Proverbs 23 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges ² that are set before ye Measure thine appetite: ³ and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth. ⁴ Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose. ⁵ Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre. ⁶ Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate, ⁷ for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye. ⁸ Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes. ⁹ Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wy?dome of thy wordes. ¹⁰ Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse: ¹¹ For he yt deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the. ¹² Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege. ¹³ Witholde not correccion from ye childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodde, he shal not dye therof. ¹⁴ Thou smytest him wt the rodde, but thou delyuerest his soule from hell. ¹⁵ My sonne, yf yi herte receaue wy?dome, my herte also shal reioyce: ¹⁶ yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right. ¹⁷ Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge: ¹⁸ for the ende is not yet come, and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne. ¹⁹ My sonne, ue eare & be wyse, so shal thine hert prospere in the waye. ²⁰ Kepe no company wt wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh: ²¹ for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote. ²² Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde. ²³ Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge ²⁴ (for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi) ²⁵ so shal thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal reioyse. ²⁶ My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes. ²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt. ²⁸ She lurketh like a thefe, and those that be not awarre she brigeth vnto her. ²⁹ Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? where is braulynge? where are woundes without cause? where be reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges. ³⁴ Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.

³² And they brought vnto him by him self, and vnto them by the selues, and to the Egipcians also that ate wt them, by them selues. (For the Egipcians darre not eate bred with the Ebrues, that is an abhominacion vnto them.) ³³ And they were set ouer agaynst him, the first borne acordinge to his first byrth, and the yongest after his youth. They marueled at it amonge them selues, ³⁴ and there were brought them sundrye meates from his table. But Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes more then the other. And they dronke, and were mery with him.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder, without feare, fedynge the selues. Cloudes they are withouten water, caried about of wyndes, and trees without frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes.

⁸ But yf thy hande or thy fote offende the, cut him of, and cast him from the. It is better for ye to entre in vnto life lame or crepell, the yt thou shuldest haue two hodes or two fete, and be cast in to euerlastinge fyre. ⁹ And yf thyne eye offende the, plucke it out, & cast it from the. Better it is for the to entre in vnto life with one eye, the to haue two eyes, and to be cast in to hell fyre.

²⁷ but I tame my body, and brynge it in to subieccion, lest whan I preach vnto other: I my selfe be a cast awaye.

¹⁹ whose ende is damnacion, whose God is the bely, & whose glory shalbe to their shame, which are earthly mynded.

⁴ O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thige, to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men, lest I eate of soch thinges as please the

⁶ Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,

⁸ But Daniel was at a poynt wt himself, that he wolde not be defyled thorow the kynges meate, ner ye wyne which he droke. And this he desyred off the chefe chaberlayne, lest he shulde defyle himselff.

³⁴ But take hede vnto youre selues, that yor hertes be not ouerlade with excesse of eatinge and with dronkennes, and with takinge of thought for lyuynge, and so this daye come vpo you vnawares.

²² So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes:

⁵ Put thy trust in ye LORDE with all thine herte, and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge.

⁷ Be not wyse in thine owne conceate, but feare ye LORDE and departe from euell:

²⁷ The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue.

¹² Yf thou seyest a man yt is wyse in his owne conceate, there is more hope in a foole then in hi.

²⁰ A faithfull man is greatly to be commeded, but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche, shal not be vngiltie.

²¹ Wo vnto them that are wyse in their owne sight, and thinke them selues to haue vnderstodinge.

¹⁹ Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earth, where rust and mothes corrupte, and where theues breake through and steale.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but yt endureth vnto euerlastinge life, which the sonne of ma shal geue you: For him hath God the father sealed.

²⁵ I wolde not that this secrete shulde be hyd from you brethre (lest ye shulde be wyse in youre awne cosaytes) that partly blyndnesse is happened vnto Israel, so longe tyll the fulnesse of the Heythen be come in,

¹⁶ Be of one mynde amonge youre selues. Be not proude in youre awne consaytes, but make youre selues equall to them of ye lowe sorte. Be not wyse in youre awne opinions

⁸ Whan we haue fode and rayment, let vs therwith be content. ⁹ For they that wylbe riche, fall in to the teptacion and snare, and in to many folisshe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion. ¹⁰ For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell, which whyle some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and tangled them selues with many sorowes.

⁵ Let youre conuersacion be without couetousnes, and be content with that ye haue allready, for he hath sayde: I wyl not fayle the nether forsake the,

³⁶ Then sayde Iacob their father: Ye haue robbed me of my children. Ioseph is awaye, Simeon is awaye, and ye will take Ben Iamin awaye: It goeth all ouer me.

¹⁴ there came a messaunger vnto Iob, and sayde: Whyle the oxen were a plowinge, and the Asses goinge in the pasture besyde them: ¹⁵ the Sabees came in violetly, and toke them all awaye: yee they haue slayne the seruauntes with the swearde, and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁶ And whyle he was yet speakynge, there came another, and sayde: The fyre of God is fallen from heauen, it hath consumed & bret vp all the shepe and seruauntes: and I only ranne my waye, to tell the. ¹⁷ In the meane season whyle he was yet speakinge, there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made thre armies, and fell in vpon the camels, which they haue caried awaye, yee and slayne the seruauntes with the swearde: and I only am gotte awaye, to tell the.

⁶ Beholde, thou hast made my dayes a spanne longe, and my life is as it were nothinge before the. O how vayne are all men lyuynge?

³⁶ Enclyne myne herte vnto thy testimonies, & not to cuvetousnes. ³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie.

²⁴ For riches abyde not allwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer.

² All is but vanite (saieth ye preacher) all is but playne vanite.

¹³ Yet is there a sore plage, which I haue sene vnder the Sonne (namely) riches kepte to the hurte of him yt hath them in possession. ¹⁴ For oft times they perishe with his greate misery and trouble: and yf he haue a childe, it getteth nothinge.

⁸ All is but vanite (sayeth the preacher) all is but playne vanite.

² Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes.

¹⁷ Neuertheles, as for thine eyes and thine herte, they loke vpon covetousnesse, to shed innocent bloude, to do wronge and violence.

²⁹ Howbeit this I saye brethren: the tyme is shorte. Farthermore this is the meanynge, yt they which haue wyues, be as though they had none: ³⁰ and they that wepe, be as though they wepte not: and they that reioyse, be as though they reioysed not: & they that bye, be as though they possessed not: ³¹ & they that vse this worlde, be as though they vsed it not. For the fasshion off this worlde passeth awaye.

¹⁷ Charge the which are riche in this worlde, that they be not proude, ner trust in the vncertayne riches, but in the lyuynge God (which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to enioye them:)

¹ Goo to now ye riche men. Wepe, and howle on yor wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre riches is corrupte, youre garmetes are motheaten.

¹⁶ for all that is in the worlde (namely the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of life) is not of the father, but of the worlde.

⁹ Bewarre, that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert, that thou woldest saye: The seuenth yeare, the yeare of Fredome is at honde. For yf thou lokest not fredly vpo thy poore brother, and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE, and it shall be synne vnto the:

⁵⁶ And the woman that afore hath lyued so tenderly and voluptuously amonge you, that she durste not set the sole of hir fote vpon the grounde for tendernes and voluptuousnes, shal be greued to loke vpon hir husbande that lieth in hir bosome, and on hir sonne, and on hir doughter:

⁹ A louynge eye shalbe blessed, for he geueth of his bred vnto ye poore.

³ and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

²² He that will be rich all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon him.

⁸ But Daniel was at a poynt wt himself, that he wolde not be defyled thorow the kynges meate, ner ye wyne which he droke. And this he desyred off the chefe chaberlayne, lest he shulde defyle himselff. ⁹ So God gaue Daniel fauoure and grace before ye chefe chamberlayne, ¹⁰ that he sayde vnto him: I am afrayed off my lorde the kynge, which hath appoynted you youre meate and drynke: lest he spye youre faces to be worse lykynge then the other spryngaldes of youre age, ad so ye shal make me loose my heade vnto ye kynge.

¹⁵ Or haue I not power, to do as me listeth with myne owne? Is thine eye euell, because I am good?

²² theft, coueteousnes, wickednes, disceate, vnclennes, a wicked eye, blasphemy, pryde, foolishnes.

¹⁵ The sayde she vnto him: How cast thou saye yt thou louest me, where as thine hert is not yet with me? Thre tymes hast thou disceaued me, and not tolde me wherin thy greate strength is.

²⁶ Absalom sayde: Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then? The kynge sayde vnto him: Wherfore shall he go with the? ²⁷ Then was Absalom so importune vpon him, that he let Ammon and all the kynges childre go with him. ²⁸ But Absalom commaunded his yongemen, and sayde: Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne (and I saye vnto you: Smyte Ammon, and slaye him) that ye be not afrayed: for I haue commaunded you, be stronge, and playe the men.

² Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbor, they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte.

²¹ O cast thy burthen (or care) vpon the LORDE, he shal norish the, and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse.

²² It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.

²⁷ These two kinges shalbe mynded to do myschefe, & talke of disceate at one table: but they shal not prospere: for why, the ende shal not come yet, vnto the tyme apoynted.

³ And beholde, certeyne of the scribes sayde in them selues: this man blasphemeth. ⁴ But when Iesus sawe their thoughtes, he sayde: wherfore thinke ye euill in youre hertes?.

³⁹ But whan the Pharise which had called him sawe that, he spake within himself, and sayde: Yf this ma were a prophet, he wolde knowe who, & what maner of woman this is that toucheth him, for she is a synner.

³⁷ But whyle he yet spake, a certayne Pharise prayed him, that he wolde dyne with him. And he wente in, and sat him downe at the table. ³⁸ Whan the Pharise sawe that, he marueyled, that he wasshed not first before dyner. ³⁹ But the LORDE sayde vnto him: Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter, but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse. ⁴⁰ Ye fooles, is a thinge made cleane within, because the outsyde is clensed? ⁴¹ Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue, and beholde, all is cleane vnto you. ⁴² But wo vnto you Pharises, ye that tythe mynt and rewe, and all maner herbes, and passe ouer iudgmet and ye loue of God. These ought to haue bene done, and not to leaue the other vndone. ⁴³ Wo vnto you Pharises, for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges, and to be saluted in the market. ⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses, ye ypocrites, for ye are like couered sepulcres, where ouer men walke, and are not awarre of them. ⁴⁵ Then answered one of the scrybes, and sayde vnto him: Master, with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also. ⁴⁶ But he saide: And wo vnto you also ye scrybes, for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens, and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yor fyngers. ⁴⁷ Wo vnto you, for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes, but youre fathers put them to death. ⁴⁸ Doutles ye beare wytnesse, and consente vnto the dedes of yor fathers: for they slewe them, and ye buylde their sepulcres. ⁴⁹ Therfore sayde the wyssdome of God: I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto the: and some of them shal they put to death and persecute, ⁵⁰ hat the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed, maye be requyred of this generacion: ⁵¹ from the bloude of Abell, vnto ye bloude of Zachary, which perished betwene the altare and ye temple. Yee I saye vnto you: it shalbe requyred of this generacion. ⁵² Wo vnto you scrybes, for ye haue receaued ye keye of knowlege. Ye are not come in youre selues, and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in. ⁵³ Whan he spake thus vnto them, the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him, and to stoppe his mouth with many questions, ⁵⁴ and layed wayte for him, and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

⁷ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him self dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth himself. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euell wil: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wil loue the.

⁴ Geue not the foole an answere after his foolishnesse, lest thou become like vnto him: ⁵ but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

²¹ Vnto this, Ezechias messaungers helde their tunges, and answered not one worde: for the kinge had charged them, that they shulde geue him none answere.

⁶ Geue not that which is holy, to dogges: nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete, & the other turne agayne and all to rente you.

¹⁴ All these thinges herde the Pharises, which were couetous, and they mocked hi.

⁵² Then sayde the Iewes vnto him: Now knowe me, that thou hast the deuell. Abraham is deed and the prophetes, and thou sayest: Yf eny ma kepe my worde, he shal neuer taist of death.

³⁰ The man answered, and sayde vnto the: This is a maruelous thinge, that ye wote not whence he is, and he hath opened mine eyes. ³¹ For we knowe that God heareth not ye sinners: but yf eny ma be a fearer of God, and doth his will, him heareth he. ³² Sens ye worlde beganne was it not herde, that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde. ³³ Yf this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothinge. ³⁴ They answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou art alltogether borne in synne, and teachest thou vs? And they thrust him out.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharises yt were with him, herde this, and sayde vnto him: Are we then blynde also?

²⁰ Many of the sayde: He hath the deuell, and is madd, why heare ye him?

⁴⁵ But whan the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignacion, and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul, speakinge agaynst it, & blasphemynge. ⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and sayde: It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you: but now that ye thrust it fro you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life, lo, we turne to the Gentyles.

¹⁸ But certayne Philosophers of ye Epicurees and Stoikes disputed with him. And some sayde: What will this babler saye? But some sayde: He semeth to be a tidinges brynger of new goddes (That was, because he had preached vnto the the Gospell of Iesus, & of the resurreccion.)

³² Whan they herde of the resurreccion of the deed, some mocked. But some sayde: We wyl heare the agayne of this matter.

²⁵ But wha they agreed not amoge the selues, they departed, wha Paul had spoke one worde: Full well hath the holy goost spoke by ye prophet Esay vnto or fathers, ²⁶ & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue. ²⁷ For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & they heare hardly wt their eares: & their eyes haue they closed, yt they shulde not once se wt their eyes, & heare wt their eares, & vnderstode i their hertes, and be couerted, yt I mighte heale the. ²⁸ Be it knowne therfore vnto you, yt this saluacio of God is sent vnto ye Heythe, and they shal heare it.

²¹ Hath not God made the wyssdome of this worlde foolishnesse? For in so moch as the worlde by the wyssdome therof knewe not God in his wyssdome, it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them yt beleue. ²² For the Iewes requyre tokens, and the Grekes axe after wyssdome. ²³ But we preach Christ the crucified: to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge, and vnto the Grekes foolishnes. ²⁴ But vnto them that are called (both Iewes and Grekes) we preach Christ the power of God and the wyssdome off God.

¹⁰ We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse in Christ: We weake, but ye stroge: Ye honorable, but we despysed. ¹¹ Euen vnto this daye we hoger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place, ¹² and laboure and worke with oure awne handes. We are reuyled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffre it: ¹³ We are euell spoken of, and we praye: We are become as it were the very outswepinges of ye worlde, yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck, which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce, that thou enheretest in the londe, which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it.

¹⁷ Cursed be he, yt remoueth his neghbours mark. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, ad go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende.

⁹ Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse.

² For some me there be, that remoue other mes londe markes: that robbe them of their catell, and kepe the same for their owne: ³ that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse: that take ye wyddowes oxe for a pledge:

⁹ They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children, and put the poore in preson:

²¹ Dyd I euer lyft vp my honde to hurte the fatherlesse? Yee in the gate where I sawe my self to be in auctorite: ²² The let myne arme fall fro my shulder, & myne arme holes be broken from the ioyntes. ²³ For I haue euer feared ye vengeaunce & punyshmet of God, & knew very well, yt I was not able to beare his burthe.

⁶ They murthur the widdowe and the straunger, and put the fatherlesse to death.

²⁸ Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett.

⁵ For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels, yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure:

³ Thus the LORDE commaundeth: kepe equite and rightuousnesse, delyuer the oppressed fro the power off the violent: do not greue ner oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse ner the wyddowe, ad shed no innocet bloude in this place.

¹⁰ Do the wyddowe, the fatherlesse, the straunger, and poore no wronge: and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert.

⁵ I will come & punysh you, & I myself wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches, agaynst the aduouterers, agaynst false swearers: yee ad agaynst those, that wrogeously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty: which vexe the wyddowes & the fatherlesse, & oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, sayeth the LORDE of hoostes.

²⁷ Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father, is this: to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite, and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde.

²² Ye shall truble no wyddowe ner fatherlesse childe. ²³ Yf thou shalt trouble them, they shall crie vnto me, and I shall heare their crye: ²⁴ then shal my wrath waxe whote, so yt I shal sley you with the swerde, and youre wyues shalbe wedowes, and youre children fatherlesse,

¹⁹ Cursed be he, that wresteth ye righte of ye straunger, of the fatherlesse, & wedowe. And all the people shal saye, Amen.

²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I shall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye:

⁵ Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed, & because of the complaynte of the poore, I wil vp (sayeth the LORDE) I wil helpe the, and set the at rest.

²³ for ye LORDE himself wyl defende their cause, and do violence vnto them yt haue vsed violence.

³³ Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes: The children of Israel & Iuda suffre violence together. All they that haue them in captiuyte, kepe them fast, & wil not let them go: ³⁴ but their aveger & redemer is mightie, whose name is the LORDE of hoostes: he shal manteyne their cause, he shal make the londe shake, & iudge them that dwell therin, one with another.

³⁶ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE: Beholde, I wil defende thy cause, & avenge the: I will drynke vp hir see, & drye vp hir water sprynges.

² that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge. ³ For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege: ⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure: ⁵ The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God. ⁶ For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.

¹ My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, & bowe thine eare vnto my prudece: ² yt thou mayest regarde good councell, and that thy lippes maye kepe nurtoure.

¹⁷ My sonne, bowe downe thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wy?dome, applye yi mynde vnto my doctryne:

¹⁹ My sonne, ue eare & be wyse, so shal thine hert prospere in the waye.

³¹ These come vnto the, after ye maner of a greate people: yee my people syt downe before the, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: For in their mouthes they shewe themselues, as though they were feruent, but their herte goeth after their owne couetous lucre.

⁵² Then sayde he vnto the: Therfore euery scribe taught vnto ye kingdome of heauen, is like an houssholder, which bryngeth out of his treasure thinges new and olde.

²¹ Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines, all superfluite of maliciousnes, & receaue with meknes ye worde yt is grafted in you, which is able to saue youre soules. ²² And se that ye be doers of ye worde & not heares only, deceauinge youre awne selues. ²³ For yf eny heare the worde, and do it not, he is like vnto a ma that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse. ²⁴ For assone as he hath loked on himselfe, he goeth his waye, and forgetteth immediatly what his fasshion was. ²⁵ But who so loketh in ye perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth therin (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happie in his dede.

²⁴ He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth him, holdeth him euer in nurtoure.

¹⁸ Chaste yi sonne whyle there is hope, but let not yi soule be moued to slaye hi.

¹⁵ The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

¹⁷ Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.

¹⁵ Foolishnes sticketh in the herte of ye lad, but ye rod of correccion driueth it awaye.

⁵ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh, that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus.

³² But whan we are iudged, we are chastened of ye LORDE, that we shulde not be daned with the worlde.

¹⁰ My sonne, cosente not vnto synners,

¹ My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,

¹ Heare (O ye children) the fatherly exortacio, & take good hede, that ye maye lerne wy?dome.

¹ These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

²⁴ (for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne, & delyteth in hi) ²⁵ so shal thy father be glad, and thy mother that bare the, shal reioyse.

³ Who so loueth wy?dome, maketh his father a glad man: but he yt kepeth harlottes, spedeth awaye yt he hath.

⁴¹ Yee I will haue a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faithfully to plante them in this londe, with my whole herte, and with all my soule.

¹⁷ for the LORDE thy God is with the, it is he that hath power to saue: he hath a special pleasure in the, and a maruelous loue towarde the: yee he reioyseth ouer the wt gladnesse.

² And lo, they brought vnto him a man sicke of ye palsie, lyinge in his bed. And when Iesus sawe the faith of the, he sayde to the sicke of ye palsie: my sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes are forgeue the.

²³ and brynge hither a fed calfe, and kyll it, lat vs eate and be mery: ²⁴ for this my sonne was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde. And they beganne to be mery.

³² thou shuldest be mery and glad, for this yi brother was deed, and is alyue agayne: he was lost, and is founde agayne.

¹¹ These thinges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioye might remayne in you, and yt youre ioye might be perfecte.

⁵ Iesus sayde vnto the: Childre, haue ye eny thinge to eate? They answered hi:No.

¹⁹ For who is oure hope, or ioye, or crowne of reioysinge? are not ye it in ye sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge? ²⁰ Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye.

⁸ For now are we alyue, yf ye stonde stedfast in ye LORDE. ⁹ For what thankes can we recompece to God agayne for you, because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God?

¹ My litle children, these thinges wryte I vnto you, that ye shulde not synne: and yf eny man synne, we haue an aduocate with the father, euen Iesus Christ which is righteous:

⁴ I am greatly reioysed, that I haue founde amonge thy children, them that walke in ye trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father.

³ I reioysed greatly, whan the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in ye, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioye, the to heare that my childre walke in the trueth.

⁶ Geue eare, for I wil speake of greate matters, & open my lippes to tell thinges that be right.

²⁹ Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth, but that which is good to edifye withall, wha nede is, that it be gracious to heare.

⁴ nether fylthines, ner folish talkynge, ner ieastynge (which are not comly) but rather geuynge of thakes.

⁴ that I maye vtter ye same, as it becommeth me to speake.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, & able to tame all the body.

¹ Frett not thy self at the vngodly, be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers. ² For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe. ³ Put thou thy trust in ye LORDE, & be doinge good: so shalt thou dwell in the londe, & verely it shal fede the.

³ And why. I was greued at ye wicked, to se the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but stonde fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

³¹ Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

¹ Be not thou gelous ouer wicked me, & desyre not thou to be amonge them.

¹⁴ Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.

⁷ And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

¹³ Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men: ¹⁴ For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euell.

³¹ So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry, and Galile, and Samaria, & were edified, and walked in the feare of the LORDE, and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost.

¹ Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke, se yt ye passe ye tyme of youre pilgremage in feare:

¹⁸ But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce, the paciet abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer.

³⁷ but when I wente by, lo, he was gone: I sought him, but he coude no where be founde.

¹⁴ Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.

²⁰ And why? ye wicked hath nothinge to hope for, & ye cadle of the vngodly shall be put out.

¹¹ For I knowe, what I haue deuysed for you, saieth the LORDE. My thoughtes are to geue you peace, & not trouble (which I geue you all redie) & that ye might haue hope agayne.

²⁵ But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

²¹ What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges, wherof ye are now ashamed? For the ende of soch thinges is death. ²² But now that ye be fre from synne, and are become the seruauntes of God, ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy: but the ende is euerlastinge life.

²⁰ as I loke for and hope, that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all cofidence (as allwayes in tymes past, eue so now) Christ shalbe magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death.

³⁵ Cast not awaye therfore yor confidence, which hath so greate a rewarde.

¹⁰ Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, that the yeares of thy life maye be many. ¹¹ I wil shewe the ye waye of wy?dome, and lede the in the right pathes. ¹² So that yf thou goest therin, there shal no straytnesse hynder the: and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. ¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wicked. ¹⁵ Eschue it, & go not therin: departe asyde, & passe ouer by it. ¹⁶ For they can not slepe, excepte they haue first done some myschefe: nether take they eny rest, excepte they haue first done some harme. ¹⁷ For they eate the bred of wickednesse, and drike the wyne of robbery. ¹⁸ The path of the rightuous shyneth as the light, and is euer brighter & brighter vnto the parfecte daye. ¹⁹ But ye waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse, wherin me fall, or they be awarre. ²⁰ My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thine eare vnto my saynges. ²¹ Let them not departe from thine eyes, kepe them euen in the myddest of thine herte. ²² For they are life vnto all those that finde the, and health vnto all their bodies. ²³ Kepe thine hert with all diligence, for there vpon hangeth life.

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes, & lerne to be wyse.

⁶ Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.

¹² Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

²⁶ My sonne, geue me thyne herte, and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes.

¹ Wyne is a voluptuous thinge, & drockennes causeth sedicion: who so delyteth therin, shal neuer be wyse.

²⁹ Where is wo? where is sorow? where is strife? where is braulynge? where are woundes without cause? where be reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how reed it is, and what a color it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth like a serpet, and styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women, & thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges. ³⁴ Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte, in ye myddest of ye see, or vpo ye toppe of the mast. ³⁵ They wounded me (shalt thou saie) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. Whe I am wel wakened, I wil go to ye drynke agayne.

⁷ Whoso kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstondinge: but he yt fedeth ryotous men, shameth his father.

⁶ Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death, & wyne vnto those yt mourne: ⁷ that they maye drynke it, & forget their misery & aduersite.

¹¹ Wo be vnto them that ryse vp early to vse them selues in dronkynnes, and yet at night are more superfluous with wyne.

²² Wo vnto them, yt are connynge men to suppe out wyne, and experte to set vp drokenesse.

¹³ But they to fulfil their lust and wilfulnes, slaugter oxe, they kyll shepe, they eate costly meate, & drynke wyne: let vs eate and drinke, tomorow we shal die.

⁴⁹ and begynne to smyte his felowes, yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken:

¹³ And not longe therafter, gathered the yonger sonne all together, & toke his iourney in to a farre countre, and there waisted he his goodes with ryotous lyuynge.

¹⁹ There was a certayne riche man, which clothed him self with purple and costly lynnen, and fared deliciously euery daye.

¹³ Let vs walke honestly as in the daye, not in excesse off eatinge aud in dronkennesse, not in chamburynge and wantonnesse, not in stryfe and enuyenge:

¹⁸ and be not dronken with wyne, wherin is excesse: but be full of the sprete

³ For it is ynough, yt we haue spent ye tyme past of the life, after the will of ye Heythen, wha we walked in wantannesse, lustes, dronkenes, glotony, ryotous drynkynge, & i abhominable Idolatrye. ⁴ And it semeth to the a straunge thinge, yt ye runne not also wt them vnto the same excesse of ryote, & speake euell of you.

²⁰ and saye vnto the Elders of the cite: This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a dronkarde.

⁹ How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yee slepe on still a litle, slober a litle, folde thine handes together yet a litle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shal pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by the waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

¹⁷ He yt hath pleasure in banckettes, shal be a poore man: Who so delyteth in wyne and delicates, shal not be riche.

³⁰ I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. ³² This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. ³³ Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

¹ Wo be to ye crowne of pryde, to ye dronke Ephraemites, and to the faydinge floure, to the glory of his pope, yt is vpo the toppe of the pleteous valley: which me be ouerladen wt wyne. ² Beholde, the strength and power of the LORDE shal breake in to the londe on euery syde, like a tempest of hale, that beareth downe stronge holdes, and like an horrible, mightie and ouer flowinge water. ³ And the proude crowne of the dronken Ephraemites, shal be troden vnderfoote.

⁵ Wake vp ye dronckardes, & wepe: mourne all ye wyne suppers, because of youre swete wyne, for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouth.

¹¹ But now haue I wrytte vnto you, yt ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them: (Namely,) yf there be eny man that is called a brother, and is an whoremonger, or couetous, or a worshipper of ymages, ether a raylar, or a dronkarde, or an extorcioner, with soch shal ye not eate.

¹⁰ ner theues, nether the couetous, ner drokardes, ner cursed speakers, ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God.

²¹ envyenge, murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch like: of the which I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdome of God.

³ Euery one feare his father and his mother. Kepe my holy dayes: for I am the LORDE youre God.

¹⁸ Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne, which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father, and mother, and whan they teach him nurtoure, wyll not folowe them, ¹⁹ then shall his father and mother take him, and brynge him to ye Elders of their cite, and to the gate of the same place, ²⁰ and saye vnto the Elders of the cite: This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a dronkarde. ²¹ Then shal all the men of ye same cite stone him to death: and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell fro the, that all Israel maye heare and feare.

¹⁶ Cursed be he, that curseth his father and mother. And all the people shall saye, Amen.

⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother:

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers comaundemetes, & forsake not ye lawe of thy mother.

¹¹ He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpo the generacion of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaudement at naught: the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley, and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles.

⁴ For God comaunded, sayege: Honoure father & mother: & he yt curseth father & mother, shal dye the death. ⁵ But ye saye: Euery man shal saye to father or mother: The thige yt I shulde helpe ye withal, is geue vnto God. ⁶ By this is it come to passe, that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more. And thus haue ye made the comaundement of God of none effecte, for youre owne tradicios.

¹⁰ For Moses sayde: Honoure father & mother. Whoso curseth father and mother, shal dye the death.

²⁶ Now whan Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple stondynge by, who he loued, he sayde vnto his mother: Woman, beholde, that is thy sonne. ²⁷ Then sayde he to the disciple: beholde, that is thy mother. And from that houre the disciple toke her vnto him.

¹ Ye children, obey youre elders in the LORDE, for that is righte. ² Honoure thy father and thy mother ( That is the first commaundement, that hath eny promes)

¹² How commeth a man then by wy?dome? Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge? ¹³ Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is, nether is she foude in the lode of the lyuynge. ¹⁴ The depe sayeth: she is not in me. The see sayeth: she is not with me. ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde, nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye. ¹⁶ No wedges of golde of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her. ¹⁷ No, nether golde ner Christall, nether swete odours ner golden plate. ¹⁸ There is nothinge so worthy, or so excellet, as once to be named vnto her: for parfecte wy?dome goeth farre beyonde the all. ¹⁹ The Topas that cometh out of Inde, maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her: yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be.

⁷² The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me, the thousandes of golde & syluer.

¹²⁷ For I loue thy comaundemetes aboue golde and precious stone.

² that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge. ³ For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege: ⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:

⁵ Get the wy?dome, get the vnderstondinge, forget not ye wordes of my mouth, & shreke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shal preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chefe poynte of wy?dome is, that thou be wyllynge to opteyne wy?dome, and before all thy goodes to get the vnderstondynge.

¹⁶ To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

¹ Come to the waters all ye, yt be thurstie, & ye that haue no moneye. Come, bye, that ye maye haue to eate. Come, bye wyne & mylck, without eny money, or moneye worth,

⁴⁴ Agayne, the kingdome of heauen is like vnto a treasure hyd in the felde, which a ma founde and hid it, and for ioye therof he wete & solde all yt he had, and bought yt felde.

⁴⁶ & wha he had founde a precious pearle, he wete and solde all that he had, & bought it.

²⁶ What helpeth it a man though he wanne the whole worlde, and yet suffred harme in his soule? Or what can a man geue, to redeme his soule withall?

²³ but yt the holy goost witnesseth in euery cite, and sayeth, that bondes and troubles abyde me there.

⁷ But the thinges that were vauntage vnto me, haue I counted losse for Christes sake. ⁸ Yee I thynke all thinges but losse, for that excellent knowleges sake of Christ Iesu my LORDE: for whom I haue counted all thinge losse, and do iudge them but donge, that I mighte wynne Christ,

²⁶ and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, then the treasure of Egipte: for he had respecte vnto the rewarde.

¹⁸ I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre, that thou mayste be riche: and whyte rayment, that thou mayste be clothed, that thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, yt thou mayste se.

¹¹ And they ouercame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and they loued not their lyues vnto the deeth.

⁴⁸ Morouer ye kynge hath sayde thus: Praysed be ye LORDE God of Israel, which this daye hath made one to syt vpon my seate, that myne eyes haue sene it.

¹ Now whan the tyme came that Dauid shulde dye, he commaunded Salomon his sonne, and sayde: ² I go the waye of all the worlde, Be thou stroge therfore, and shewe thyselfe a man, ³ and kepe the watch of the LORDE thy God, that thou walke in his wayes, and holde his ordinaunces, his commaundementes, his lawes, and his testimonies, as it is written in the lawe of Moses, that thou mayest be wyse in all that thou doest, and whither so euer thou turnest the:

⁹ But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye, for thou art a wyse man, and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him, that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude.

¹⁵ My sonne, yf yi herte receaue wy?dome, my herte also shal reioyce: ¹⁶ yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

¹⁹ for who knoweth, whether he shalbe a wyse ma or a foole? And yet shal he be lorde of all my labours, which I with soch wy?dome haue taken vnder the Sonne. Is not this a vayne thinge?

⁹ yet for loues sake I rather beseke ye, though I be as I am, eue Paul aged, and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ.

²⁰ Euen so brother, let me enioye the in the LORDE: refresh thou my hert in the LORDE.

⁹ Iaebes was more honorable then his brethre, and his mother called him Iaebes, for she sayde: I haue borne him with trouble. ¹⁰ And Iaebes called vpon the God of Israel, & sayde: Yf thou wilt blesse me, and increase the borders of my londe, & yf thy hande be with me, & thou delyuer me from euell, yt it trouble me not. And God caused it for to come that he axed.

²⁵ An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.

³¹ Beholde, thou shalt coceaue in thy wobe, & beare a sonne & shalt call his name Iesus: ³² he shalbe greate, & shalbe called ye sonne of the Hyest. And the LORDE God shal geue him ye seate of Dauid his father, ³³ & he shal be kinge ouer ye house of Iacob for euer & there shalbe no ende of his kyngdome.

⁴⁰ and came in to ye house of Zachary, and saluted Elizabeth. ⁴¹ And it fortuned as Elizabeth herde the salutacion of Mary, the babe sprange in hir wombe. And Elizabeth was fylled with the holy goost, ⁴² & cried loude, and sayde: Blessed art thou amoge wemen, and blessed is the frute of yi wombe. ⁴³ And how happeneth this to me, that ye mother of my LORDE commeth vnto me? ⁴⁴ Beholde, whan I herde the voyce of thy salutacion, the babe sprange in my wombe wt ioye, ⁴⁵ And blessed art thou that hast beleued, for ye thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde ye fro ye LORDE. ⁴⁶ And Mary sayde:My soule magnifieth the LORDE. ⁴⁷ And my sprete reioyseth i God my Sauioure.

⁵⁸ And hir neghbours and kynsfolkes herde, yt the LORDE had shewed greate mercy vpo her,& they reioysed with her.

²⁷ And it fortuned whan he spake soch, a certayne woman amonge the people lift vp hir voyce, and sayde vnto him: Blessed is ye wombe that bare the, and the pappes that thou hast sucked. ²⁸ But he sayde: Yee blessed are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it.

⁵ And thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God wt all thy hart, with all yi soule, & with all thy mighte.

⁴³ Who so is wyse, and pondreth these thinges well, shall vnderstonde the louynge kyndnesses of the LORDE.

² Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies, & seke him with their whole herte.

⁹ Where withall shall a yonge man clense his waye? Euen by rulinge himself after thy worde. ¹⁰ With my whole herte do I seke ye, O let me not go wronge out of thy comaundemetes. ¹¹ Thy wordes haue I hyd within my herte, yt I shulde not synne agaynst the.

¹ My sonne, forget not my lawe, but se yt thine hert kepe my comaundemetes.

⁴ he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

²³ Kepe thine hert with all diligence, for there vpon hangeth life.

²⁵ Let thine eyes beholde the thinge yt is right, & let thine eye lyddes loke straight before the. ²⁶ Podre the path of thy fete, so shal all yi wayes be sure. ²⁷ Turne not asyde, nether to the right hande ner to the lefte, but witholde thy fote from euell.

⁹ Who so is wyse, shal vnderstonde this: & he yt is right enstructe, wil regarde it. For ye wayes of the LORDE are rightuous, soch as be godly wil walke in them: As for the wicked, they wil stomble therin.

³⁷ Who so loueth father and mother more then me, is not mete for me: and he that loueth sonne or doughter more then me, is not mete for me. ³⁸ And he yt taketh not his crosse and foloweth me, is not mete for me.

²⁶ Yf eny man come vnto me, and hate not his father, mother, wife, childre, brethre, sisters, yee and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

¹⁴ For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs, in as moch as we thus iudge, that yf one be deed for all, then are all deed. ¹⁵ And therfore dyed he for all, that they which lyue, shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him, which dyed for them and rose agayne.

⁵ And not as we loked for, but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE, and afterwarde vnto vs by ye wyl of God,

¹⁷ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue,

¹⁹ We haue also a sure worde of prophecie, and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto, as vnto a lighte that shyneth in a darke place vntyll the daye dawne, and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes.

¹⁴ The mouth of an harlot is a depe pytt, wherin he falleth that ye LORDE is angrie withall.

¹ And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whordome with the doughters of the Moabites,

⁴ After this he fell into the loue of a woman by ye broke of Sorek, whose name was Dalila, ⁵ vnto whom the prynces of the Philistynes came vp, and sayde vnto her: Persuade him, and loke wherin he hath soch greate stregth, & how we maye ouercome him, yt we mighte bynde him & subdue him, so wyll we geue the euery man a M. and an C. syluerlinges. ⁶ And Dalila sayde vnto Samson: I praye the tell me, wherin thy greate stregth is, & how thou mightest be bounde to be subdued. ⁷ Samson sayde vnto her: Yf I were bounde with seue roapes of fresh senowes, which are not yet dryed vp, I shulde be weake, and as another man. ⁸ The the prynces of the Philistynes broughte vp vnto her seuen new roapes, which were not yet dryed vp. And she bounde him therwith. ⁹ (But there was wayte layed for him besyde her in the chamber) and she sayde vnto him: The Pilistynes vpon the Samson. Neuertheles he brake the roapes in sunder, eue as a twyned threde breaketh, whan it hath catched the heate of the fyre. And it was not knowne wherin his strength was. ¹⁰ Then sayde Dalila vnto Samson: beholde, thou hast begyled me & dyssembled with me: tell me yet, wherwithall mayest thou be bounde? ¹¹ He answered her: Yf they bounde me with new coardes, wherwith no labor hath bene done, I shulde be feble, & as another man. ¹² Then toke Dalila new coardes, & bounde him withall, and sayde: The Philistynes vpo the Samson (but there was wayte layed for him in the chamber.) And he brake them from his armes, euen as it had bene a threde. ¹³ Dalila sayde vnto him: Yet hast thou begyled me & dessembled wt me: O tell me yet, wherwithall mightest thou be bounde? He answered her: Yf thou playtest seue hayrie lockes of my heade together in a fyllet, ¹⁴ and fastenest them in with a nayle (I shulde be weake.) And she saide vnto him: The Philistynes vpo the Samson. But he awaked out of his slepe, & drue out ye playted hayrie lockes with the nale and the fyllet. ¹⁵ The sayde she vnto him: How cast thou saye yt thou louest me, where as thine hert is not yet with me? Thre tymes hast thou disceaued me, and not tolde me wherin thy greate strength is. ¹⁶ So whan she was euery daye importune vpon him wt her wordes, & wolde not let him haue rest, his soule was faynte euen vnto the death, ¹⁷ & he shewed her his whole hert, & sayde vnto her: There came neuer rasoure vpon my heade, for I am a Nazaree of God fro my mothers wombe. Yf I were shauen, my strength shulde departe fro me, so that I shulde be weake, and as all other men. ¹⁸ Now whan Dalila sawe that he had opened all his hert vnto her, she sent & called for the prynces of the Philistynes, & sayde: Come yet once vp, for he hath opened his whole hert vnto me. The came the prynces of the Philistynes vp vnto her, & broughte the money wt them in their handes. ¹⁹ And she made him to slepe vpon hir lappe, & called one which shoue of the seue hayrie lockes of his heade. And she beganne to vexe him. The was his strength departed fro him. ²⁰ And she sayde vnto him: The Philistynes vpon the Samson. Now wha he awoke out of his slepe, he thoughte: I wil go forth as I haue done aforetyme, & ease my selfe, & knewe not yt the LORDE was departed from him. ²¹ But the Philistynes toke him, & put out his eyes, and broughte him downe to Gasa, & bounde him wt fetters, and made him to grynde in the preson. ²² But the heer of his heade beganne to growe agayne, where it was shauen of.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God. ¹⁸ For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, nether take they holde of the waye of life.

¹² now is she without, now i ye stretes, & lurketh i euery corner)

²² Immediatly he foloweth her, as it were an oxeled to the slaughter (and like as it were to the stockes, where fooles are punyshed) ²³ so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte: like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare, not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpo. ²⁴ Heare me now therfore (o my sonne) and marcke the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes, & be not thou disceaued in hir pathes. ²⁶ For many one hath she wouded and cast downe, yee many a stronge ma hath she slayne. ²⁷ Hir house is the waye vnto hell, where men go downe to the chambers of death.

¹⁸ But they cosider not that death is there, and that hir gestes go downe to hell.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she is a very angle, hir hert is a nett, and hir handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her, but the synner will be taken wt her.

² Lift vp thine eyes on euery syde, and loke, yf thou be not defyled. Thou hast waited for them in the stretes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse. Thorow thy whordome and shamefull blasphemies, is the londe defyled.

¹¹ Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye.

⁸ Nether let vs commytte whordome, as some of them comytted whordome, and fell in one daye thre & twenty thousande.

¹ And there cam one of the seue angels, which had the seuen vialles, and talked with me, sayenge vnto me: Come, I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore, that sytteth vpon many waters, ² with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome, and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion.

¹² His eyes are roudier then wyne, and his teth whyter then mylck.

³⁶ But whan Abigail came to Nabal, beholde, he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast, and his hert was mery, for he was very dronken. And she tolde him nothinge, nether small ner greate vntyll ye cleare mornynge. ³⁷ But whan it was daye, & the wyne was come from Nabal, his wife tolde him these thinges. Then was his hert deed in his body, so that he became euen as a stone:

²⁸ But Absalom commaunded his yongemen, and sayde: Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne (and I saye vnto you: Smyte Ammon, and slaye him) that ye be not afrayed: for I haue commaunded you, be stronge, and playe the men.

¹⁶ and they wente out in the noone daye. As for Benadab, he dranke and was dronken in the pauylion with the two & thirtie kynges which were come to helpe him. ¹⁷ And the yonge men of the rulers of the londe wente forth first. Benadab sent forth, & they brought him worde, & sayde: There come men out of Samaria. ¹⁸ He sayde: Take them alyue, whether they be come forth for peace, or for warre. ¹⁹ But whan the londe rulers yonge men were gone forth, and the hoost behynde them, euery one smote him yt came in his waye. ²⁰ And the Sirians fled, and Israel folowed after them. And Benadab the kynge of Syria escaped with horses and horsme. ²¹ And the kynge of Israel wente forth, and smote horses and charettes, and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians. ²² Then came there a prophet vnto the kynge of Israel, and sayde vnto him: Go thy waye and strength the, and take hede, and loke well what thou doest: for whan the yeare is aboute, the kynge of Syria shall come agaynst the of the new.

²¹ for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous, shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to moch slepe, shal go wt a ragged cote.

⁷ But they go wronge by ye reason of wyne, they fall and stacker because of stroge drynke. Yee eue the prestes and prophetes them selues go amisse, they are dronken with wyne, and weake braned thorow stronge drynke. They erre in seinge, and in iudgmet they fayle. ⁸ For all tables are so ful of vomyte and fylthynes, yt no place is clene.

¹⁰ For like as the thornes that sticke together, and as the drye strawe, so shal the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full.

⁴⁹ and begynne to smyte his felowes, yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken: ⁵⁰ The same seruautes lorde shal come in a daye, wha he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

⁴⁵ But yf the same seruaut shal saye in his hert: Tush, it wil be longe or my lorde come, and shal begynne to smyte ye seruauntes and maydens, yee & to eate and drynke,& to be dronke: ⁴⁶ the same seruauntes lorde shal come in a daye whan he loketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not aware of, & shal hew him in peces, and geue him his rewarde with the vnbeleuers.

²¹ And dranke of the wyne, and was dronken, and laye vncouered in his tente.

⁸ And why? God is the iudge: he putteth downe one & setteth vp another.

² she hath slaughted, poured out hir wyne, and prepared hir table.

⁶ ye that drynke wyne out of goblettes, & anoynte youre selues with the best oyle, but no man is sory for Ioseps hurte.

² And aboute the euetyde it fortuned that Dauid arose from his restinge place, & wente vp to ye toppe of the kynges palace, and from ye toppe he sawe a woman wasshinge hir selfe, and the woman was of a very fayre bewtye.

¹ Wherfore, heare my wordes (O Iob) & herken vnto all, that I wyll saye:

³⁷ O turne awaye myne eyes, lest they beholde vanite, & quicke me in thy waie.

²⁵ yt thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be take wt hir fayre lokes.

²⁸ But I saye vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a wife lustinge after her, hath committed aduoutrie with hir already in his hert. ²⁹ Wherfore yf thy right eye offende the, plucke hym out, and cast him from the. Better it is for the, that one of thy membres perisshe, then that thy whole body shulde be cast in to hell. ³⁰ Also yf thy right honde offende the, cut hym of, and cast him from the. Better yt is that one of thy mebres perissh, the yt all yi body shulde be cast in to hell.

⁴⁷ Yf thine eye offende the, cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to ye kyngdome of God with one eye, then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell:

⁵ And ye Egipcians shal knowe, yt I am the LORDE, whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte, and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge the. ⁶ Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE comauded them.

¹² and euery one cast his staff before him, & they turned vnto serpentes. But Aarons staff deuoured their staues.

¹⁶ The serpentes heade shall sucke him, and the adders tonge shall slaye him:

¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and goodes)

⁸ But he yt dyggeth vp a pytt, shall fall therin himself: & who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shal byte him.

³ And the proude crowne of the dronken Ephraemites, shal be troden vnderfoote.

⁵ They brede cockatrice egges, & weeue ye spyders webb. Who so eateth of their egges, dieth. But yf one treade vpon the, there cometh vp a serpent.

³¹ The prophetes teach falsely, and the prestes folowe them, and my people hath pleasure therin. What will come therof at the last?

¹⁷ Morouer, I will sende Cockatrices & serpetes amonge you (which will not be charmed) and they shal byte you, sayeth the LORDE.

¹⁹ Yee like as when a ma runeth fro a lyon, and a Beer meteth with him: or, whe he commeth into the house, and leeneth his honde vpon the wall, a serpent byteth him.

³ though they hyde them selues vpo the toppe of Carmel, yet shal I seke them out, and brynge them from thence: Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see, I shal comaude the serpente, euen there to byte them.

²⁵ But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ And beside all this, there is a greate space set betwene vs and you: so yt they which wolde go downe from hence vnto you, cannot: nether maye they passe ouer from thence vnto vs.

²¹ What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges, wherof ye are now ashamed? For the ende of soch thinges is death.

³² Come therfore, let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke, and lye with him, that we maye saue sede of oure father. ³³ So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night. And the elder doughter wente in, and laye with hir father: and he perceaued it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when she rose vp. ³⁴ On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger: Beholde, yesternight laye I with my father: let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also: that thou mayest go in and lye with him, that we maye saue sede of oure father. ³⁵ So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also: And the yonger arose like wyse, and laye with him: & he perceaued it not, nether when she laye downe, ner when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father. ³⁷ And the elder bare a sonne, and called him Moab, of whom come ye Moabytes vnto this daye. ³⁸ And ye yonger bare a sonne also, and called him the sonne Ammi, of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye.

¹² They that satt in the gate, spake agaynst me, and the dronckardes made songes vpon me.

¹² That thou mayest be delyuered fro ye euell waye, and from the man yt speaketh frowarde thinges.

⁵ lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe, & regarde not ye cause of the poore, & of all soch as be in aduersite.

⁴ They dronke wyne, and praysed their Idols of golde, syluer, copper, yron, wodde and stone.

⁵ Euen so goeth it this daye with oure kinges and prynces, for they begynne to be woode droncken thorow wyne: they vse familiarite with soch as disceaue the.

¹² These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder, without feare, fedynge the selues. Cloudes they are withouten water, caried about of wyndes, and trees without frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes. ¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fominge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge starres, to who is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

⁸ In the breth of thy wrath the waters fell together, the floudes wente vpon a heape: The depes plomped together in ye myddest of the see.

³³ and blessed be thy speach, and blessed be thou, which hast kepte me backe this daye, that I am not come agaynst bloude, to auenge me with myne awne hande. ³⁴ Verely (as truly as the LORDE the God of Israel lyueth, which hath hyndred me that I shulde do the no euell.) Yf thou haddest not met me in all the haist, Nabal shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll ye lighte mornynge, so moch as one that maketh water agaynst the wall. ³⁵ So Dauid toke of hir hade what she had broughte him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace vnto yi house: beholde, I haue herkened vnto yi voyce, and accepted thy personne. ³⁶ But whan Abigail came to Nabal, beholde, he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast, and his hert was mery, for he was very dronken. And she tolde him nothinge, nether small ner greate vntyll ye cleare mornynge. ³⁷ But whan it was daye, & the wyne was come from Nabal, his wife tolde him these thinges. Then was his hert deed in his body, so that he became euen as a stone: ³⁸ and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him, so yt he dyed.

¹⁶ And he broughte the downe, and beholde, they were scatred vpon all ye grounde, eatinge and drynkynge, and kepynge holy daye, and were makinge mery chere, because of all the greate spoyles that they had taken out of the londe of the Philistynes and of Iuda. ¹⁷ And Dauid smote them from ye morow tyll the euen, agaynst the nexte daye, so that there escaped none, excepte foure hundreth yonge men, which rode vpon camels, & fled.

⁹ Neuertheles his seruaunt Simri, ye principall man ouer the halfe of ye charettes cospyred against him. As for Ella, he was at Thirza, dranke & was dronke in ye house of Arza the ruler of Thirza.

³⁸ For as they were in the dayes before ye floude (they ate, they dronke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto the daye yt Noe entred in to the shippe,

²⁷ They ate, they dranke, they maried, and were maried, euen vnto ye daye that Noe wente in to the Arke, and ye floude came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewyse also as it came to passe in the tyme of Lot, they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded. ²⁹ But euen the same daye that Lot wente out of Sodom, it rayned fyre and brymstone from heaue, and destroyed them all.

² For ye youre selues knowe perfectly, that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte. ³ For whan they shal saye: Tush, It is peace, there is no daunger, then shall soden destruccion come vpo the, euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe, and they shal not escape. ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe. ⁵ Ye are alltogether children of lighte, and children of the daye. We are not of the night, nether of darknesse. ⁶ Therfore let vs not slepe as do other, but let vs watch, and be sober. ⁷ For they that slepe, slepe in the nighte: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the nighte.

¹⁹ so that though he heare the wordes of this curse, he blesse him selfe yet in his hert, and saye: Tush, it shal not be so euell. I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert, that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie.

¹¹ Like as the dogg turneth agayne to his vomite, euen so a foole begynneth his foolishnesse agayne afresh.

²² Though thou shuldest bray a foole wt a pestell in a morter like otemeell, yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him.

¹² Come (saye they) I wil fetch wyne, so shal we fyll oure selues, that we maye be dronken. And do tomorow, like as to daye, yee and moch more.

³ Where as thou (o LORDE) lokest only vpon faith and treuth. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast correcte them for amendemet, but they refused thy correction. They made their faces harder then a stone, and wolde not amende.

¹⁸ Morouer I herde Ephraim, (that was led awaye captyue) complayne on this maner: O LORDE, thou hast correcte me, and thy chastenynge haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe. Conuerte thou me, and I shalbe conuerted, for thou art my LORDE God.

³² That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what helpeth it me, yf the deed ryse not agayne? Let vs eate and drynke, for tomorow we shal dye. ³³ Be not ye disceaued. Euell speakinges corruppe good maners. ³⁴ Awake righte vp, and synne not: for some haue not ye knowlege of God. This I saye to youre shame.

¹⁹ which beynge past repentaunce, haue geue them selues ouer vnto wantonnes, to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse.

²² It is happened vnto them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe: ye dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne: and ye sowe that was wasshed, vnto hir walowynge in the myre.