them which be in Iurie, flee into the mountaynes ¹⁷ And let hym which is on the house toppe, not come downe to fet any thyng out of his house ¹⁸ Neither let hym which is in the fielde, returne backe to fetche his clothes

²¹ His Lorde saide vnto him: Well done, thou good and faythfull seruaut. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thynges, I wyll make thee ruler ouer manye thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde

²³ His Lorde saide vnto him? Well done, good and faithfull seruaunt. Thou hast ben faythfull ouer fewe thinges, I wyl make thee ruler ouer many thynges: enter thou into the ioy of thy Lorde

³⁴ Then shall the king say vnto them on his right hande: Come ye blessed of my father, inherite the kyngdome, prepared for you from the foundation of the worlde ³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I was thirstie, and ye gaue me drynke: I was harbourlesse, and ye toke me in ³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: Sicke, and ye visited me: I was in pryson, and ye came vnto me ³⁷ Then shall the ryghteous aunswere hym, saying: Lorde, when sawe we thee an hungred, & fedde thee? or thirstie and gaue thee drynke ³⁸ When sawe we thee harbourlesse, and toke thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ³⁹ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee ⁴⁰ And the kyng shall aunswere, and say vnto them: Ueryly I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethren, ye haue done [it] vnto me

²² Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes

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

²² And all bare him witnesse, & wondred at ye gratious wordes whiche proceaded out of his mouth. And they sayde, is not this Iosephes sonne

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

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 ³⁶ Be ye therfore mercifull, as your father also is mercifull ³⁷ Iudge not, & ye shall not be iudged: Condemne not, and ye shall not be condemned: Forgeue, & ye shalbe forgeuen ³⁸ Geue, and it shalbe geuen vnto you: good measure, pressed downe, & shaken together, and runnyng ouer, shall men geue into your bosomes. For with the same measure that ye meate withall, shall other men meate to you agayne

²⁰ Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirites are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen

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

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.

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day ²⁰ And there was a certayne begger, named Lazarus, which was layde at his gate full of sores

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

⁶ That which is borne of the fleshe, is fleshe: and that which is borne of the spirite, is spirite

³⁸ He that beleueth on me, as saith the scripture, out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe

³¹ These are written, that ye myght beleue that Iesus is Christe the sonne of God, and that in beleuyng, ye myght haue lyfe through his name

³⁹ But and yf it be of God, ye can not destroy it, lest haply ye be founde to stryue agaynst God

¹⁰ And deliuered hym out of all his aduersities, and gaue hym fauour & wisedome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt: and he made hym gouernour ouer Egypt, & ouer all his housholde

⁹ But there was a certayne man called Simon, which beforetyme in the same citie vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he was a man that coulde do great thynges ¹⁰ Whom they regarded from the least to the greatest, saying: This man is the great power of God ¹¹ And hym they sette much by, because that of long tyme he had bewitched the with sorseries ¹² But assoone as they gaue credence to Philips preachyng of the kyngdome of God, and of the name of Iesus Christe, they were baptized, both men & wome

²³ And immediatly the Angel of ye Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God ye honour, & he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost ²⁴ And the worde of God grewe and multiplied

⁸ But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstoode them, and sought to turne the deputie away from the fayth ⁹ Then Saul (which also is called Paul) beyng full of the holy ghost, set his eyes on hym ¹⁰ And sayde: O full of all subtiltie and all mischiefe, thou chylde of the deuyll, thou enemie of all righteousnesse, wylt thou not cease to peruert the wayes of the Lorde ¹¹ And nowe beholde, the hande of the Lorde is vpon thee, and thou shalt be blynde, and not see the sunne for a season. And immediatly, there fell on hym a myste, and a darcknesse, and he went about, seekyng [them] that shoulde leade hym by the hande ¹² Then the deputie, when he sawe what was done, beleued, and wondred at the doctrine of the Lorde

³⁵ I haue shewed you all thinges, howe that so labouryng ye ought to receaue the weake, and to remember ye wordes of the Lorde Iesu, howe that he said, it is more blessed to geue, then to receaue

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

⁵ To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe, that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus ⁶ Your reioycing is not good. Knowe ye not, that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe

¹³ Them that are without God iudgeth. Put away from among you that wicked person

²¹ And the eye can not say vnto ye hande, I haue no neede of thee: Nor, the head agayne to the feete, I haue no neede of you

³³ Be not deceaued. Euyll wordes, corrupt good maners

¹⁴ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse? Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse ¹⁵ Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall? Eyther what part hath he that beleueth, with an infidell ¹⁶ Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images? For ye are the temple of the lyuing God, as saide God, I wyll dwell in them, & walke in [them] & wyll be their God, & they shalbe my people ¹⁷ Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you

¹ Moreouer, we do you to wite brethren, of the grace of God, which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia ² Howe that ye aboundance of their reioycing is, that they are tryed with muche tribulation. And though they were exceedyng poore, yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye, and that in singlenesse

⁶ This yet [I say] he which soweth litle, shall reape litle: and he that soweth in geuyng largely and freely, shall reape plenteouslie ⁷ Let euery man do, accordyng as he hath purposed in his heart, not grudgyngly, or of necessitie: For God loueth a chearefull geuer ⁸ God is able to make you riche in all grace, that ye in all thynges hauyng sufficient vnto the vtmost, may be riche vnto all maner of good workes ⁹ As it is written: He hath sparsed abrode, and hath geuen to the poore, his ryghteousnesse remayneth for euer ¹⁰ He that ministreth seede vnto ye sower, ministreth bread also for foode, and multiplieth your seede, and encreaseth the fruites of your ryghteousnesse ¹¹ That in all thynges ye may be made riche into all singlenesse, which causeth through vs, that thankes are geuen vnto God

⁷ Be not deceaued, God is not mocked: For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape ⁸ For he that soweth into his flesshe, shal of the flesshe reape corruption: But he that soweth into the spirite, shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng

³ Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe, fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe, and of the mynde, & were by nature the chyldren of wrath, euen as other

⁴ Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde

³ Yea, and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe, helpe those [women] which laboured with me in the Gospell, and with Clement also, and with other my labour felowes, whose names [are] in the booke of lyfe

² For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght ³ For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe ⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse ⁶ Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober

⁸ And then shall that wicked be reuealed, whom the Lorde shall consume with the spirite of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightnesse of his commyng

⁸ For bodyly exercise profiteth litle: but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges, hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe, and of that which is to come

¹⁸ That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute ¹⁹ Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come, that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe

⁸ For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses, so do these also resist the trueth: Men of corrupt myndes, reprobate concernyng the fayth ⁹ But they shall preuayle no longer. For their madnesse shalbe manifest vnto all [men] as also theirs was

¹⁵ And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus

¹⁵ And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures, which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation, thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus ¹⁶ All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable to doctrine, to reproue, to correction, to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse ¹⁷ That the man of God may be perfect, instructed vnto all good workes

² Preache the worde, be instant in season, out of season: Improue, rebuke, exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine

¹⁰ For God is not vnryghteous, to forget your worke & labour of loue, whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name, hauyng ministred to the saintes, and [do] minister

¹⁸ That by two immutable thynges, in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye, we myght haue a strong consolation, which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs

⁷ By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet, moued with reuerence, prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house, through the whiche [arke] he condempned the worlde, and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth

³⁹ And these all through fayth, obteyned good report, and receaued not the promise

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 ¹¹ No chashsyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous, but greeuous: Neuerthelesse, afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse, vnto the which are exercised therby

¹⁵ By hym therfore, do we offer sacrifice of laude alwayes to God: that is, the fruite of lippes confessyng his name ¹⁶ To do good & to distribute forget not, for with such sacrifices God is pleased

² For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng, clothed in goodly apparell, and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment ³ And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng, and say vnto hym, sitte thou here in a good place: & say vnto the poore, stande thou there, or sitte here vnder my footestoole ⁴ Are ye not partiall in your selues, and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes ⁵ Hearken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde, such as are riche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdome, which he promised to them that loue hym ⁶ But ye haue despised the poore. Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie, and drawe you before the iudgementes seates

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

⁶ But [the scripture] offereth more grace, and therefore sayth, God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace vnto ye lowlie

¹⁰ Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde, and he shall lyft you vp

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you

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

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

²¹ Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death, and glorified hym, that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God

¹⁵ But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes. Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you

⁹ Be ye harberous one to another, without grudgyng

¹⁹ We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes ²⁰ So that ye first knowe this, that no prophesie in the scripture is of any priuate motion ²¹ For the prophesie came not in olde time by the wyll of man: but holy men of God, spake as they were moued by the holy ghost

¹³ These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on ye name of the sonne of God, that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe, and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God

¹⁸ We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God, sinneth not: but he that is begotten of God, kepeth hym selfe, and that wicked toucheth hym not

²⁰ But ye dearely beloued, edifie your selues in your most holy fayth, praying in the holy ghost ²¹ And kepe your selues in the loue of God, lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe, vnto eternall lyfe

³ And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses, and they shall prophesie a thousande, two hundred, and threescore dayes, clothed in sackcloth ⁴ These are two oliue trees, and two candlestickes, standyng before the God of the earth ⁵ And yf any man wyll hurt them, fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes, & cosume their enemies: And if any man wil hurt them, this wyse must he be kylled ⁶ These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng: and haue power ouer waters, to turne them to blood, and to smite the earth with all maner plagues, as often as they wyll ⁷ And whe they haue finished their testimonie, the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit, shall make warre against them, and shal ouercome them, and kyll them ⁸ And their bodyes shall lye in ye streates of the great citie, which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt, where our Lorde was crucified ⁹ And they of the people, and kinredes, and tongues, and they of the nations, shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe, & shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues ¹⁰ And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them, and be glad, and shall sende gyftes one to another: for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth ¹¹ And after three dayes and an halfe, the spirite of lyfe [commyng] from God, shall enter into them: And they shall stande vp vpon their feete, & great feare shall come vpon the which sawe them

¹⁴ And to the woman were geuen two winges, of a great Egle, that she myght flee into the wildernesse into her place, where she is norished for a tyme, tymes, and halfe a tyme, from the presence of the serpent ¹⁵ And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had ben a fludde, that he myght cause her to be caryed away of the fludde ¹⁶ And the earth holpe the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth ¹⁷ And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went and made warre with the remnaunt of her seede, which kepe the commaundementes of God, & haue the testimonie of Iesus Christe