Job 28:28 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.

⁶ Kepe them now therfore and do them: for that is youre wysdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions, which wha they haue herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? and how excellent a people?

²⁹ These are the secretes of the LORDE oure God, which are opened vnto vs and oure children for euer, yt we shulde do all the wordes of this lawe.

¹⁴ Let him eschue euell, and do good: Let him seke peace & ensue it.

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

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

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

⁴ It is you, o ye men (sayeth she) whom I call. Unto you (o ye childre of me) lift I vp my voyce. ⁵ Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

²⁶ The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made, no not the grounde it self. ²⁷ For when he made the heauens, I was present: wha he set the depthes in ordre: ²⁸ whan he hanged the cloudes aboue: whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe: ²⁹ Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes, that ye waters shulde not go ouer their marckes. When he layed the foundacions of the earth, ³⁰ I was with him, ordringe all thinges, delytinge daylie & reioysynge allwaye before him. ³¹ As for the roude copase of his worlde, I make it ioyfull, for my delyte is to be amoge the children of men. ³² Therfore harken vnto me (o ye children) for blessed are they that kepe my wayes.

¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome, & the knowlege of holy thinges is vnderstondinge.

¹⁴ The lawe is a wel of life vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe him from the snares of death.

¹⁷ The path of ye righteous eschueth euell, & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

¹³ Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men:

¹⁶ Wash you, make you clene, put awaye yor euell thoughtes out of my sight, cease from doinge of euell and violence.

¹⁹ But ye sure grounde of God stondeth fast, and hath this seale: The LORDE knoweth them that are his, and let euery ma that calleth vpon the name of Christ, departe from iniquyte.

¹³ So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and fresshe also. If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you, let him shewe the workes of his good couersacion in meknes that is coupled with wissdome. ¹⁴ But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yor hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. ¹⁵ This wissdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, and naturall, and dyuelishe. ¹⁶ For where enuyenge and stryfe is, there is vnstablenes and all maner of euell workes. ¹⁷ But the wissdom that is fro aboue, is fyrst pure, the peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion:

¹¹ Let him eschue euell, & do good: Let him seke peace and ensue it.