Ecclesiastes 12:1 Cross References - Bishops

¹ Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them

² And God was with Ioseph, and he became a luckie man, continuyng in the house of his maister the Egyptian

⁸ But he refused, and sayde vnto his maisters wyfe: Beholde, my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me, and hath committed all that he hath to my hande ⁹ There is no man greater in the house then I, neither hath he kept any thyng from me but only thee, because thou art his wyfe: how then can I do euen this so great a wickednes, & sinne against God

²³ And the keper of the prison loked vnto nothyng that was vnder his hande, seyng that the Lord was with hym: For whatsoeuer he dyd, the Lorde made it to prosper

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

¹⁸ But the childe Samuel ministred before the Lorde, girded with a linnen Ephod

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

¹⁹ And Samuel grewe, and the Lorde was with hym, and left none of his wordes vnperfourmed ²⁰ And all Israel, from Dan to Beerseba, wyst that faythfull Samuel was the Lordes prophete ²¹ And the Lorde appeared againe in Silo: for the Lorde opened him selfe to Samuel in Silo, through the worde of the Lorde

⁷ But the Lorde sayde vnto Samuel: Loke not on his fashion, or on ye height of his stature, because I haue refused him: For [God seeth] not as man seeth. For man loketh on the outward appearaunce, but the Lorde beholdeth the heart

¹² And he sent, and brought him in: And he was ruddie, and of an excellet beawtie, and wel fauoured in sight. And the Lorde said, Aryse & annoynt him: For this is he ¹³ Therefore Samuel toke the horne with the annoyntment, and annoynted him in the middes of his brethren. And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that daye forwarde: And Samuel rose vp, and went to Rama

³⁶ And so thy seruaunte slue both the lion, and the beare: And trulie this vncircumcised Philistine shalbe as one of them, seing he hath rayled on the hoast of the liuyng God ³⁷ And Dauid spake moreouer: The Lord that deliuered me out of the hand of the lion, and out of the hande of the beare, he shal deliuer me also out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul sayd vnto Dauid: Go, and the Lorde [shall] be with thee

³⁵ I am this day foure score yeres olde: & can I deserue betweene good or euyll? Hath thy seruaunt any taste in that he eateth or drinketh? Can he heare any more the voyce of syngyng men and women? wherfore the should thy seruaunt be yet a burthen vnto my lord the king

⁶ And Solomon sayde: Thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaut Dauid my father great mercie, when he walked before thee in trueth, in righteousnesse, and in plainnesse of heart with thee, and thou hast kept for him this great mercy, that thou hast geuen him a sonne to sit on his seate, as it is come to passe this day ⁷ And nowe O Lord my God, it is thou that hast made thy seruaunt king in steade of Dauid my father: And I am but young, & wote not howe to go out and in ⁸ And thy seruaunt is in the middest of thy people which thou hast chosen: and veryly the people are so many, that they cannot be told nor nubred for multitude ⁹ Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people ¹⁰ And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing ¹¹ And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement ¹² Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee

¹³ And all they of Israel shall mourne for him, and burie him: For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the sepulchre, because in him there is found goodnesse toward the Lord God of Israel in the house of Ieroboam

¹² And assoone as I am gone from thee, the spirite of the Lorde shall carrie thee into some place that I do not knowe, and so when I come and tell Ahab, and he can not finde thee, he shall slay me: But I thy seruaunt feare the Lorde from my youth vp

² And he dyd that whiche was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in the wayes of Dauid his father, and bowed neither to the right hand nor to the left ³ In the eyght yere of his raigne, when he was yet a childe, he began to seke after the God of Dauid his father: And in the twelfth yere he began to purge Iuda & Hierusalem from the high places, groues, carued images, and images of metall

² For wherto might the strength of their handes haue serued me? for the time was but lost among them

⁹ But thou art he that tokest me out of my mothers wombe: thou causedst me to trust in thee, suckyng my mothers breastes ¹⁰ I haue ben left vnto thee euer since I was borne: thou art my God euen from my mothers wombe

¹¹ Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God

¹⁷ (71:16) Thou O God hast taught me from my youth: and hytherto I can well declare thy wonderous workes ¹⁸ (71:17) Wherfore whylest I am olde and am gray headed: O Lorde forsake me not, vntyll I haue shewed thy arme vnto [this] generation, and thy power to all them that are yet for to come

¹⁰ The dayes of our yeres be in all threescore yeres and tenne, and yf through strength [of nature] men come to foure score yeres: yet is their iolitie but labour and care, yea moreouer it passeth in haste from vs, and we flee from it

¹⁷ I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me

⁶ Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde

⁸ If a man lyue many yeres, and be glad in them all, let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shalbe manye, and that foloweth: Al thinges shalbe but vanitie

¹⁰ Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie

⁸ Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for

²⁷ O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe ⁹ (And God brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the chiefe chamberlayne.

¹⁷ As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge and vnderstanding in all learning & wysdome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames

⁹ Straungers haue deuoured his strength, and he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of gray heeres, yet wyll he not knowe it

¹⁵ For he shalbe great in the syght of the Lorde, and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke: and he shalbe fylled with the holy ghost, euen from his mothers wombe

⁴⁰ And the chylde grewe, and waxed strong in spirite, and was fylled with wisdome: & the grace of God was vpon hym ⁴¹ Nowe, his parentes went to Hierusale euery yere, at the feast of ye Passouer ⁴² And when he was twelue yere old, they ascended vp to Hierusalem, after the custome of the feast day ⁴³ And whe they had fulfilled the dayes, as they returned home, the chylde Iesus abode styll in Hierusalem: & Ioseph and his mother knewe not of it ⁴⁴ But they, supposyng hym to haue ben in the company, came a dayes iourney, and sought hym among their kinsfolke and acquayntaunce ⁴⁵ And when they founde hym not, they turned backe againe to Hierusalem, and sought hym ⁴⁶ And it came to passe, that after three dayes, they founde hym in the temple, sittyng in the myddes of the doctours, hearyng them, and posyng them ⁴⁷ And all that hearde hym, were astonied at his vnderstanding & aunsweres ⁴⁸ And when they sawe hym, they were amased. And his mother said vnto him: Sonne, why hast thou thus dealt with vs? Beholde, thy father and I haue sought thee, sorowyng ⁴⁹ And he sayde vnto them: Howe is it that ye sought me? Wyste ye not, that I must go about my fathers businesse ⁵⁰ And they vnderstoode not that saying which he spake vnto them ⁵¹ And he went downe with them, and came to Nazareth, & was obedient vnto them: But his mother kepte all these sayinges in her heart ⁵² And Iesus increased in wisedome and stature, and in fauour with God & men

¹⁶ But Iesus, when he had called them vnto hym, saide, Suffer chyldre to come vnto me, and forbyd them not: For of such is the kyngdome of God

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

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