Proverbs 23 Cross References - Geneva

¹ When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, ² And put the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen to the appetite. ³ Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate. ⁴ Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome. ⁵ Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen. ⁶ Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates. ⁷ For as though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not with thee. ⁸ Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete wordes. ⁹ Speake not in the eares of a foole: for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes. ¹⁰ Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse. ¹¹ For he that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend their cause against thee. ¹² Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge. ¹³ Withhold not correction from the childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall not die. ¹⁴ Thou shalt smite him with the rodde, and shalt deliuer his soule from hell. ¹⁵ My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also. ¹⁶ And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things. ¹⁷ Let not thine heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee in the feare of the Lord continually. ¹⁸ For surely there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut off. ¹⁹ O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way. ²⁰ Keepe not company with drunkards, nor with gluttons. ²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges. ²² Obey thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde. ²³ Bye the trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and instruction, and vnderstanding. ²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him. ²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce. ²⁶ My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes. ²⁷ For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte. ²⁸ Also she lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the transgressers among men. ²⁹ To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes? ³⁰ Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine. ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly. ³² In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise. ³³ Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things. ³⁴ And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste. ³⁵ They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.

³² And they prepared for him by himselfe, and for them by themselues, and for the Egyptians, which did eate with him, by themselues, because the Egyptians might not eate bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an abomination vnto the Egyptians. ³³ So they sate before him: the eldest according vnto his age, and the yongest according vnto his youth. and the men marueiled among themselues. ³⁴ And they tooke meases from before him, and sent to them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had of the best drinke with him.

¹² These are rockes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without al feare, feeding themselues: cloudes they are without water, caried about of windes, corrupt trees and without fruit, twise dead, and plucked vp by ye rootes.

⁸ Wherefore, if thy hand or thy foote cause thee to offend, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life, halt, or maimed, then hauing two hands, or two feete, to be cast into euerlasting fire. ⁹ And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, then hauing two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

²⁷ But I beate downe my body, and bring it into subiection, lest by any meanes after that I haue preached to other, I my selfe should be reproued.

¹⁹ Whose ende is damnation, whose God is their bellie, and whose glorie is to their shame, which minde earthly things.

⁴ Incline not mine heart to euill, that I should commit wicked workes with men that worke iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates.

⁶ Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil eye, neither desire his deintie meates.

⁸ But Daniel had determined in his heart, that hee woulde not defile him selfe with the portion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe of the Eunuches that he might not defile himselfe.

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any time your hearts be oppressed with surfeting and drunkennesse, and cares of this life, and least that day come on you at vnwares.

²² That is, that yee cast off, concerning the conuersation in time past, that olde man, which is corrupt through the deceiueable lustes,

⁵ Trust in the Lord with all thine heart, and leane not vnto thine owne wisdome.

⁷ Be not wise in thine owne eyes: but feare the Lord, and depart from euill.

²⁷ He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.

¹² Seest thou a man wise in his owne conceite? more hope is of a foole then of him.

²⁰ A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

²¹ Woe vnto them that are wise in their owne eyes, and prudent in their owne sight.

¹⁹ Lay not vp treasures for your selues vpon the earth, where the mothe and canker corrupt, and where theeues digge through and steale.

²⁷ Labour not for ye meate which perisheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting life, which the Sonne of man shall giue vnto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

²⁵ For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this secret (least ye should bee arrogant in your selues) that partly obstinacie is come to Israel, vntill the fulnesse of the Gentiles be come in.

¹⁶ Be of like affection one towardes another: be not hie minded: but make your selues equall to them of the lower sort: be not wise in your selues.

⁸ Therefore when wee haue foode and raiment, let vs therewith be content. ⁹ For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction. ¹⁰ For the desire of money is the roote of all euill, which while some lusted after, they erred from the faith, and pearced themselues through with many sorowes.

⁵ Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, and be content with those things that ye haue, for he hath said,

³⁶ Then Iaakob their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Beniamin: all these things are against me.

¹⁴ There came a messenger vnto Iob, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding in their places, ¹⁵ And the Shabeans came violently, and tooke them: yea, they haue slayne the seruants with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee. ¹⁶ And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayde, The fire of God is fallen from the heauen, and hath burnt vp the sheepe and the seruants, and deuoured them: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee. ¹⁷ And whiles he was yet speaking, another came, and sayd, The Caldeans set on three bands, and fell vpon the camels, and haue taken them, and haue slayne the seruantes with the edge of the sworde: but I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

⁶ Doubtlesse man walketh in a shadowe, and disquieteth himselfe in vaine: he heapeth vp riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

³⁶ Incline mine heart vnto thy testimonies, and not to couetousnesse. ³⁷ Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

²⁴ For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

² Vanitie of vanities, sayth the Preacher: vanitie of vanities, all is vanitie.

¹³ And these riches perish by euill trauel, and he begetteth a sonne, and in his hand is nothing. ¹⁴ As hee came foorth of his mothers belly, he shall returne naked to goe as he came, and shall beare away nothing of his labour, which hee hath caused to passe by his hand.

⁸ Vanitie of vanities, saieth the Preacher, all is vanitie.

² Wherefore doe ye lay out siluer and not for bread? and your labour without being satisfied? hearken diligently vnto me, and eate that which is good, and let your soule delite in fatnes.

¹⁷ But thine eyes and thine heart are but only for thy couetousnesse, and for to sheade innocent blood, and for oppression, and for destruction, euen to doe this.

²⁹ And this I say, brethren, because the time is short, hereafter that both they which haue wiues, be as though they had none: ³⁰ And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not: ³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: for the fashion of this worlde goeth away.

¹⁷ Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high minded, and that they trust not in vncertaine riches, but in the liuing God, (which giueth vs aboundantly, all things to enioy)

¹ Goe to nowe, ye rich men: weepe, and howle for your miseries that shall come vpon you. ² Your riches are corrupt, and your garments are moth eaten.

¹⁶ For all that is in this world (as the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life) is not of the Father, but is of this world.

⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, to say, The seuenth yeere, the yeere of freedome is at hand: therefore it grieueth thee to looke on thy poore brother, and thou giuest him nought, and he crie vnto the Lord against thee, so that sinne be in thee:

⁵⁶ The tender and deintie woman among you, which neuer woulde venture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde (for her softnesse and tendernesse) shalbe grieued at her husband that lieth in her bosome, and at her sonne, and at her daughter,

⁹ He that hath a good eye, he shalbe blessed: for he giueth of his bread vnto the poore.

³ Be not desirous of his deintie meates: for it is a deceiuable meate.

²² A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

⁸ But Daniel had determined in his heart, that hee woulde not defile him selfe with the portion of the Kings meate, nor with the wine which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe of the Eunuches that he might not defile himselfe. ⁹ (Nowe God had brought Daniel into fauour, and tender loue with the chiefe of the Eunuches) ¹⁰ And the chiefe of the Eunuches sayd vnto Daniel, I feare my lord the King, who hath appointed your meate and your drinke: therefore if he see your faces worse liking then the other children, which are of your sort, then shall you make me lose mine head vnto the King.

¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me to do as I will with mine owne? Is thine eye euil, because I am good?

²² Theftes, couetousnes, wickednes, deceite, vncleannes, a wicked eye, backbiting, pride, foolishnesse.

¹⁵ Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth.

²⁶ Then sayd Absalom, But, I pray thee, shall not my brother Amnon goe with vs? And the king answered him, Why should he go with thee? ²⁷ But Absalom was instant vpon him, and he sent Amnon with him, and all the Kings children. ²⁸ Now had Absalom commanded his seruants, saying, Marke now when Amnons heart is merry with wine, and when I say vnto you, Smite Amnon, kill him, feare not, for haue not I commanded you? be bold therefore, and play the men.

² They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

²¹ The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

²² That that is to be desired of a man, is his goodnes, and a poore man is better then a lyer.

²⁷ And both these Kings hearts shall be to do mischiefe, and they shall talke of deceite at one table: but it shall not auaile: for yet the ende shall be at the time appointed.

³ And beholde, certaine of the Scribes saide with themselues, This man blasphemeth. ⁴ But when Iesus saw their thoughts, he said, Wherefore thinke yee euil things in your hearts?

³⁹ Nowe when the Pharise which bade him, saw it, he spake within himselfe, saying, If this man were a Prophet, hee woulde surely haue knowen who, and what maner of woman this is which toucheth him: for she is a sinner.

³⁷ And as hee spake, a certaine Pharise besought him to dine with him: and hee went in, and sate downe at table. ³⁸ And when the Pharise saw it, he marueiled that he had not first washed before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord saide to him, In deede yee Pharises make cleane the outside of the cuppe, and of the platter: but the inwarde part is full of rauening and wickednesse. ⁴⁰ Ye fooles, did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also? ⁴¹ Therefore, giue almes of those thinges which you haue, and beholde, all thinges shall be cleane to you. ⁴² But wo be to you, Pharises: for ye tithe the mynt and the rewe, and all maner herbs, and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God: these ought yee to haue done, and not to haue left the other vndone. ⁴³ Wo be to you, Pharises: for ye loue the vppermost seats in the Synagogues, and greetings in the markets. ⁴⁴ Wo be to you, Scribes and Pharises, hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, perceiue not. ⁴⁵ Then answered one of the Lawyers, and saide vnto him, Master, thus saying thou puttest vs to rebuke also. ⁴⁶ And he sayde, Wo be to you also, yee Lawyers: for yee lade men with burdens grieuous to be borne, and yee your selues touche not the burdens with one of your fingers. ⁴⁷ Wo be to you: for ye builde the sepulchres of the Prophetes, and your fathers killed them. ⁴⁸ Truely ye beare witnesse, and allowe the deedes of your fathers: for they killed them, and yee build their sepulchres. ⁴⁹ Therefore said the wisedome of God, I wil sende them Prophets and Apostles, and of them they shall slaie, and persecute away, ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the Prophets, shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation, ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias, which was slaine betweene the altar and the Temple: verely I say vnto you, it shall be required of this generation. ⁵² Wo be to you, Lawyers: for ye haue taken away the key of knowledge: ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbade. ⁵³ And as he sayde these things vnto them, the Scribes and Pharises began to vrge him sore, and to prouoke him to speake of many things, ⁵⁴ Laying wait for him, and seeking to catche some thing of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him.

⁷ The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

⁷ He that reproueth a scorner, purchaseth to himselfe shame: and he that rebuketh the wicked, getteth himselfe a blot. ⁸ Rebuke not a scorner, least he hate thee: but rebuke a wise man, and he will loue thee.

⁴ Answer not a foole according to his foolishnes, least thou also be like him. ⁵ Answere a foole according to his foolishnes, least he be wise in his owne conceite.

²¹ Then they kept silence, and answered him not a worde: for the Kings commandement was, saying, Answere him not.

⁶ Giue ye not that which is holy, to dogges, neither cast ye your pearles before swine, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning againe, all to rent you.

¹⁴ All these thinges heard the Pharises also which were couetous, and they scoffed at him.

⁵² Then said the Iewes to him, Now know we that thou hast a deuill. Abraham is dead, and the Prophets: and thou sayest, If a man keepe my worde, he shall neuer taste of death.

³⁰ The man answered, and sayde vnto them, Doutlesse, this is a marueilous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. ³¹ Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him heareth he. ³² Since the world began, was it not heard, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blinde. ³³ If this man were not of God, hee could haue done nothing. ³⁴ They answered, and sayd vnto him, Thou art altogether borne in sinnes, and doest thou teach vs? so they cast him out.

⁴⁰ And some of the Pharises which were with him, heard these things, and sayd vnto him, Are we blinde also?

²⁰ And many of them sayd, He hath a deuill, and is mad: why heare ye him?

⁴⁵ But when the Iewes saw the people, they were full of enuie, and spake against those things, which were spoken of Paul, contrarying them, and railing on them. ⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas spake boldly, and sayde, It was necessarie that the woorde of God shoulde first haue beene spoken vnto you: but seeing yee put it from you, and iudge your selues vnworthie of euerlasting life, loe, we turne to the Gentiles.

¹⁸ Then certaine Philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes, disputed with him, and some sayde, What will this babler say? Others sayde, He seemeth to be a setter forth of straunge gods (because hee preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection.)

³² Now when they heard of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, We will heare thee againe of this thing.

²⁵ Therefore when they agreed not among themselues, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, to wit, Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the Prophet vnto our fathers, ²⁶ Saying, Goe vnto this people, and say, By hearing ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing ye shall see, and not perceiue. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed fatte, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes haue they winked, least they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstand with their heartes, and should returne that I might heale them. ²⁸ Be it knowen therefore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the Gentiles, and they shall heare it.

²¹ For seeing the worlde by wisedome knewe not God in the wisedome of GOD, it pleased God by the foolishnesse of preaching to saue them that beleeue: ²² Seeing also that the Iewes require a signe, and the Grecians seeke after wisdome. ²³ But wee preach Christ crucified: vnto the Iewes, euen a stumbling blocke, and vnto the Grecians, foolishnesse: ²⁴ But vnto them which are called, both of the Iewes and Grecians, we preach Christ, the power of God, and the wisedome of God.

¹⁰ We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Vnto this houre we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwelling place, ¹² And labour, working with our owne handes: we are reuiled, and yet we blesse: we are persecuted, and suffer it. ¹³ We are euill spoken of, and we pray: we are made as the filth of the world, the offskowring of all things, vnto this time.

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remooue thy neighbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritance, that thou shalt inherite in the lande, which ye Lord thy God giueth thee to possesse it.

¹⁷ Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbors marke: And all the people shall say: So be it.

²⁷ Ye make your wrath to fall vpon the fatherlesse, and dig a pit for your friende.

⁹ Thou hast cast out widowes emptie, and the armes of the fatherles were broken.

² Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof. ³ They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.

⁹ They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.

²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hande against the fatherlesse, when I saw that I might helpe him in the gate, ²² Let mine arme fal from my shoulder, and mine arme be broken from the bone. ²³ For Gods punishment was fearefull vnto me, and I could not be deliuered from his highnes.

⁶ They slay the widowe and the stranger, and murder the fatherlesse.

²⁸ Thou shalt not remooue the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made.

⁵ For if you amende and redresse your waies and your woorkes: if you execute iudgement betweene a man and his neighbour,

³ Thus saith the Lord, Execute ye iudgement and righteousnes, and deliuer the oppressed from the hande of the oppressor, and vexe not the stranger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe: doe no violence, nor sheade innocent blood in this place.

¹⁰ And oppresse not the widowe, nor the fatherles, the stranger nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euil against his brother in your heart.

⁵ And I will come neere to you to iudgement, and I will be a swift witnesse against the southsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelings wages, and vexe the widowe, and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the stranger, and feare not me, sayth the Lord of hostes.

²⁷ Pure religion and vndefiled before God, euen the Father, is this, to visite the fatherlesse, and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to keepe himselfe vnspotted of the world.

²² Ye shall not trouble any widowe, nor fatherlesse childe. ²³ If thou vexe or trouble such, and so he call and cry vnto me, I will surely heare his cry. ²⁴ Then shall my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

¹⁹ Cursed be he that hindreth the right of the stranger, the fatherles, and the widow: And all the people shall say: So be it.

²⁵ For I am sure, that my Redeemer liueth, and he shall stand the last on the earth.

⁵ Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.

²³ For the Lord will defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of those that spoyle them.

³³ Thus saieth the Lord of hosts, The children of Israel, and the children of Iudah were oppressed together: and all that tooke them captiues, held them, and would not let them goe. ³⁴ But their strong redeemer, whose Name is the Lord of hostes, he shall maintaine their cause, that he may giue rest to the lande, and disquiet the inhabitants of Babel.

³⁶ Therefore thus sayth the Lord, Beholde, I will maintayne thy cause, and take vengeance for thee, and I will drie vp the sea, and drie vp her springes.

² And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, ³ (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: ⁴ If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures, ⁵ Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God. ⁶ For the Lord giueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstanding.

¹ My sonne, hearken vnto my wisedome, and incline thine eare vnto my knowledge. ² That thou maiest regarde counsell, and thy lippes obserue knowledge.

¹⁷ Incline thine eare, and heare the wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto my knowledge.

¹⁹ O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

³¹ For they come vnto thee, as the people vseth to come: and my people sit before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they will not doe them: for with their mouthes they make iestes, and their heart goeth after their couetousnesse.

⁵² Then sayd hee vnto them, Therefore euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kingdome of heauen, is like vnto an householder, which bringeth foorth out of his treasure things both newe and olde.

²¹ Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. ²² And be ye doers of the word, and not hearers onely, deceiuing your owne selues. ²³ For if any heare the woorde, and doe it not, he is like vnto a man, that beholdeth his naturall face in a glasse. ²⁴ For when he hath considered himselfe, hee goeth his way, and forgetteth immediately what maner of one he was. ²⁵ But who so looketh in the perfect Lawe of libertie, and continueth therein, hee not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the woorke, shalbe blessed in his deede.

²⁴ He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime.

¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne while there is hope, and let not thy soule spare for his murmuring.

¹⁵ The rodde and correction giue wisdome: but a childe set a libertie, maketh his mother ashamed.

¹⁷ Correct thy sonne and he will giue thee rest, and will giue pleasures to thy soule.

¹⁵ Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

⁵ Be deliuered vnto Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saued in the day of the Lord Iesus.

³² But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lord, because we should not be condemned with the world.

¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.

¹ My sonne, if thou wilt receiue my wordes, and hide my commandements within thee,

¹ Heare, O ye children, the instruction of a father, and giue eare to learne vnderstanding.

¹ THE PARABLE OF SALOMON. A wise sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolish sonne is an heauines to his mother.

²⁰ A wise sonne reioyceth the father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him. ²⁵ Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall reioyce.

³ A man that loueth wisdome, reioyceth his father: but he that feedeth harlots, wasteth his substance.

⁴¹ Yea, I wil delite in them to do them good, and I wil plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart, and with all my soule.

¹⁷ The Lord thy God in the middes of thee is mightie: hee will saue, hee will reioyce ouer thee with ioye: he will quiet himselfe in his loue: he will reioyce ouer thee with ioy.

² And loe, they brought to him a man sicke of the palsie, laid on a bed. And Iesus seeing their faith, saide to the sicke of the palsie, Sonne, be of good comfort: thy sinnes are forgiuen thee.

²³ And bring the fat calfe, and kill him, and let vs eate, and be merie: ²⁴ For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue againe: and he was lost, but he is found. And they began to be merie.

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¹¹ These things haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remaine in you, and that your ioy might be full.

⁵ Iesus then said vnto them, Syrs, haue ye any meate? They answered him, No.

¹⁹ For what is our hope or ioye, or crowne of reioycing? are not euen you it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his comming? ²⁰ Yea, ye are our glory and ioy.

⁸ For nowe are wee aliue, if ye stand fast in the Lord. ⁹ For what thankes can wee recompense to God againe for you, for all the ioy wherewith we reioyce for your sakes before our God,

¹ My little children, these things write I vnto you, that ye sinne not: and if any man sinne, wee haue an Aduocate with the Father, Iesus Christ, the Iust.

⁴ I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy children walking in trueth, as we haue receiued a commandement of the Father.

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

⁶ Giue eare, for I will speake of excellent things, and the opening of my lippes, shall teache things that be right.

²⁹ Let no corrupt comunication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

⁴ Neither filthinesse, neither foolish talking, neither iesting, which are things not comely, but rather giuing of thankes.

⁴ That I may vtter it, as it becommeth mee to speake.

² For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

¹ A Psalme of David. Fret not thy selfe because of the wicked men, neither be enuious for the euill doers. ² For they shall soone bee cut downe like grasse, and shall wither as the greene herbe. ³ Trust thou in the Lord and do good: dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed assuredly.

³ For I feared at the foolish, when I sawe the prosperitie of the wicked. ⁴ For there are no bandes in their death, but they are lustie and strong. ⁵ They are not in trouble as other men, neither are they plagued with other men. ⁶ Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment. ⁷ Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: they haue more then heart can wish.

¹⁰ The beginning of wisedome is the feare of the Lord: all they that obserue them, haue good vnderstanding: his praise endureth for euer.

³¹ Bee not enuious for the wicked man, neither chuse any of his wayes.

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord, then great treasure, and trouble therewith.

¹ Be not thou enuious against euill men, neither desire to be with them.

¹⁴ Blessed is the man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart, shall fall into euill.

⁷ If in a countrey thou seest the oppression of the poore, and the defrauding of iudgement and iustice, be not astonied at the matter: for hee that is higher then the highest, regardeth, and there be higher then they.

¹³ Let vs heare the end of all: feare God and keepe his commandements: for this is the whole duetie of man. ¹⁴ For God will bring euery worke vnto iudgement, with euery secret thing, whether it be good or euill.

³¹ Then had the Churches rest through all Iudea, and Galile, and Samaria, and were edified and walked in the feare of the Lord, and were multiplied by the comfort of the holy Ghost.

¹ Seing then we haue these promises, dearely beloued, let vs clense our selues from all filthinesse of the flesh and spirit, and finish our sanctification in the feare of God.

¹⁷ And if ye call him Father, which without respect of person iudgeth according to euery mans woorke, passe the time of your dwelling here in feare,

¹⁸ For the poore shall not bee alway forgotten: the hope of the afflicted shall not perish for euer.

³⁷ Marke the vpright man, and beholde the iust: for the end of that man is peace.

¹⁴ So shall the knowledge of wisdome be vnto thy soule, if thou finde it, and there shall be an ende, and thine hope shall not be cut off.

²⁰ For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out.

¹¹ For I knowe the thoughtes, that I haue thought towards you, saith the Lord, euen the thoughtes of peace, and not of trouble, to giue you an ende, and your hope.

²⁵ But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death. ²² But now being freed from sinne, and made seruants vnto God, ye haue your fruit in holines, and the end, euerlasting life.

²⁰ As I feruently looke for, and hope, that in nothing I shalbe ashamed, but that with all confidence, as alwayes, so nowe Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death.

³⁵ Cast not away therefore your confidence which hath great recompense of reward.

¹⁰ Heare, my sonne, and receiue my wordes, and the yeeres of thy life shalbe many. ¹¹ I haue taught thee in ye way of wisedom, and led thee in the pathes of righteousnesse. ¹² Whe thou goest, thy gate shall not be strait, and when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall. ¹³ Take holde of instruction, and leaue not: keepe her, for shee is thy life. ¹⁴ Enter not into the way of the wicked, and walke not in the way of euill men. ¹⁵ Auoide it, and goe not by it: turne from it, and passe by. ¹⁶ For they can not sleepe, except they haue done euill, and their sleepe departeth except they cause some to fall. ¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence. ¹⁸ But the way of the righteous shineth as the light, that shineth more and more vnto the perfite day. ¹⁹ The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall. ²⁰ My sonne, hearken vnto my wordes, incline thine eare vnto my sayings. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, but keepe them in the middes of thine heart. ²² For they are life vnto those that find them, and health vnto all their flesh. ²³ Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

⁶ Goe to the pismire, O sluggarde: beholde her waies, and be wise.

⁶ Forsake your way, ye foolish, and ye shall liue: and walke in the way of vnderstanding.

¹² Apply thine heart to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of knowledge.

²⁶ My sonne, giue mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my wayes.

¹ Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise.

²⁹ To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes? ³⁰ Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine. ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly. ³² In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise. ³³ Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things. ³⁴ And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste. ³⁵ They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.

⁷ He that keepeth the Law, is a childe of vnderstanding: but hee that feedeth the gluttons, shameth his father.

⁶ Giue ye strong drinke vnto him that is readie to perish, and wine vnto them that haue griefe of heart. ⁷ Let him drinke, that he may forget his pouertie, and remember his miserie no more.

¹¹ Wo vnto them, that rise vp early to follow drunkennes, and to them that continue vntill night, till the wine doe inflame them.

²² Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

¹³ And beholde, ioy and gladnes, slaying oxen and killing sheepe, eating flesh, and drinking wine, eating and drinking: for to morowe we shall die.

⁴⁹ And begin to smite his fellowes, and to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,

¹³ So not many daies after, when the yonger sonne had gathered all together, hee tooke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there hee wasted his goods with riotous liuing.

¹⁹ There was a certaine riche man, which was clothed in purple and fine linnen, and fared well and delicately euery day.

¹³ So that wee walke honestly, as in the day: not in gluttonie, and drunkennesse, neither in chambering and wantonnes, nor in strife and enuying.

¹⁸ And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,

³ For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spet the time past of ye life, after the lust of the Gentiles, walking in wantonnes, lustes, drunkennes, in gluttonie, drinkings, and in abominable idolatries. ⁴ Wherein it seemeth to them strange, that yee runne not with them vnto the same excesse of riot: therefore speake they euill of you,

²⁰ And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a riotour, and a drunkard.

⁹ Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe? ¹⁰ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe. ¹¹ Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

¹⁷ Hee that loueth pastime, shalbe a poore man: and he that loueth wine and oyle, shall not be riche.

³⁰ I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. ³¹ And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. ³² Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. ³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

¹ Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flowre, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that be fat, and are ouercome with wine. ² Beholde, the Lord hath a mightie and strong hoste, like a tempest of haile, and a whirlewinde that ouerthroweth, like a tempest of mightie waters that ouerflowe, which throwe to the ground mightily. ³ They shall be troden vnder foote, euen the crowne and the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.

⁵ Awake ye drunkards, and weepe, and howle all ye drinkers of wine, because of the newe wine: for it shalbe pulled from your mouth.

¹¹ But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together: if any that is called a brother, be a fornicatour, or couetous, or an idolater, or a rayler, or a drunkard, or an extortioner, with such one eate not.

¹⁰ Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.

²¹ Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

³ Yee shall feare euery man his mother and his father, and shall keepe my Sabbaths: for I am the Lord your God.

¹⁸ If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, which wil not hearken vnto the voice of his father, nor the voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened him, and he would not obey them, ¹⁹ Then shall his father and his mother take him, and bring him out vnto the Elders of his citie, and vnto the gate of the place where he dwelleth, ²⁰ And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a riotour, and a drunkard. ²¹ Then all the men of his citie shall stone him with stones vnto death: so thou shalt take away euill from among you, that all Israel may heare it, and feare.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.

⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

²⁰ My sonne, keepe thy fathers commandement, and forsake not thy mothers instruction.

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

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.

⁴ For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. ⁵ But ye say, Whosoeuer shall say to father or mother, By the gift that is offered by me, thou maiest haue profite, ⁶ Though hee honour not his father, or his mother, shalbe free: thus haue ye made the commandement of God of no aucthoritie by your tradition.

¹⁰ For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death.

²⁶ And when Iesus sawe his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loued, he said vnto his mother, Woman, beholde thy sonne. ²⁷ Then saide he to the disciple, Beholde thy mother: and from that houre, the disciple tooke her home vnto him.

¹ Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. ² Honour thy father and mother (which is the first commandement with promise)

¹² But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding? ¹³ Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing. ¹⁴ The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me. ¹⁵ Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. ¹⁶ It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir. ¹⁷ The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde. ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles. ¹⁹ The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.

⁷² The Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.

¹²⁷ Therefore loue I thy commandements aboue golde, yea, aboue most fine golde.

² And cause thine eares to hearken vnto wisdome, and encline thine heart to vnderstanding, ³ (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: ⁴ If thou seekest her as siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures,

⁵ Get wisedom: get vnderstading: forget not, neither decline from the woordes of my mouth. ⁶ Forsake her not, and shee shall keepe thee: loue her and shee shall preserue thee. ⁷ Wisedome is the beginning: get wisedome therefore: and aboue all thy possession get vnderstanding.

¹⁶ Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

¹⁶ Wherefore is there a price in the hand of the foole to get wisdome, and he hath none heart?

¹⁵ A wise heart getteth knowledge, and the eare of the wise seeketh learning.

¹ Ho, euery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and ye that haue no siluer, come, bye and eate: come, I say, bye wine and milke without siluer and without money.

⁴⁴ Againe, the kingdom of heauen is like vnto a treasure hid in ye field, which when a man hath found, he hideth it, and for ioy thereof departeth and selleth all that he hath, and buieth that field.

⁴⁶ Who hauing found a pearle of great price, went and solde all that he had, and bought it.

²⁶ For what shall it profite a man though he should winne the whole worlde, if hee lose his owne soule? or what shall a man giue for recompence of his soule?

²³ Saue that ye holy Ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying, that bondes and afflictions abide me.

⁷ But the thinges that were vantage vnto me, the same I counted losse for Christes sake. ⁸ Yea, doubtlesse I thinke all thinges but losse for the excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesus my Lord, for whome I haue counted all things losse, and doe iudge them to bee dongue, that I might winne Christ,

²⁶ Esteeming the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt: for he had respect vnto the recompence of the reward.

¹⁸ I counsell thee to bye of me gold tried by the fire, that thou maiest bee made rich: and white raiment, that thou maiest be clothed, and that thy filthie nakednesse doe not appeare: and anoynt thine eyes with eye salue, that thou maiest see.

¹¹ But they ouercame him by that blood of that Lambe, and by that worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their liues vnto the death.

⁴⁸ And thus sayd the King also, Blessed bee the Lord God of Israel, who hath made one to sit on my throne this day, euen in my sight.

¹ Then the dayes of Dauid drewe neere that he should die, and hee charged Salomon his sonne, saying, ² I go the way of all the earth: be strong therefore, and shew thy selfe a man, ³ And take heede to the charge of the Lord thy God, to walke in his wayes, and keepe his statutes, and his commandements, and his iudgements, and his testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses, that thou mayest prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing whereunto thou turnest thee,

⁹ But thou shalt not count him innocent: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to doe vnto him: therefore thou shalt cause his hoare head to goe downe to the graue with blood.

¹⁵ My sonne, if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce, and I also. ¹⁶ And my reynes shall reioyce, when thy lips speake righteous things.

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shalbe wise or foolish? yet shall hee haue rule ouer all my labour, wherein I haue trauailed, and wherein I haue shewed my selfe wise vnder the sunne. This is also vanitie.

⁹ Yet for loues sake I rather beseeche thee, though I be as I am, euen Paul aged, and euen nowe a prisoner for Iesus Christ.

²⁰ Yea, brother, let mee obteine this pleasure of thee in the Lord: comfort my bowels in the Lord.

⁹ But Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorowe. ¹⁰ And Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be deliuered from euill, that I be not hurt. And God graunted the thing that he asked.

²⁵ A foolish sonne is a griefe vnto his father, and a heauines to her that bare him.

³¹ For loe, thou shalt conceiue in thy wobe, and beare a sonne, and shalt call his name Iesus. ³² He shall be great, and shall be called the Sonne of the most High, and the Lord God shall giue vnto him the throne of his father Dauid. ³³ And hee shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kingdome shall bee none ende.

⁴⁰ And entred into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Elisabet. ⁴¹ And it came to passe, as Elisabet heard the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her bellie, and Elisabet was filled with the holy Ghost. ⁴² And she cried with a loud voice, and saide, Blessed art thou among women, because the fruit of thy wombe is blessed. ⁴³ And whence commeth this to mee, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? ⁴⁴ For loe, assoone as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my bellie for ioye, ⁴⁵ And blessed is shee that beleeued: for those things shall be perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lord. ⁴⁶ Then Marie sayde, My soule magnifieth the Lord, ⁴⁷ And my spirite reioyceth in God my Sauiour.

⁵⁸ And her neighbours, and cousins heard tell howe the Lord had shewed his great mercie vpon her, and they reioyced with her.

²⁷ And it came to passe as he sayde these thinges, a certaine woman of the companie lifted vp her voyce, and sayde vnto him, Blessed is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes which thou hast sucked. ²⁸ But hee saide, Yea, rather blessed are they that heare the woorde of God, and keepe it.

⁵ And thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy might.

⁴³ Who is wise that hee may obserue these things? for they shall vnderstand the louing kindnesse of the Lord.

² Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.

⁹ BETH. Wherewith shall a yong man redresse his waie? in taking heede thereto according to thy woorde. ¹⁰ With my whole heart haue I sought thee: let me not wander from thy commandements. ¹¹ I haue hid thy promise in mine heart, that I might not sinne against thee.

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my Lawe, but let thine heart keepe my commandements.

⁴ When he taught me, and sayde vnto me, Let thine heart holde fast my woordes: keepe my commandements, and thou shalt liue.

²³ Keepe thine heart with all diligence: for thereout commeth life.

²⁵ Let thine eyes beholde the right, and let thine eyelids direct thy way before thee. ²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy waies be ordred aright. ²⁷ Turne not to the right hande, nor to the left, but remooue thy foote from euill.

⁹ Ephraim shall say, What haue I to doe any more with idoles? I haue heard him, and looked vpon him: I am like a greene firre tree: vpon me is thy fruite founde. [ (Hosea 14:10) Who is wise, and he shall vnderstande these things? and prudent, and he shall knowe them? for the wayes of the Lord are righteous, and the iust shall walke in them: but the wicked shall fall therein. ]

³⁷ He that loueth father or mother more then me, is not worthie of me. And he that loueth sonne, or daughter more then mee, is not worthie of me. ³⁸ And hee that taketh not his crosse, and followeth after me, is not worthie of me.

²⁶ If any man come to mee, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters: yea, and his owne life also, he can not be my disciple.

¹⁴ For that loue of Christ constraineth vs, ¹⁵ Because we thus iudge, that if one be dead for all, then were all dead, and he died for all, that they which liue, shoulde not henceforth liue vnto themselues, but vnto him which died for them, and rose againe.

⁵ And this they did, not as we looked for: but gaue their owne selues, first to the Lord, and after vnto vs by the will of God,

¹⁷ That Christ may dwell in your heartes by faith:

¹⁹ We haue also a most sure worde of the Prophets, to the which ye doe well that yee take heede, as vnto a light that shineth in a darke place, vntill the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your hearts.

¹⁴ The mouth of strage women is as a deepe pit: he with whom the Lord is angry, shall fall therein.

¹ Nowe whiles Israel abode in Shittim, the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab:

⁴ And after this hee loued a woman by the riuer of Sorek, whose name was Delilah: ⁵ Vnto whome came the princes of the Philistims, and said vnto her, Entise him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what meane we may ouercome him, that we may binde him, and punish him, and euery one of vs shall giue thee eleuen hundreth shekels of siluer. ⁶ And Delilah saide to Samson, Tell mee, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest bee bound, to doe thee hurt. ⁷ Samson then answered vnto her, If they binde mee with seuen greene cordes, that were neuer dryed, then shall I bee weake, and be as an other man. ⁸ And the princes of the Philistims brought her seuen greene cordes that were not dry, and she bound him therewith. ⁹ (And she had men lying in wayte with her in the chamber) Then she said vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee brake the cordes, as a threede of towe is broken, when it feeleth fire: so his strength was not knowen. ¹⁰ After Delilah saide vnto Samson, See, thou hast mocked mee and tolde mee lies. I pray thee nowe, tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. ¹¹ Then he answered her, If they binde mee with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, then shall I be weake, and be as an other man. ¹² Delilah therefore tooke newe ropes, and bounde him therewith, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson: (and men lay in wayte in the chamber) and hee brake them from his armes, as a threede. ¹³ Afterward Delilah said to Samson, Hitherto thou hast beguiled mee, and tolde me lies: tell me how thou mightest be bounde. And he sayde vnto her, If thou plattedst seuen lockes of mine head with the threedes of the woufe. ¹⁴ And she fastened it with a pinne, and saide vnto him, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and went away with the pinne of the webbe and the woufe. ¹⁵ Againe shee sayde vnto him, Howe canst thou say, I loue thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked mee these three times, and hast not tolde me wherein thy great strength lieth. ¹⁶ And because shee was importunate vpon him with her wordes continually, and vexed him, his soule was pained vnto the death. ¹⁷ Therefore he tolde her all his heart, and said vnto her, There neuer came rasor vpon mine head: for I am a Nazarite vnto God from my mothers wombe: therefore if I bee shauen, my strength will goe from me, and I shalbe weake, and be like all other men. ¹⁸ And when Delilah sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent, and called for the Princes of ye Philistims, saying, Come vp once againe: for he hath shewed mee all his heart. Then the Princes of the Philistims came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes. ¹⁹ And she made him sleepe vpon her knees, and she called a man, and made him to shaue off the seuen lockes of his head, and shee began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him. ²⁰ Then she said, The Philistims be vpon thee, Samson. And hee awoke out of his sleepe, and thought, I will go out now as at other times, and shake my selfe, but he knewe not that the Lord was departed from him. ²¹ Therefore the Philistims tooke him, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters: and hee did grinde in the prison house. ²² And the heare of his head began to growe againe after that it was shauen.

¹⁶ And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes. ¹⁷ Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the couenant of her God. ¹⁸ Surely her house tendeth to death, and her paths vnto the dead. ¹⁹ All they that goe vnto her, returne not againe, neither take they holde of the wayes of life.

¹² Nowe she is without, nowe in the streetes, and lyeth in waite at euery corner)

²² And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction, ²³ Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger. ²⁴ Heare me now therefore, O children, and hearken to the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thine heart decline to her wayes: wander thou not in her paths. ²⁶ For shee hath caused many to fall downe wounded, and the strong men are all slaine by her. ²⁷ Her house is the way vnto ye graue, which goeth downe to the chambers of death.

¹⁸ But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

²⁶ It is farre off, what may it be? and it is a profound deepenesse, who can finde it?

² Lift vp thine eyes vnto the hie places, and beholde, where thou hast not plaied the harlot: thou hast sit waiting for them in the waies, as the Arabian in the wildernesse: and thou hast polluted the lande with thy whoredomes, and with thy malice.

¹¹ Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.

⁸ Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one day three and twentie thousand.

¹ Then there came one of the seuen Angels, which had the seuen vials, and talked with me, saying vnto me, Come: I will shewe thee the damnation of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters, ² With whom haue committed fornication the Kings of the earth, and the inhabitants of the earth are drunken with the wine of her fornication.

¹² His eyes shalbe red with wine, and his teeth white with milke.

³⁶ So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a King, and Nabals heart was merie within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, neither lesse nor more, vntil the morning arose. ³⁷ Then in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde him those wordes, and his heart died within him, and he was like a stone.

²⁸ Now had Absalom commanded his seruants, saying, Marke now when Amnons heart is merry with wine, and when I say vnto you, Smite Amnon, kill him, feare not, for haue not I commanded you? be bold therefore, and play the men.

¹⁶ And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and the Kings: for two and thirtie Kings helped him. ¹⁷ So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, and they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. ¹⁸ And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue. ¹⁹ So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them. ²⁰ And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye King of Aram escaped on an horse with his horsemen. ²¹ And the King of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites. ²² (For there had come a Prophet to the King of Israel, and had sayd vnto him, Goe, be of good courage, and consider, and take heede what thou doest: for when the yeere is gone about, the King of Aram wil come vp against thee)

²¹ For the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges.

⁷ But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement. ⁸ For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.

¹⁰ For he shall come as vnto thornes folden one in another, and as vnto drunkards in their drunkennesse: they shall be deuoured as stubble fully dryed.

⁴⁹ And begin to smite his fellowes, and to eate, and to drinke with the drunken, ⁵⁰ That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,

⁴⁵ But if that seruant say in his heart, My master doeth deferre his comming, and ginne to smite the seruants, and maydens, and to eate, and drinke, and to be drunken, ⁴⁶ The master of that seruant will come in a day when he thinketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware of, and will cut him off, and giue him his portion with the vnbeleeuers.

²¹ And he drunke of ye wine and was drunken, and was vncouered in the middes of his tent.

⁸ For in the hand of the Lord is a cup, and the wine is red: it is full mixt, and he powreth out of the same: surely all the wicked of the earth shall wring out and drinke the dregges thereof.

² She hath killed her vitailes, drawen her wine, and prepared her table.

⁶ They drinke wine in bowles, and anoynt themselues with the chiefe ointments, but no man is sory for the affliction of Ioseph.

² And when it was euening tide, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the Kings palace: and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe: and the woman was very beautifull to looke vpon.

¹ Wherefore, Iob, I pray thee, heare my talke and hearken vnto all my wordes.

³⁷ Turne away mine eies from regarding vanitie, and quicken me in thy way.

²⁵ Desire not her beautie in thine heart, neither let her take thee with her eye lids.

²⁸ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer looketh on a woman to lust after her, hath committed adulterie with her already in his heart. ²⁹ Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend, plucke it out, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee, that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell. ³⁰ Also if thy right hand make thee to offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish, then that thy whole body should be cast into hell.

⁴⁷ And if thine eye cause thee to offende, plucke it out: it is better for thee to goe into the kingdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire,

⁵ Then the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth mine hand vpon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them. ⁶ So Moses and Aaron did as the Lord commanded them, euen so did they.

¹² For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they were turned into serpents: but Aarons rodde deuoured their rods.

¹⁶ He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him.

¹¹ And thou mourne at thine end, (when thou hast consumed thy flesh and thy bodie)

⁸ He that diggeth a pit, shall fal into it, and he that breaketh the hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

³ They shall be troden vnder foote, euen the crowne and the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.

⁵ They hatch cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe: he that eateth of their egges, dieth, and that which is trode vpon, breaketh out into a serpent.

³¹ The Prophets prophesie lies, and ye Priests receiue giftes in their handes, and my people delite therein. What will ye then doe in the ende thereof?

¹⁷ For beholde, I will sende serpents, and cockatrices among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall sting you, sayth the Lord.

¹⁹ As if a man did flee from a lyon, and a beare met him: or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.

³ And though they hide them selues in the toppe of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence: and though they be hid from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commande the serpent, and he shall bite them.

²⁵ But Abraham saide, Sonne, remember that thou in thy life time receiuedst thy pleasures, and likewise Lazarus paines: now therefore is he comforted, and thou art tormented. ²⁶ Besides all this, betweene you and vs there is a great gulfe set, so that they which would goe from hence to you, can not: neither can they come from thence to vs.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those things, whereof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those things is death.

³² Come, wee will make our father drinke wine, and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father. ³³ So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, and lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father. ³⁷ And the elder bare a sonne, and she called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day. ³⁸ And the yonger bare a sonne also, and she called his name Ben-ammi: the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this day.

¹² They that sate in the gate, spake of mee, and the drunkards sang of me.

¹² And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

⁵ Lest he drinke and forget the decree, and change the iudgement of all the children of affliction.

⁴ They drunke wine and praysed the gods of golde, and of siluer, of brasse, of yron, of wood and of stone.

⁵ This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.

¹² These are rockes in your feasts of charitie when they feast with you, without al feare, feeding themselues: cloudes they are without water, caried about of windes, corrupt trees and without fruit, twise dead, and plucked vp by ye rootes. ¹³ They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.

⁸ And by the blast of thy nostrels the waters were gathered, the floods stoode still as an heape, the depthes congealed together in the heart of the Sea.

³³ And blessed be thy counsel, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, and that mine hand hath not saued me. ³⁴ For in deede, as the Lord God of Israel liueth, who hath kept me backe from hurting thee, except thou haddest hasted and met mee, surely there had not bene left vnto Nabal by the dawning of the day, any that pisseth against the wall. ³⁵ Then Dauid receiued of her hande that which she had brought him, and said to her, Goe vp in peace to thine house: beholde, I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition. ³⁶ So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a King, and Nabals heart was merie within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, neither lesse nor more, vntil the morning arose. ³⁷ Then in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde him those wordes, and his heart died within him, and he was like a stone. ³⁸ And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

¹⁶ And when he had brought him thither, beholde, they lay scattered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great pray that they had taken out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudah. ¹⁷ And Dauid smote them from the twilight, euen vnto the euening of the next morowe, so that there escaped not a man of them, saue foure hundreth yong men, which rode vpon camels, and fled.

⁹ And his seruant Zimri, captaine of halfe his charets, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah drinking, til he was drunken in the house of Arza steward of his house in Tirzah.

³⁸ For as in the dayes before the flood, they did eate and drinke, marrie, and giue in mariage, vnto the day that Noe entred into the Arke,

²⁷ They ate, they dranke, they married wiues, and gaue in marriage vnto the day that Noe went into the Arke: and the flood came, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Likewise also, as it was in the dayes of Lot: they ate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they built. ²⁹ But in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all.

² For ye your selues knowe perfectly, that the day of the Lord shall come, euen as a thiefe in the night. ³ For when they shall say, Peace, and safetie, then shall come vpon them sudden destruction, as the trauaile vpon a woman with childe, and they shall not escape, ⁴ But ye, brethren, are not in darkenes, that that day shall come on you, as it were a thiefe. ⁵ Yee are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, neither of darkenesse. ⁶ Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other, but let vs watch and be sober. ⁷ For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night, and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night.

¹⁹ So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.

¹¹ As a dog turneth againe to his owne vomit, so a foole turneth to his foolishnes.

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.

¹² Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fill our selues with strong drinke, and to morowe shalbe as this day, and much more abundant.

³ O Lord, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth? thou hast striken them, but they haue not sorowed: thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a stone, and haue refused to returne.

¹⁸ I haue heard Ephraim lamenting thus, Thou hast corrected me, and I was chastised as an vntamed calfe: conuert thou me, and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art the Lord my God.

³² If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after ye maner of men, what aduantageth it me, if the dead be not raised vp? let vs eate and drinke: for to morowe we shall die. ³³ Be not deceiued: euill speakings corrupt good maners. ³⁴ Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

¹⁹ Which being past feeling, haue giuen themselues vnto wantonnesse, to woorke all vncleannesse, euen with griedinesse.

²² But it is come vnto them, according to the true Prouerbe, The dogge is returned to his owne vomit: and, The sowe that was washed, to the wallowing in the myre.