Proverbs 6:6 Cross References - Coverdale

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogarde) cosidre hir wayes, & lerne to be wyse.

⁷ Axe the catell, & they shal enfourme the: the foules of the ayre, and they shall tell ye: ⁸ Speake to the earth, and it shall shewe the: Or to the fyshes of the see, and they shal certifie the.

¹⁷ But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes.

⁹ How loge wilt thou slepe, thou slogish ma? Wha wilt thou aryse out of thy slepe?

²⁶ As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.

⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.

¹⁹ The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed.

⁹ Who so is slouthfull and slacke in his labor, is ye brother of him ye is a waister.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

²⁴ A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.

⁴ A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde, therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer, and haue nothinge.

²⁵ The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor.

¹³ The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.

³⁰ I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. ³² This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. ³³ Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter himself in his bedd. ¹⁵ The slouthfull body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.

²⁵ The Emmettes are but a weake people, yet gather they their meate together in ye haruest.

³ An oxe knoweth his LORDE, and an Asse his masters stall, but Israel knoweth nothinge, my people hath no vnderstondinge.

²⁶ Beholde the foules of ye ayer: for they sowe not, nether reepe, nor yet cary in to the barnes: and yet youre heauely father fedeth the. Are ye not moch better the they?

²⁶ But his lorde answered, and sayde vnto him: Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt, knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not?

¹¹ Be not slouthfull in the busynesse that ye haue in hande. Be feruent in the sprete. Applye youre selues vnto the tyme.

¹² that ye faynte not, but folowe them which thorow faith and paciece inheret the promyses.