Bible verses about "emulation" | Great

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes. ² For they shall prolonge the dayes & yeres of thy lyfe, and bringe the peace. ³ Let mercy and faythfulnes neuer go from the: bynde them about thy necke, and wryte them in the tables of thyne herte. ⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding, in the syght of God and men. ⁵ Put thy trust in God with all thyne herte: and leane not vnto thyne awne witte. ⁶ In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges. ⁷ Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell: ⁸ so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge. ⁹ Honoure the Lord wt thy substaunce: and with thy firstlinges of all thyne encrease ¹⁰ so shall thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse: and thy presses shall flowe ouer with swete wyne. ¹¹ My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde, nether faynte when thou art rebuked of hym. ¹² For whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his awne sonne. ¹³ Well is him that findeth wysdome, and opteyneth vnderstandinge: ¹⁴ for the getting of it is better then any marchaundise of syluer, and the profet of it is better then golde. ¹⁵ Wysdome is more worth then precious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her. ¹⁶ Upon her ryght hande is longe lyfe, and vpon her left hande is riches and honour. ¹⁷ Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable. ¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast. ¹⁹ With wysdome hath the Lorde layed the foundacion of the erth: and thorowe vnderstandinge hath he stablyshed the heauens. ²⁰ Thorowe his wisdome the deapthes breake vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dew. ²¹ My sonne, let not these thynges departe, from thyne eyes: but kepe my lawe and my councell, ²² that thou mayest haue the pleasure of longe lyfe and vnderstandynge: for they shalbe lyfe vnto my soule, & grace vnto my mouth. ²³ Then shalt thou walke safely in thy waye: and thy fote shall not stomble. ²⁴ If thou slepest, thou shalt nott be afrayed: but shalt take thy rest, and slepe swetely. ²⁵ Thou nedest not to be afrayed of any soden feare, nether for the vyolent russhynge in of the vngodly when it commeth. ²⁶ For the Lorde shall stonde by thy syde, and kepe thy fote, that thou be not taken. ²⁷ Withdrawe no good thinge from them that haue nede, so longe as thyne hand is able to do it. ²⁸ Saye not vnto thy neyghboure: go thy waye, & come agayne, to morowe wyll I geue the: ²⁹ where as thou haste nowe to geue hym. Intende no hurte vnto thy neyghboure, seynge he dothe dwell in reest by the. ³⁰ Stryue not lyghtely with anye man without cause, where as he hathe done the no harme. ³¹ Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of hys wayes: ³² for the Lorde abhorreth the frowarde: but hys councell is amonge the ryghteous. ³³ The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellynges of the ryghteous. ³⁴ As for the scornefull dothe not he laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly. ³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

²⁰ worshypping of ymages, witchcraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, wrathe, stryfe, sedicyons, sectes,