Proverbs 13 Cross References - Matthew

¹ A wyse sonne wyll receaue hys fathers warnynge, but he that is scornefull, wyl not heare when he is reproued. ² A good man shall enioye the fruite of hys mouth, but he that hath a froward mind shalbe spoyled. ³ He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so speaketh vnaduised findeth harme. ⁴ The slogarde woulde fayne haue, and can not get his dsyre: but the soule of the diligente shall haue plenty. ⁵ A ryghtuous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodlye shameth both other and hym selfe. ⁶ Ryghtuousnesse kepeth the innocente in the waye, but vngodlynesse shal ouerthrow the sinner. ⁷ Some men are rych, thoughe they haue nothynge: againe some men are pore hauing greate ryches. ⁸ With goodes euery man deliuereth his lyfe, and the poore wyll not be reproued. ⁹ The lyght of the rightuous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out. ¹⁰ Among the proud ther is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thynges wyth aduysemente, ther is wysdome. ¹¹ Hastely gotten goodes are sone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase ¹² Longe taryenge for a thing that is differed, greueth the hert: but when the desyre commeth, it is a tre of lyfe. ¹³ Who so despiseth the word destroyeth hym selfe: but he that feareth the commaundemente shal haue peace. ¹⁴ The law is a wel of life vnto the wise, that it may kepe him from the snares of death, ¹⁵ Good vnderstanding geueth fauour, but hard is the way of the despisers. ¹⁶ A wyse man doth al thinges with dyscrecyon, but a foole wyl declare his folly. ¹⁷ An vngodly messanger bryngeth myschyefe, but a faythfull embassytour is wholsome. ¹⁸ He that thynketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie & shame: but who so receaueth correction, shal come to honou ¹⁹ When a desyre, is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell. ²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but who so is a companyon of foles, shalbe hurte. ²¹ Mischefe foloweth vpon synners, but the ryghtuous shal haue a god reward. ²² Which their chylders chyldren shal haue in possession, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for the iuste. ²³ Ther is plentuousnesse of fode in the feldes of the pore, and shalbe increased out of measure. ²⁴ He that spareth the rod, hateth hys son: but who so loueth hym, holdeth hym euer in nurtoure. ²⁵ The ryghtuous eateth, and is satisfied, but the belly of the vngodly hath neuer ynough.

²⁵ If one man synne agaynste another daysemen maye make his peace: but yf a man synne agaynste the Lorde who can be hys dayse man? Notwythstandynge they herkened not vnto the voice of theyr father, because the Lorde wolde slaye them.

¹ Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome. ² Yea I shall geue you a good rewarde, if ye wyll not for sake my lawe. ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderlye beloued of my mother, ⁴ he taughte me also, saiyng: Let thyne herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue. ⁵ Get the wysdome, get the vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth, & shrinke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, she shall preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make muche of her and she shall promote the: Yea if thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous head, and garnyshe the wyth a crowne of glorye. ¹⁰ Heare my sone, and receyue my wordes, that the yeares of thy lyfe maye be many. ¹¹ I wyll shewe the, the waye of wysdome, and leade the in the ryght pathes, ¹² So that if thou goost therin, ther shall not straytenesse hynder the and when thou runnest thou shalte not fall, ¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy lyfe. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wycked.

²⁰ My sonne, marcke my words, and encline thyne eare vnto my saiynges. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte. ²² For they are lyfe vnto all those that fynde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth hym self dishonour: & he that rebuketh the vngodly stayneth him self. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe the euel wil: but rebuke a wise man, & he wil loue the.

¹ The Parables of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuinesse of hys mother.

⁶ A scorneful body seketh wisdom, and findeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wyl vnderstand

⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shalhaue the more vnderstandyng.

²⁰ A wyse son maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth hys mother.

¹⁴ Wherfore heare the worde of the Lorde, ye mockers that rule the Lordes people, whiche is at Ierusalem. ¹⁵ For ye comforte youre selues thus: Tushe, death & we are at a poynte, and as for hell, we haue made a condicyon with it, that thoughe there breake out anye sore plage it shall not come vpon vs. For wyth disceyte wyll we escape, and with nymblenes wil we defende oure selues.

⁸ For in the hand of the Lord ther is a cup full of strong wyne, and he poureth oute of the same: As for the dregges therof, al the vngodly of the earth shall dryncke them, and sucke them oute.

¹¹ A man full of woordes shall not prospere vpon the earth: a malicious & wicked person shalbe hunted awaye, and destroyed.

¹¹ if they entise the, & say: come with vs, let vs leye wayte for bloud, and lurke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² let vs swalow them vp like the hel, let vs deuour them quicke & whole, as those that go doune into the pyt. ¹³ So shal we finde al maner of costely riches, & fil our houses wt spoiles.

¹⁸ Yea, they themselfes laye wayte one for anothers bloud, & one of them wolde sley another.

³¹ Therfore shal they eate the frutes of their owne way, & be filled with their oune counsayls:

¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and dryncke the wyne of robberye.

¹¹ The mouth of a ryghtuos man is a wele of lyfe, but the mouth of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

¹⁴ Euery man shall enioye good accordinge to the innocency of his mouth, & after the workes of his handes shal he be rewarded.

²⁰ A mans belly shalbe satisfied wyth the fruyte of hys owne mouthe, and wyth the increase of hys lyppes shall he be fylled.

²⁷ And saye thou vnto them: This is the commaundement of the Lorde of hostes the God of Israel: Drincke and be droncken, spewe & fall, that ye neuer ryse: and that thorow the swearde, whyche I wyll sende amonge you. ²⁸ But yf they wyl not receyue the cuppe of thy hande, and drincke it, then tell them: Thus doeth the Lord of Hostes threaten you: drinck it ye shal, and that shortly. ²⁹ For lo, I begynne to plage the cyty, that my name is geuen vnto: thynke ye then, that I will leaue you vnpunyshed? Ye shal not go quyte. For why, I call for a swearde vpon al the inhabitours of the earth, sayeth the Lord of Hostes. ³⁰ Therfore tell them all these wordes, and saye vnto them: The Lorde shall crye from aboue, and let hys voyce be hearde from his holy habitacion. Wyth a greate noyse shall he crye from his courte regall. He shall geue a greate voyce (like the grape gatherers) and the sounde thereof shalbe hearde vnto the endes of the worlde. ³¹ For the Lorde had a iudgement to geue vpon all people, and wyll holde hys courte of iustice with all fleshe and punyshe the vngodly, sayeth the Lorde.

⁸ Seynge thou hast spoyled many Heathen, therfore shall the remuaunte of the people spoyle the: because of mens bloude, and for the wronge done in the lande, in the cytye and vnto all them that dwell therein.

¹⁷ For the wronge that thou hast done in Lybanus, shall ouerwhelme the, and the wylde beastes shal make the afrayd: because of mens bloude, and for the wronge done in the lande, in the cytye, and vnto all such as dwell therein.

⁶ for they shed out the bloud of sainctes, & prophetes, & therfore hast thou geuen them bloud to drinke, for they are worthy.

¹ To the chanter for Iduthun, a Psalme of Dauid. I sayde: I wyll kepe my wayes that I offende not in my tonge And so I shutte my mouthe whyle the vngodly layed wait for me.

¹⁹ Where much babling is, ther must nedes be offence: he that refraineth his lippes is wisest of all.

¹³ The wicked falleth into the snare thorow the malyce of his own mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parel.

⁷ A fooles mouth is hys owne destruccion and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

²¹ Death & lyfe stand in the power of the tong, he that loueth it shal enioy the frute thereof.

¹⁹ Medle not with hym that bewrayeth secretes, and is a sclaunderer, and disceaueth with hys lippes.

²³ Who so kepeth his mouth and his tong, the same kepeth hys soule from troubles.

³⁶ But I say vnto you, that of euery idell worde that men shall haue spoken: they shall geue a countes at the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For thy wordes thou shalt be iustified: & by thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

²⁶ Yf anye man amonge you seme deuoute, & refrayne not his tonge, but deceyue his owne hert: thys mannes deuocyon is in vayne.

² for in many thinges we synne all. Yf a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfect man and able to tame al the bodye. ³ Beholde we put bittes into the horsses mouthes that they shoulde obeye vs, and we turne aboute all the body. ⁴ Behold also the shyppes, which though they be so greate and are dryuen of fyers wyndes, yet are they turned aboute wyth a verye smale helme, whether soeuer the vyolence of the gouerner wyll ⁵ euen so the tonge is a lyttell member, and boasteth greate thinges. Beholde howe greate a thynge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wickednes. So is the tong set among our members, that it defyleth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, & is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnrulye euyll ful of deadly poyson. ⁹ Therewyth blesse we God the father, and therewyth cursse wemen which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and curssynge. My brethren these thynges ought not so to be. ¹¹ Doth a fountayne sende forth at one place swete water & bitter also? ¹² Can the fygge tree, my Brethren, beare olyue beryes: other a vyne beare fygges?

¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Iacob and the numbre of the fourth parte of Israell. I pray God that my soul may dye the death of the rightuous and that my laste ende may be lyke his.

¹⁴ plenteous and grene.

² that thyne eare may herken vnto wisdome, applie thyne hert then to vnderstanding. ³ For if thou cryest after wysdome, & callest for knowledge: ⁴ if thou sekest after her as after money, & dyggest for her as for treasure: ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lord, & fynde the knowlege of God. ⁶ For it is the Lord that geueth wysdome, out of hys mouth commeth knowlege & vnderstandyng. ⁷ He preserueth the welfare of the righteous, & defendeth them that walke innocently: ⁸ he kepeth them in the right path, & preserueth the waye of his saynctes. ⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, iudgement and equite, yea, & euery good path.

³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores.

⁴ An ydle hand maketh pore, but a quicke laboryng hand maketh ryche.

²⁵ He that is liberal in geuyng, shal haue plentye: and he that watereth, shalbe watered also him self.

¹¹ He that tilleth his lande, shal haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydelnes, is a very foole.

²⁴ A diligent hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shalbe vnder tribute.

¹³ The slouthful sayeth: there is a leopard in the way, and a lion in the myddest of the stretes.

²⁵ He that is of a proud stomacke, stereth vp strife but he that putteth hys truste in the Lorde, shalbe wel fedde.

¹¹ The Lord shal euer be thy gyde, and satisfye the desire of thyne herte, and fyl thy bones with marye. Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden, and lyke the founteyne of water, that neuer leaueth running.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate which perysheth, but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe, which meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed.

¹¹ Yea, and we desyre that euerye one of you shew the same dylygence, to the stablyshynge of hope euen vnto the ende:

⁵ And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge temperancie, and in temperauncie, pacience, in pacience, Godlynes, ⁷ in Godlines brotherly kyndnes, in brotherlye kindnes, loue. ⁸ For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you, that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of oure Lord Iesu Christe. ⁹ But he that lacketh these thinges, is blind and gropeth for the waye with his hand, and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes. ¹⁰ Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your callinge and eleccion sure. For if ye do suche thinges, ye shal neuer erre. ¹¹ Yea and by this meanes an entringe in, shalbe minystred vnto you aboundantlye into the euerlastinge kingdome of oure Lorde and sauiour Iesus Christ.

¹⁶³ As for lyes, I hate and abhorre them, but thy law do I loue.

³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession, but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, handes that shede innocent bloud,

⁸ Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me neither pouerte nor ryches, onely graunte me a necessary lyuyng.

⁹ And they that escape from you, shall thyncke vpon me amonge the Heathen, where they shalbe in captiuyte. As for that whorysh & vnfaythfull herte of theirs, wherwyth they runne awaye fro me, I wyll breake it: yee and put oute those eyes of theirs, that commytte fornicacyon with their Idols. Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased wyth their selues, for the wyckednesses & abhomynacions, which they haue done:

⁴³ There shall ye call to remembraunce your own wayes and all your ymaginacions, wherin he haue bene defiled, and ye shalbe displeased wyth your own selues, for al your wickednes that ye haue done.

³¹ Then shall ye remembre your, owne wicked wayes, & youre ymagynacyons, whiche were not good: so that ye shall take displeasure at youre owne selues, by reason of youre synnes & abhominacyons.

² Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shal awake: some to euerlastinge lyfe, some to perpetual shame and reprofe.

⁸ Thre sheperdes destroyeth I in one moneth, for I might not away wt them, neither had they any delyte in me.

²⁵ Wherfore put awaye lyinge, and speake euerye man trueth vnto hys neyghboure, for as muche as we are membres one of another.

⁹ Lye not one to another, that the olde man wyth hys workes be put of,

⁸ But the fearful and vnbeleuing, & the abhominable, & murtherers, & whoremongers, & sorcerers, & ydolaters, & al lyars shall haue their parte in the lake which burneth wt fyre & brymstone, which is the seconde death.

²³ For he offered vnto the Gods of them of Damsaco whiche bette hym & sayd. because the Gods of the Siriens healpe them, therfore will I offer to them, that they maye helpe me also. But they were his destruccion & the destruccion of all Israel.

² Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: that doth the thing which is right, and that speaketh the trueth from hys hert.

²¹ Let inocencye and ryghtuous dealynge walie vpon me, for my hope is in the.

¹ Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lord, for I walke innocently: my trust is in the Lorde therfore shal I not fal.

²² The wyckednesses of the vngodly shal catch him selfe, and with the snares of of his owne synnes shall he be trapped.

³ The innocente dealyng of the iust shal leade them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despisers shalbe their owne destruccion

⁵ The rightuousnes of the innocent ordereth his way, but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wyckednesse. ⁶ The rightuousnes of the iuste shall delyuer them, but the despisers shalbe taken in their owne vngodlynesse.

¹² The ryghtuous enfourmeth the house of the vngodlye, but the vngodlye goo on styll after their owne wyckednesse.

²⁴ Some man geueth out hys goodes, & is the rycher, but the nygard (hauyng ynough) will departe from nothynge, and yet is euer in pouerty.

⁹ A simple man which laboureth & worketh, is better then one that is gorgyous and wanteth bread.

¹¹ Hastely gotten goodes are sone spent, but they that be gathered together with the hand, shall increase

¹ Sende thy vyttuayls ouer the waters, and so shalt thou finde them after many yeares. ² Geue it awaye amonge seuen or eyghte, for thou knoweste not what mysery shall come vpon earth.

²¹ So is it with hym that gathereth ryches, and is not ryche in God.

³³ Sell that ye haue, and geue almes. And make you bagges whiche were not old, and treasure that faileth not in heauen, where no these cometh, neyther mothe corrupteth.

¹¹ The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God I thanke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniust, aduouterers, or as this publican, ¹² I faste twyse in the weke, I geue tythe of all that I possesse. ¹³ And the Publicane stode a farre of, and woulde not lyft vp his eyes to heauen, but smote his brest, saiynge: God be mercifull to me a synner. ¹⁴ I tell you: this man departed home to hys house iustifyed more then the other. For euerye man that exalteth hym selfe, shalbe brought lowe. And he that humbleth hym selfe, shalbe exalted.

⁸ Now ye are ful: now ye are made rych: ye reigne as kinges without vs: and I would to God ye dyd reygne that we might reygne wyth you.

¹⁰ We are foles for Christes sake and ye are wise thorow Christe. We are weake, and ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, and we are despised. ¹¹ Euen vnto this daye we honger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffetted wyth fystes, and haue no certayne dwellinge place,

⁷ But we haue thys treasure in earthen vessels that the excellent power of it myght appeare to be of God, and not of vs.

¹⁰ as sorowyng, & yet alway mery: as poore, and yet make many ryche: as hauynge nothynge, and yet possessynge all thynges.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the pore of thys world, which are ryche in faythe, and heyres of the kyngedome whiche he promysed to them that loue hym?

¹⁹ They promis them libertie, and are them selues the bonde seruauntes of corrupcyon. For of whomsoeuer a man is ouer come, vnto the same is he in bondage.

⁹ I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and pouertye, but thou art rych: And I know the blasphemy of them, whiche call them selues Iewes and are not, but are the congregacion of Sathan.

¹⁷ because thou art ryche and increased wyth goodes, and hast nede of nothinge, and knowest not howe thou art wretched and miserable, poore, blind and naked.

³⁰ If he be set to a summe of money, then he shall geue for the deliueraunce of hys lyfe, accordynge to all that is put vnto hym.

¹⁴ And he caried awaye all Ierusalem, and all the Lordes, and all the men of myghte, to the nombre of ten thousande into captyuyte, and all craftes men and Ioyners, none remaynynge saue the poore people of the lande.

¹² and lefte of the poore of the lande to dresse the vynes, and to tyl the grounde.

⁴ Sathan answered the Lorde, and sayde: Skynne for skynne? yee a man will geue all that euer he hath, for his lyfe.

⁶ They that put their trust in their good, & boast theym selfes in the multitude of theyr ryches. ⁷ No man may deliuer his brother, nor make agrement vnto hym for God. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer. ⁹ Yea, though he liue longe, and se not the graue. ¹⁰ For it shalbe sene, that such wyse men shal dye and perysh together, as wel as the ignoraunt and folysh, and leue their goodes for other.

³⁵ no though thou woldest offer him greate giftes to make amendes, he wyll not receiue them.

¹⁰ But Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne, let the rascal people (and those that had nothinge) dwel still in the lande of Iuda, and gaue them vineyardes and corne feldes at the same tym

⁸ Amonge these .lxxx. men there were ten, that sayde vnto Ismael: Oh slay vs not, for we haue yet a great treasure in the feld, of wheat barleye, oyle, and honye. So he spared them, and slewe them not with their brethren.

¹² In the also will I leaue a small poore simple people, which shal trust in the name of the Lorde.

²⁶ What shall it proffet a man though he shoulde wynne al the whole world if he loose hys awne soule? Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne withall?

¹⁸ For as muche as ye know howe that ye were not redemed wyth corruptyble syluer and golde, from youre vayne conuersacyon whiche ye receyued by the tradicyons of the fathers: ¹⁹ but wyth the precyous bloud of christ as of a lambe vndefyled, and wythout spotte,

³⁶ & wyll geue hys sonne one, that Dauid my seruaunte maye haue a lyght alwaye before me in Ierusalem, the cytye whiche I haue chosen me, to put my name there.

⁵ Shall not the lyght of the vngodly be put oute? yee the flame of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in hys dwellynge, and hys candle shalbe put out with hym.

¹⁷ How oft shall the candle of the wicked be put oute? howe oft commeth their destruccyon vpon them? O what sorow shal god geue them for their part in his wrath?

³ when his light shyned vpon my head: when I went after the same lyght and shininge euen thorowe the darckenesse.

¹¹ There is sprong vp a lighte for the ryghteous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for suche as be true herted.

⁴ Vnto the godly there aryseth vp lyghte in the darcknesse: he is mercyfull, louynge and ryghtuous.

¹⁸ The path of the ryghtuous shyneth as the lyghte, and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfecte daye.

²⁰ Whoso curseth hys father and mother, hys lyght shalbe put outin the myddest of darcknesse.

²⁰ And why? the wycked hath nothyng to hope for, and the candle of the vngodly shal be put oute.

¹⁰ Therfore who so feareth the Lorde among you let hym heare the voyce of hys seruaunt, Who so walketh in darcknesse, and no lyghte shyneth vpon hym, let hym hope in the Lord, and holde hym by his God. ¹¹ But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre, and gyrded youre selues with the flamme: Ye walcke in the glysteryng of youre owne fyre, and in the flamme that ye haue kyndled. This cometh vnto you from my hande, namely that ye shall slepe in sorowe.

¹³ Then sayed the kynge to hys mynisters: take and bynde hym hande and fote, and caste hym into vtter darcknes, there shal be weping and gnashing of teeth.

⁸ And the folishe sayed to the wise: gyue vs of your oyle for oure lampes go out.

¹ And the men of Ephraim sayd vnto hym. Why haste thou serued vs thus, that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fyght with the Madianites. And they chode with hym a good. ² And he sayde vnto them: What dead haue I done lyke vnto yours: are not the clusters of Ephraim better then the wyne heruest of Abiezer? ³ God hath deliuered into your handes the Lordes of Madian, Oreb & Zeb. And what was I able to do lyke as you haue done. And then their spyrytes abated from of hym, when he had sayde that.

¹ And the men of Ephraim gathered themselues together, & wente northwarde, and sayde vnto Iephthah: Wherfore wenteste thou to fyght with the children of Ammon, & dydest not cal vs to go wt the? we wil therfore burne thine house vpon the, wyth fyre. ² And Iephthah sayde vnto them: I & my people were at greate stryfe with the children of Ammon. And I called you. But ye deliuered me not out of their handes. ³ And when I sawe that ye delyuered me not, I put my lyfe in my handes & went vpon the chyldren of Ammon, And the Lorde delyuered them into my handes. Wherfore then are ye come vpon me to fyght wyth me. ⁴ And Iephthah gathered together all the men of Galaad, and fought with the Ephraites. And the men of Galaad smote the Ephraites, because they sayd: Ye Galaadites are but runneagates of Ephraim among the Ephraites, and the Manassites. ⁵ Moreouer the men of Galaad toke the passages of Iordan from the Ephraytes. And when those Ephraytes, that were escaped, sayde: let vs go ouer. Then the men of Galaad sayde vnto them: Ye are Ephraytes, and they sayde naye. ⁶ Then the other answered: then saye Scyboleth. And they sayde Syboleth, and coulde not so pronounce, where vpon the other toke them, and slewe them at the passages of Iordan. And there were ouerthrowen at the tyme of the Ephraytes fourty thousande.

¹⁰ And the young men that were brought vp wyth hym, aunswered hym, sayinge: thys people that haue sayde vnto the: thy father made our youcke heuye, make thou it vs lighter: thus aunswere them. My lytle fynger shalbe wayghtyer then my fathers loynes. ¹¹ And nowe where my father put a greuouse youcke vpon you, I wyll make it heauyer. For where my father corrected you wt scourges, I wil chastyse you wt scorpions.

¹⁶ And when all Israel sawe that the kynge regarded them not, the people aunswered the kynge agayne sayinge: we haue no parte in Dauid, nor enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes therfor Israel, & nowe se to thyne owne house Dauid. And so Israell departed vnto theyr tentes.

¹⁰ Because thou hast beaten the Edomytes, therfore thyne hert ryseth. Be gloryouse: but tarye at home. For what neadest thou to prouoke to myscheue, that thou shuldest be ouerthrowen and Iuda with the.

¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it wel done: but he that is wyse, wil be counsayled. ¹⁶ A foole vttereth his wrath in all the hast, but a discrete man forgeueth wrong.

¹⁴ He that soweth discord & strife, is lyke one that dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemy is like the water that breaketh out & renneth abroad.

²⁰ O geue eare vnto good counsayll, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest be wyse here after.

¹⁸ Thorow counsayl the thynges that men deuise go forward: and with discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

²⁴ He that is proud & presumptuous, is called a scorneful man, whyche in wrath darre worke malycyouslye.

⁸ Be not hastye to go to the law, lest happely thou order thy selfe so at the laste, that thy neighbour put the to shame.

²⁸ Which of you disposed to buylde a tower, sitteth not doune before, & counteth the costes whether he haue sufficient to performe it, ²⁹ leste after he hath layde the foundacion, and is not able to performe it, all that beholde it beginne to mocke hym, ³⁰ saiyng: this man beganne to buylde, and was not able to make an end. ³¹ Or what kynge goeth to make batayle agaynste another kynge, & sytteth not doune fyrste, and casteth in hys mynd, whyther he be able with ten thousande to mete hym that cometh against him with twentye thousande. ³² Or els whyle the other is yet a great waye of, he wyll send embassetours, and desire peace.

²⁴ And ther was a stryfe amonge them, which of them shoulde be taken for the greatest.

¹ In those dayes as the numbre of the disciples grewe, ther arose a a grudge amonge the Grekes agaynste the Hebrues, because their widdowes were despysed in the dayly ministracion. ² Then the twelue called the multitude of the dysciples together and saide: it is not mete that we shoulde leaue the worde of God and serue at the tables. ³ Wherfore brethren, loke ye out amonge you seuen men of honeste reporte, and full of the holye ghoste and wysdome, whyche we maye apoint to this nedfull busines. ⁴ But we wyl geue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministracion of the word. ⁵ And the saiynge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephan a man full of faieth and of the holye ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nichanor, and Timon, and Permenas, and Nicholas a conuerte of Antioche.

⁴ he is puft vp, and knoweth nothyng: but wasteth hys braynes about questyons and stryfe of wordes, whereof sprynge enuye, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmysynges

¹⁴ But, yf ye haue bitter enuyinge and strife in youre hertes, reioyce not: neyther be lyars agaynste the trueth. ¹⁵ Thys wysedome descendeth not from aboue: but is earthye, & naturall, and deuelyshe: ¹⁶ For where enuiynge and stryfe is there is vnstablenes and all maner of euyll workes.

¹ From whence commeth warre & fyghtynge amonge you: come they not hear hence? euen of your voluptuousnes, that rayne in youre membres.

⁵ Eyther do ye thynke that the scrypture sayeth in vayne. The spyryte that dwelleth in you lusteth euen contrarye to enuye: ⁶ but geueth more grace.

⁹ I wrote vnto the congregacion, but Diotrephes, which loueth to haue the preeminence amonge them, receiueth vs not. ¹⁰ Wherfore yf I come, I wyl declare his dedes, whiche he doth, resting on vs wyth malicious wordes, neyther is there wyth contente. Not onlye he hym selfe receyueth not the brethren, but also he forbyddeth them that woulde, and thrusteth them out of the congregacyon.

²⁸ Therfore shall hys dwellynge be in desolate cytyes, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, but are become heapes of stones. ²⁹ He shal not be ryche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earth.

¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoureth, shall he perbreake agayne, for God shal draw them out of his bely

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, and not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, and not builded them. ²⁰ Hys bely could neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perish in his coueteousnesse. ²¹ He deuoured so gredely that he lefte nothinge behinde, therfore hys goodes shall not prospere. ²² Thoughe he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, and therefore he is but a wretche on euery syde.

¹⁶ Though he haue as muche money as the dust of the earthe, and raymente as ready as the claie, ¹⁷ he maye wel prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon him, & the innocent shall deale oute the money.

² For thou shalte eate the laboures of thyne owne handes: O well is the, happy art thou.

² Treasures that are wyckedlye gotten, profit nothing, but rightuousnesse deliuereth from death,

²² Which their chylders chyldren shal haue in possession, for the riches of the synner is layed vp for the iuste. ²³ Ther is plentuousnesse of fode in the feldes of the pore, and shalbe increased out of measure.

²¹ The herytage that commeth to hastely at the fyrste, shall not be praised at the ende.

²³ Se that thou know the number of thy catell thy selfe, and loke wel to thy flockes. ²⁴ For riches abyde not alway, & the crowne endureth not for euer. ²⁵ The hey groweth, the grasse commeth vp, & herbes are gathered in the mountaynes. ²⁶ The lambes shall clothe the, and for the gotes ²⁷ thou shalt haue goates mylcke ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde, and to susteyne thy maydens.

⁸ Who so increaseth hys ryches by vauntage and wynnynge, let hym gather them to helpe the poore wyth al.

²⁰ A faithfull man is greatlye to be commended, but he that maketh to much haste for to be rych, shall not be vngyltye.

²² He that wyll be ritch all to soone, hath an euell eye, and considereth not, that pouertye shall come vpon him.

¹⁴ For oft tymes they perishe with his greate misery & trouble: and if he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

¹¹ The dysceytfull maketh a nest, but bryngeth forth no yonge. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghtuously. In the middest of his life must he leaue them behinde hym, and at the last be founde a very foole.

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst hym, & mocke hym with a byworde & saye: Wo vnto hym that heapeth vp other mens goodes? Howe longe wyll he lade hym selfe with thicke claye? ⁷ O howe sodenly wyll they stand vp that shall byte, and awake, that shal teare the in peces? yea, thou shalt be their praye.

¹ Go to nowe ye ryche men. Weepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Youre ryches is corrupte youre garmentes are motheaten. ³ Your gold and your siluer are cankered, & the ruste of them shal be a witnes vnto you, and shall eate your fleshe, as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your laste dayes: ⁴ Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped doun your fieldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) crieth: & the cryes of them whiche haue reped, are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earth, & in wantonnes. Ye haue norished your hertes, as in a day of slaughter

⁶ And Sara sayd: God hath made me a laughynge stocke: for al that heare, wyl laugh at me. ⁷ She sayde all so: who wold haue sayd vnto Abraham, that Sara shulde haue geuen children sucke, or that I shulde haue borne hym a sonne in his olde age:

³⁰ And Israel sayd vnto Ioseph: Nowe am I content to dye, in so moch I haue sene the, that thou art yet alyue.

²⁶ & then she sayde: Oh my Lorde: as truly as thy soule lyueth my Lorde: I am the woman that stode by the here, praying vnto the Lorde, ²⁷ and for thys ladde I praied, & the Lorde hath geuen me my desyre which I asked of him: ²⁸ & therfor I also lend him the Lord, as long as he may be lent the Lorde. And so they prayed there vnto the Lord.

¹⁵ But as for me, I wil beholde thy presence in righteousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shall be satisfied.

² He brought me out of the horryble pitte, out of the myre and claye: he set my fete vpon the rocke, & ordred my goinges. ³ He hath put a newe songe in my mouthe, euen a thanckes geuynge vnto oure God. Many men seing this shal feare the Lord, and put their trust in hym.

¹ To the chaunter, a monicion of the sonnes of Corah. Like as the hert desyreth the water brokes, so longeth my soule after the, O God. ² My soule is a thurste for God, yea euen for the lyuynge God: when shall I come, and behold the face of God? ³ My teares are my meate daye and nighte whyle it is daylye sayed vnto me: where is now thy God?

³ I am weery of crying, my throte is drye, my sight fayleth me, for waytinge so longe, vpon my God.

⁸¹ Caph. My soule longeth for thy sauynge health, for my trust is in thy word, ⁸² Myne eyes long sore for thy word, saing: O when wylt thou comforte me? ⁸³ For I am become like a botel in the smoke, yet do not I forget thy statutes.

⁷ Heare me, O Lorde, & that soone, for my sprete waxeth faynte: hyde not thy face fro me, lest I be lyke vnto theym that go doune into the graue.

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye holde vpon her, and blessed are they that kepe her fast.

³⁰ The frute of the righteous is as the tree of lyfe, a wyse man also wynneth mens soules.

¹⁹ When a desyre, is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles abhorre him that eschueth euell.

⁸ I charge you therfore, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, if ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym how that I am sycke for loue.

²⁹ Lorde. Nowe lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordinge to thy promes. ³⁰ For mine eyes haue sene the sauiour sent from the.

²² And ye now are in sorow: but I wyll se you agayne, and youre hertes shall reioyce, and youre ioye shall no man take from you.

² In the middes of the strete of it, and of eyther syde of the ryuer was the wode of lyfe: which bare .xij. maner of frutes: & gaue frute euerye moneth: and the leaues of the wodde serued to heale the people wythall.

³¹ bycause he hathe despised the worde of the Lorde and hath broken his commaundementes, that soule therfore shal peryshe & his synne shalbe vpon him.

⁹ Wherfore hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde, to do wyckednesse in hys syght? thou hast kylde Vrias the hethyte with the swerde, and hast taken hys wyfe to thy wyfe, & hast slayne hym wyth the swerde of the chyldren of Amnon. ¹⁰ Now therfore the swerd shal neuer depart from thyne house, because (saythe the Lorde) thou hast despysed me, and taken the wyfe of Vrias the Aethite, to be thy wyfe.

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God & despised theyr wordes & mysse vsed his prophetes, vntyll the wrath of the Lord so arose agaynst hys people that it was past remeadie.

³ therfore, let vs make a couenaunt nowe wyth our God, that we shall put away al the wyues (and suche as are borne of them) accordynge to the councel of the Lorde, and of them that feare the commaundement of oure God, that we maye do accordyng to the law.

¹¹ These thy seruaunt kepeth, & for kepynge of them there is great reward.

¹³ Yea he blesseth al them that feare the Lord both smale and great.

¹⁶⁵ Great is the peace that they haue whych loue thy law, and they are not offended at it.

²⁵ but all my counsayls haue ye despysed, & set my corrections at naught.

³⁰ but abhorred my counsail, & despised my correction. ³¹ Therfore shal they eate the frutes of their owne way, & be filled with their oune counsayls:

²¹ Mischefe foloweth vpon synners, but the ryghtuous shal haue a god reward.

² As for these thynges, my hande had made them all, and they are all created, sayeth the Lorde. Whyche of them shall I then regarde? Euen hym, that is of a lowly troubled spyryte, and standeth in awe of my wordes.

² Azariah the sonne of Osaiah, & Iohanan the sonne of Kareah with al the proud personnes, sayde vnto Ieremy: Thou lyest, the Lord our God hath not sent the to speake vnto vs, that we shoulde not go into Egypt, and dwel there.

¹⁶ As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs in the name of the Lorde, we will in no wyse heare them: ¹⁷ but whatsoeuer goeth oute of oure owne mouth, that wyl we do. We wyl do sacryfice, and offre oblacions vnto the Quene of Heauen: lyke as we & our forefathers, our kinges and oure heades haue done in the cities of Iuda, & in the stretes, & feldes of Ierusalem. For then had we plenteousnesse of vytayles, then were we in prosperytie, and no mysfortune came vpon vs.

¹³ And yet the house of Israel rebelled agaynste me in the wildernesse, they woulde not walcke in my commaundementes, they haue cast awaye my lawes (whiche whoso kepeth, shoulde lyue in them) and my Sabboth dayes haue thy greatly vnhalowed. Then I made me to poure oute my indignacion vpon them, and to consume them in the wyldernesse.

¹⁶ and that because they refused my lawes, and walcked not in my commaundementes, but and vnhalowed my Sabbathes, for their herte was gone after their Idoles.

²⁴ because they had not kepte my lawes, but cast asyde my commaundementes, vnhalowed my Sabbothes, and lyft vp their eyes to their fathers Idoles.

¹⁶ But they that feare God, saye thus one to another: the Lord consydereth and heareth it. Yea, it is before him a memoriall boke, wryten for such as feare the Lorde, & remembre his name.

¹² Reioyce & be glad, for great is your reward in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes which were before your dayes.

³¹ He sayed vnto hym: yf they heare not Moyses, and the Prophetes, neyther wyll they beleue, though one rose from death agayne.

²⁸ He that despyseth Moyses lawe, dyeth wythout mercye vnder two or thre wytnesses ²⁹ Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shal he be counted worthy, whych treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God: and counted the bloud of the testament as an vnholy thynge wherwyth he was sanctyfyed, and doth dishonour to the spyryte of grace.

⁸ Loke on youre selues, that we lose not that we haue wrought but that we maye haue a full rewarde.

⁶ The cordes of hel haue compased me about, and the snares of death haue ouertake me. ⁷ In my trybulacyon I called to the Lorde, and cryed to my God. And he hearde my voyce out of his temple, and my crye entered into hys eares.

⁵ The paynes of hell came aboute me, the snares of death toke holde vpon me.

³ The snares of death compased me round aboute, the paynes of hell gat hold vpon me I founde trouble and heauynesse.

¹¹ For thorow me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy lyfe shalbe manye.

²⁷ The feare of the lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoide the snares of death.

²⁴ The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneth.

⁶ With louyng mercye and fayethfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth the Lorde, he eschueth euell.

¹⁷ The path of the rightuous eschueth euel, & who so loketh wel to his waies, kepeth hys owne soule.

²² Vnderstanding is a wel of lyfe vnto him that hath it, as for the chastenyng of foles, it is but folishnesse.

¹⁴ And Dauid was wyse in al that he toke in hande, and the Lorde was wyth hym. ¹⁵ Wherfore when Saul sawe that he was so exceding wyse, he was afrayd of him. ¹⁶ But al Israel and Iuda loued Dauid because he wente oute and in before them.

⁹ Where your fathers tempted me, proued me, and sawe my workes. ¹⁰ .xl. yeares long was I greued with the generacion, & sayd: they euer erre in their hertes, they verely haue not knowen my wayes. ¹¹ Therfore I sayd vnto them in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest.

¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wysdome, a good vnderstandyng haue al they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding in the sight of God & men.

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware.

³⁵ A dyscrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the Kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryghte strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, falleth into death.

¹⁹ Thyne owne wickednesse shall reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou maiest know and vnderstand, how euyl and hurtful a thinge it is, that thou hast forsaken thy Lorde thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

⁵² And Iesus increased in wisdome and age, and in fauoure with God and man.

¹⁰ and deliuered him out of all his aduersities and gaue him fauoure and wysdome in the sight of Pharao kynge of Egypt, whiche made him gouerner ouer Egypte, and ouer al his houshold.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those thynges, where of ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of those thynges is deathe.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes & sayd: What is Dauid? and what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes nowe a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from hys mayster. ¹¹ I shoulde take my breade, my water & my flesh that I haue kylled for my sherers, and geue it men whych I wote not whence they be.

¹⁷ Now take hede and se what thou hast to do, for it is concluded to do mischeue vnto our maister, and to al his houshold. And he is vngracyous to speake to.

²⁵ Let not my Lorde regarde thys vnthryftye man Nabal, for as hys name is, so is he. Nabal is his name, and follye is with him. But I thine handmayde sawe not the younge men of my lorde whiche thou sendest.

⁵ Well is he that is mercyfull, and lendeth gladly, and pondereth his wordes wyth discrecyon,

²² The Lord abhorreth disceatful lyppes, but they that laboure for trueth please hym. ²³ He that hath vnderstanding, can hyde his wisdome: but an vndiscrete hert telleth oute hys folishnesse.

² A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse.

³ A dotyng foole thynketh, that euery man doth as folishly as hym selfe.

¹³ Beholde, my seruaunt shall deale wysely, therfore shall he be magnyfyed, exalted and greatly honoured.

¹⁶ Beholde I sende you forth as shepe among wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes, and innocent as doues.

¹⁹ For youre obedience extendeth to all men I am glad no doubte of you. But yet I woulde haue you wyse vnto that whiche is good, and to be innocent as concernyng euill.

²⁰ Brethren be not chyldren in wyt howebeit as concerninge maliciousnes be children: but in wyt be perfect.

¹⁷ Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is,

²⁶ As vyneger is to the tethe, and as smoke is vnto the eyes, euen so sa slougysh person to them that send him forth.

¹³ Lyke as the wynter coole in the haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to him that sent him, & refresheth his masters mynd.

²³ The North wind driueth away the raine, euen so doth an earnest sober countenances backbyters tong.

⁶ He is lame of his fete yea dronken is he in vanite, that committeth any thing to a fole.

¹³ I haue sene foly amonge the Prophetes of Samaria that they preached for Ball, & disceyued my people of Israel. ¹⁴ I haue sene also amonge the Prophetes of Ierusalem foule aduouterye, and presumptuous lyes. They take the moste shamefull men by the hande, flatryng them, so that they can not returne from their wickednes. All these wyth their cytesyns are vnto me, as Sodom, and as the inhabitours of Gomorre. ¹⁵ Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes concernynge the prophetes: Beholde, I wyll fede them with wormwod, and make them dryncke the water of gall. For from the prophetes of Ierusalem is the sycknes and ypocrisye come in to all the lande. ¹⁶ And therfore the Lorde of Hostes geueth you this warnynge: Heare not the wordes of the prophetes, that preach vnto you, and disceyue you: for they speake the meanynge of their owne herte, and not out of the mouth of the Lorde.

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dreame, let hym tell it: and he that vnderstandeth my worde, lett hym shewe it faythfully. For what hath chaffe and wheate to do together? sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁸ If I sayde vnto the, concernynge the vngodly man: that (wythout doute) he muste dye, and thou geuest hym not warnynge, ner speakest vnto hym, that he maye turne from hys euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shalll the same vngodly man dye in hys owne vnryghtuousnes: but hys bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hande.

⁷ And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watcheman vnto the house of Israell: that where as thou hearest anye thynge oute of my mouthe, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. ⁸ If I say vnto the wicked thou wycked, thou shalte surelye dye: & thou geuest hym not warnynge, that he maye bewarre of his vngodly waye: then shall the wicked dye in hys owne synne, but hys bloude wyll I requyre of thy hand.

² Furthermore it is requyred of the dysposers, that they be found faithfull.

¹⁷ For we are not as many are which choppe & chaunge with the worde of god: but euen out of purenes, and by the power of God, and in the syghte of God, so speake we in Christe.

²⁰ Nowe then are we messengers in the roume of Christ: euen as thoughe God dyd beseche you thorowe vs: So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be atone with God,

¹² And I thanke Christe Iesus oure Lorde which hath made me stronge: for he counted me true, and put me in offyce,

² And what thynges thou hast hearde of me, manye bearyng wytnes, the same delyuer to faythfull men, whiche are apte to teache other.

⁵ Let the righteous rather smite me frindly, & reproue me: so will I take it, as though he had poured oyle vpon my head: it shall not hurt my head, yea, I will praye yet for theyr wickednesse.

⁹ That thou geue not thyne honoure vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. ¹⁰ That other men be not filled wt thy goods & that thy labours come not in a strang house. ¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods) ¹² and then say: Alas why hated I nourtoure? why dyd my herte despys correction. ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedyente vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? ¹⁴ I am come almoste into all mysfortune, in the middest of the multytude and congregacion.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasion, & he wilbe the wiser, teache a righteous man, and he will increase.

¹ Who so loueth wysdome, wil be content to be refourmed: but he that hateth to be reproued, is a foole.

¹³ Who so despiseth the word destroyeth hym selfe: but he that feareth the commaundemente shal haue peace.

³¹ The eare that herkeneth vnto wholsome warnnynge, and enclyneth therto, shal dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse.

⁶ The multitude hangeth vpon great men, and euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.

¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold.

³ Where as thou (O Lorde) lokest only vpon faythe and truthe. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast correcte them for amendement, but they refused thy correccion. They made their faces harder then a stone, and woulde not amende. ⁴ Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so symple and folish, that they vnderstande nothinge of the Lordes waye, and iudgementes of our God. ⁵ Therfore wil I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them: yf they knowe the waie of the lord and the iudgementes of oure God. But these (in like maner) haue broken the yocke, and burste the bandes in sonder. ⁶ Wherfore a lyon out of the wood shall hurte them, and a wolfe in the euenyng shall destroy them. The cat of the mountayne shal lye lurking by their cities, to teare in peces al them, that come thereoute. For theyr offences are manye, and theyr departynge awaye is greate. ⁷ Shulde I then for al thys haue mercy vpon the? Thy chyldren haue forsaken me, & sworne by them that are no Goddes. And albe it they were bounde to me in maryage, yet they fell to aduoutrye, and haunted harlottes houses. ⁸ In the desyre of vnclenly luste they are become lyke the stoned horse, euery man neyeth at hys neyghbours wyfe: ⁹ Shulde I not correcte thys, sayeth the Lorde. Shulde I not be auenged of euerye people that is lyke vnto this?

²⁵ Se that ye despyse not hym, that speaketh. For yf they escaped not whiche refused hym, that spake on earth: muche more shall we not escape, yf we turne awaye from hym that speaketh from heauen:

⁴⁸ And last of all thus sayde the kinge: blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche hath made one to sytte on my seate thys daye, euen myne eyes seinge it.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wisedom, and to forsake euil, is vnderstandinge.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Lorde, how ioyfull is the kyng in thy strength? O how exceadyng glad is he of thy sauynge health? ² Thou haste geuen him hys hertes desyre, and hast not put him from the request of hys lippes. Selah.

¹⁴ Let hym eschue euell, and do good: Lette hym seke peace and ensue it.

²⁷ Fle from euell, and do the thynge that is good, so shalt thou dwell for euer.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne own conceyte, but feare the Lord, & departe from euell:

¹² Longe taryenge for a thing that is differed, greueth the hert: but when the desyre commeth, it is a tre of lyfe.

²⁷ The ryghtuous abhorreth the vngodlye: but as for those that be in the ryght way, the wicked hate them.

⁴ So when I was a litle past them, I founde hym whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten holde vpon him, & will not let hym go, vntil I bryng hym into my mothers house, and into her chambre that bare me.

¹⁹ But the sure grounde of God remayneth, and hath thys seale: the Lord knoweth them that are his, & let euerye man that calleth on the name of Christe departe from iniquitie.

⁷ I haue fought a good fyght, and haue fulfylled my course, and haue kepte the fayth. ⁸ From henceforth is layde vp for me a croune of ryghtuousnes which the Lorde that is a ryghtuous iudge shall geue me at that daye: not to me only, but vnto all them that loue hys comynge.

¹⁴ And I sayd vnto hym: Lorde thou wotest. And he said vnto me: these are they which came out of great tribulacion, and made their garmentes large and made them white, in the bloude of the lambe, ¹⁵ therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serue hym daye and nyghte in his temple, and he that sitteth in the seate wyl dwell amonge them. ¹⁶ They shal honger no more neyther thyrste, neyther shal the sunne lyghte on them, neyther anye heate: ¹⁷ For the lambe, which is in the middes of the seate shall feede them, and shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuinge water, and God shall wype awaye al teares from theyr eyes.

¹² Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan: & Lot in the cities of the playne, & tented tyll he came to Sodome. ¹³ But the men of Sodome were wicked, & sinned exceadyngly against the Lord.

¹² And they toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and his good (for he dwelled at Sodome) and departed.

⁸ But he lefte the councell that the olde men had geuen hym, & counceled with the young men that were nourished vp with him, & had waited on him.

¹⁰ And the young men that were brought vp wyth hym, aunswered hym, sayinge: thys people that haue sayde vnto the: thy father made our youcke heuye, make thou it vs lighter: thus aunswere them. My lytle fynger shalbe wayghtyer then my fathers loynes.

⁴ And he sayde vnto Iehosaphat: wylt thou go with me to batayle, to Ramoth in Galaad? And Iehosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel: I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thyne, and my horsses as thyne.

³² And when the captaynes of the charettes sawe Iehosaphat, they thought he had bene the kinge of Israel, and therfore turned to him to fyght. But Iehosaphat cryed out.

² And Iehu the sonne of Hanani the sear, wente oute agaynst him and said to king Iehosaphat: oughtest thou to helpe the wicked, & to loue them that hate the Lorde. And thys verely is the wrathe of the Lorde vpon the.

⁶³ I am a companyon of all them that feare the, and kepe thy commaundementes.

¹¹ if they entise the, & say: come with vs, let vs leye wayte for bloud, and lurke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² let vs swalow them vp like the hel, let vs deuour them quicke & whole, as those that go doune into the pyt. ¹³ So shal we finde al maner of costely riches, & fil our houses wt spoiles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, we shall haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayn thy fote from their ways. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euel, & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes. ¹⁸ Yea, they themselfes laye wayte one for anothers bloud, & one of them wolde sley another. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all suche as be couetous, that one wolde rauish anothers life.

¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, & from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges ¹³ From suche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darkenesse: ¹⁴ whiche reioyse in doinge euel, and delite in wicked thinges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes sclaunderous. ¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the housbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel. ¹⁹ Al thei that go in vnto her, come not agayn, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe. ²⁰ That thou mayest walke in the good way, & kepe the pathes of the righteous.

²² Immediatly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter (& lyke as it were to the stockes, where foles are punyshed) ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: like as if a byrde hasted to the snare not knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lieth therupon.

²⁷ Her house is the waye vnto hell, where men go doune into the chambers of death.

⁶ Forsake ignoraunce, & ye shall lyue: & se that ye go in the way of vnderstandinge.

³¹ The eare that herkeneth vnto wholsome warnnynge, and enclyneth therto, shal dwell amonge the wyse.

⁷ Tell me (O thou whom my soule loueth) where thou fedest, where thou restest at the noone daye: lest I go wrong, and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons. ⁸ If thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest among women) then go thy waye forthe after the fotesteppes of the shepe, as though thou woldest fede thy goates beside the shepeherdes tentes.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellowshyppe, and in breakyng of bread, and in praier.

³³ Be not deceiued: malicious speakinges corrupte good maners. ³⁴ Awake truelye out of slepe and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this vnto you: rebuke.

¹⁴ Sette your selues therfore at large, and beare not a straungers yoke with the vnbeleuers. For what feloweshyppe hath ryghtuousnes with vnryghtuousnes? What companye hath lyght with darkenes? ¹⁵ What concorde hath Christe with Belyall? Eyther what parte hath he that beleueth with an infydele? ¹⁶ Howe agreeth the temple of God with Images. And ye are the temple of that lyuynge God, as sayed God. I wyll dwell amonge them, and walke among them, and wyll be theyr God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ Wherfore come out from among them, and separate youre selues (sayeth the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receyue you, ¹⁸ and wyll be a father vnto you, and ye shall be vnto me sonnes and doughters, sayth the Lorde almyghtye.

²⁴ and let vs consyder one another to prouoke vnto loue, and to good workes:

⁴ And I hearde another voice from heauen say: Come awaye from her my people, that ye be not partakers in her sinnes, & that ye receiue not of her plages.

⁷ But and yf thou dost euell, by & by thy synne lyeth open in the dore. Notwithstandyng let it be subdued vnto the, and sea thou rule it.

²³ But and yf ye wyl not do so, behold, ye synne agaynst the Lord: and be sure your synne wyll fynde you out.

¹⁰ Great plages shal the vngodly haue, but who so putteth hys trust in the Lorde, mercy shall compasse him on euery syde.

¹⁰ Then shall they saye. O happye are the godly, for they maye enioye the frutes of theyr studyes. ¹¹ But wo be to the vngodlye & vnryghtuous for they shall be rewarded after theyr worckes.

⁴ When the men of the countrey sawe the worme hange on his hande, they sayd amonge them selues: this man must nedes be a murtherer. Whom (though he haue escaped the sea) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue.

⁷ that is to say, prayse, honoure and immortalytye, to them whyche continue in good doynge and seke eternall lyfe. ⁸ But vnto them that are rebellious and disobey the trueth, and folowe iniquitie, shall come indignacion and wrath, ⁹ tribulacion and anguishe, vpon the souls of euerye man that doeth euyll: of the Iewe fyrst, and also of the gentyll. ¹⁰ To euery man that doth good, shall come prayse, honoure, and peace, to the Iewe fyrst, and also to the gentil.

⁷ Moreouer I wyl make my bonde betwene me & the, and thy seed after the, in their times to be an euerlastyng testament, So that I wyl be god vnto the & to thy seed after the. ⁸ And I wyl geue vnto the and to thy seed after the, the lande where in thou arte a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan, for an euerlastynge possession & wyl be their God.

¹² Therfore shall ye not geue your doughters vnto their sounes, and their doughters shal ye not take vnto your sonnes & seke not their peace & welthe for euer, that ye maye be stronge, and enioye the good in the lande, & that ye and youre chyldren may haue the enheritaunce of it for euermore.

¹² Whatsoeuer he be that feareth the Lorde he shall shewe hym the waye that he hathe chosen. ¹³ Hys soule shall dwell at ease, and his sede shal possesse the lande.

²⁵ I haue bene yonge, and now am olde: yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor hys sede to seke their bread.

²⁸ The chyldren of thy seruauntes shall continue, and their sede shall prospere in thy sighte.

² Hys sede shal be mighty vpon earth the generacyon of the faythfull shalbe blessed.

⁶ Yea, that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren, and peace vpon Israel.

²⁶ he geueth vnto man, what it pleaseth him: whether it be wysdome, vnderstandyng, or gladnesse. But vnto the sinner he geueth werines and sorow that he may gather and heape togather the thing that afterward shalbe geuen vnto him whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thynge yea a very disquietnes and vexacion of mind

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest, ⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

¹⁸ Who so kepeth his fyggetre, shall enioye the fruytes therof he that wayteth vpon hys master, shal come to honoure.

¹⁹ He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydilnesse, shall haue pouerte ynough.

⁹ The whole lande also with the feldes and all that is therin, is in subiection & bondage vnto the kyng.

⁵ Who so kepeth the commaundement, shal fele no harme: but a wise mans herte discerneth tyme and maner: ⁶ For euerye thinge wil haue oportunite and iudgement, and thys is the thynge that maketh men ful of carefulnes and sorowe. ⁷ The Storke knoweth hys appoynted tyme, the Turtledoue, the Swalowe & the Crane consydre the tyme of theyr trauayle: but my people wyll not know the tyme of the punyshmente of the Lorde. ⁸ Howe darre ye saye then: we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde amonge vs. Beholde, the disceytfull penne of the scrybes, setteth forth lyes: ⁹ therfore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afrayed and taken: for lo, they haue caste oute the worde of the Lorde: what wysdom can then be among them? ¹⁰ Wherfore I will geue their wyues vnto aleauntes, and their feldes to destroyers. For from the loweste vnto the hyeste, they folowe all fylthy lucre: & from the Prophete vnto the prieste, they deale al with lyes.

¹² For whome the Lord loueth hym he chasteneth: & yet deliteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope, but let not thy soule be moued to sleye hym.

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

¹³ With holde not correction from the childe, for if thou beatest him with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof. ¹⁴ Thou smitest him with the rod. but thou deliuerest his soule from hel.

¹⁵ The rod and correction myuister wysdome, but if a chylde be not loked vnto, he bringeth his mother to shame.

¹⁷ Nurtour thy sonne with correction, and he shall comforte the, yea he shall do the good at thyne herte.

²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren and brethren & systers, moreouer and hys owne lyfe, he can not be my disciple.

⁶ For whom the Lord loueth, hym he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth euerye sonne that he receyueth. ⁷ Yf ye endure chastenynge, God offereth hym selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is that whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ Yf ye be not vnder correccyon (whereof all are partakers) then are ye bastardes and not sonnes.

⁴⁸ therfore thou shalt serue thyne enemye which the Lord shall sende vpon the: in hunger and thrust, in nakednesse and in nede of all thynge: & he shall put a yocke of yeron vpon thyne necke, vntyll he haue broughte the to nought.

²⁴ Burnt with hongre & consumed with heat and wt bytter pestelence. I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vppon them and poyson serpentes.

¹⁰ The ryche shall wante and suffre hunger, but they which seke the Lord, shal want no maner of thyng, that is good.

³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, and be doyng good: so shalt thou dwel in the lande, & verely it shall fede the.

¹⁶ A small thinge that the righteous hath, is better then great ryches of the vngodly.

¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the dayes of the Godly and their inheritaunce endureth for euer. ¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perlous tyme, and in the daies of derth thei shal haue ynough.

¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man.

³ The lorde wyll not let the soule of the ryghtuous suffer honger, but he putteth the vngodly from his desire.

³⁴ so shal pouertye come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessite like a weapened man.

¹³ Therfore thus saieth the Lorde God: Beholde, my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall haue honger. Beholde, my seruauntes shall dryncke, but ye shall suffre thurste. Beholde my seruauntes shalbe mery, but ye shalbe confounded. ¹⁴ Beholde, my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quyetnesse of herte: But ye shal crye for sorowe of herte, and complayne for vexacyon of mynde.

¹⁰ For when we were with you thys we warned you of, that yf there were any whiche woulde not worke, that the same shoulde not eate.

⁸ For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell: But godlynes is good vnto all thynges, as a thynge whiche hath promyses of the lyfe that is now, and of the lyfe to come.

⁵ Let your conuersacyon be wythoute couetuousnes, and be content wyth that ye haue alreadye. For he verelye sayed: I wyll not fayle the, neyther forsake the: