Bible verses about "orderliness" | Coverdale

³ I thought it good (after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge) to wryte the same orderly vnto the (good Theophilus)

¹⁶ For by him were all thinges created, that are in heauen and earth, thinges vysible and thinges inuysible, whether they be maiesties or lordshippes, ether rules or powers: All thinges are created by him and in him, ¹⁷ and he is before all thinges, and in him all thinges haue their beynge.

⁷ Remembre the which haue the ouersighte of you, which haue declared vnto you the worde of God. The ende of whose couersacion se that ye loke vpon, and folowe their faith.

¹ Every thinge hath a tyme, yee all that is vnder the heauen, hath is conuenient season. ² There is a tyme to be borne, and a tyme to dye. There is a tyme to plate, and a tyme to plucke vp the thinge, yt is planted: ³ A tyme to slaye, and a tyme to make whole: A tyme to breake downe, and a tyme to buylde vp: ⁴ A tyme to wepe, and a tyme to laugh: A tyme to mourne, and a tyme to daunse: ⁵ A tyme to cast awaye stones, and a tyme to gather stones together: A tyme to enbrace, & a tyme to refrayne from enbracynge: ⁶ A tyme to wynne, and a tyme to lese: A tyme to spare, and a tyme to spende: ⁷ A tyme to cutt in peces, and a tyme to sowe together: A tyme to kepe sylece, and a tyme to speake: ⁸ A tyme to loue, & a tyme to hate: A tyme of warre, and a tyme of peace. ⁹ What hath a ma els (that doth eny thinge) but weerynesse and laboure? ¹⁰ For as touchinge the trauayle and carefulnesse which God hath geuen vnto me, I se that he hath geuen it them, to be exercised in it. ¹¹ All this hath he ordened maruelous goodly, to euery thinge his due tyme. He hath plated ignoraunce also in the hertes of men, yt they shulde not fynde out ye grounde of his workes, which he doth from ye beginninge to ye ende. ¹² So I perceaued, yt in these thinges there is nothinge better for a man, the to be mery & to do well so longe as he lyueth. ¹³ For all yt a man eateth & drynketh, yee what so euer a ma enioyeth of all his labor, ye same is a gift of God. ¹⁴ I cosidered also yt what so euer God doth, it cotinueth for euer, & yt nothinge can be put vnto it ner take from it: & yt God doth it to ye intent, yt men shulde feare him. ¹⁵ The thinge yt hath bene, is now: & the thinge yt is for to come, hath bene afore tyme, for God restoreth agayne the thinge that was past. ¹⁶ Morouer, I sawe vnder ye Sonne, vngodlynesse in the steade of iudgment, & iniquite in steade of rightuousnesse. ¹⁷ Then thought I in my mynde: God shal separate the rightuous from the vngodly, & then shal be the tyme & iudgmet of all councels & workes. ¹⁸ I comoned wt myne owne herte also cocernynge the childre of men: how God hath chosen them, and yet letteth the apeare, as though they were beastes: ¹⁹ for it happeneth vnto men as it doth vnto beastes, & as the one dyeth, so dyeth ye other: yee they haue both one maner of breth, so yt (in this) a man hath no preemynence aboue a beest, but all are subdued vnto vanite. ²⁰ They go all vnto one place, for as they be all of dust, so shal they all turne vnto dust againe. ²¹ Who knoweth the sprete of man yt goeth vpwarde, and the breth of the beest yt goeth downe in to the earth? ²² Wherfore I perceaue, yt there is nothyinge better for a man, then to be ioyfull in his laboure, for that is his porcion. But who wil brynge him to se the thinge, that shal come after him?

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.

² And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.

³ And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes, that they be no false accusers, not geuen to moch wyne, that they teach honest thinges, ⁴ that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded, to loue their hussbandes, to loue their childre, ⁵ to be discrete, chaste, husswyfly, good, obedient vnto their awne hussbandes, that the worde of God be not euell spoken of.

¹ In ye begynnynge God created heauen & earth: ² and ye earth was voyde and emptie, and darcknes was vpon the depe, & ye sprete of God moued vpo the water. ³ And God sayde: let there be light, & there was light. ⁴ And God sawe the light that it was good. Then God deuyded ye light from the darcknes, ⁵ and called the light, Daye: and the darcknes, Night Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the first daye. ⁶ And God sayde: let there be a firmament betwene the waters, and let it deuyde ye waters a sunder. ⁷ Then God made ye firmamet, and parted the waters vnder the firmamet, from the waters aboue the firmament: And so it came to passe. ⁸ And God called ye firmament, Heauen. Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the seconde daye. ⁹ And God sayde: let the waters vnder heauen gather theselues vnto one place, yt the drye londe maye appeare. And so it came to passe. ¹⁰ And God called ye drye londe, Earth: and the gatheringe together of waters called he, ye See. And God sawe yt it was good. ¹¹ And God sayde: let ye earth bringe forth grene grasse and herbe, that beareth sede: & frutefull trees, that maye beare frute, euery one after his kynde, hauynge their owne sede in them selues vpon the earth. And so it came to passe. ¹² And the earth brought forth grene grasse and herbe, yt beareth sede euery one after his kynde, & trees bearinge frute, & hauynge their owne sede in them selues, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good. ¹³ Then of the euenynge & mornynge was made the thirde daye. ¹⁴ And God sayde: let there be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to deuyde the daye fro the night, that they maye be vnto tokes, seasons, dayes, and yeares. ¹⁵ And let them be lightes in ye firmament of heauen, to shyne vpon the earth: And so it came to passe. ¹⁶ And God made two greate lightes: one greater light to rule the daye, and a lesse light to rule the night, and (he made) starres also. ¹⁷ And God set them in the firmament of heauen, yt they might shyne vpo earth, ¹⁸ and to rule the daye and the night, and to deuyde the light from darcknes. And God sawe that it was good. ¹⁹ Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fourth daye. ²⁰ And God sayde: let the waters brynge forth creatures that moue and haue life, & foules for to flye aboue the earth vnder the firmamet of heauen. ²¹ And God created greate whalles, and all maner of creatures that lyue and moue, which the waters brought forth euery one after his kynde: and all maner of fethered foules, euery one after his kynde. And God sawe that it was good, ²² and blessed them, sayenge: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the waters of the sees, and let the foules multiplie vpon the earth. ²³ Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the fifth daye. ²⁴ And God sayde: let ye earth brynge forth lyuynge soules, euery one after his kynde: catell, wormes & what as hath life vpon earth, euery one after his kynde. And so it came to passe. ²⁵ And God made ye beastes of the earth euery one after his kynde, and catell after their kynde, and all maner wormes of the earth after their kynde. And God sawe that it was good. ²⁶ And God sayde: let vs make man in or similitude after oure licknesse, that he maye haue rule ouer the fysh of the see, and ouer the foules vnder ye heauen, and ouer catell, and ouer all the earth, and ouer all wormes that crepe on ye earth. ²⁷ And God created man after his licknesse: after ye licknesse of God created he him, male & female created he them. ²⁸ And God blessed them, and sayde vnto them: Growe, and multiplie, and fyll the earth, and subdue it, & haue domynion ouer the fish of the see, and ouer the foules of the ayre, and ouer all the beastes that crepe vpo the earth. ²⁹ And God sayde: lo, I haue geuen you all maner herbes that beare sede vpon the whole earth, and all maner frutefull trees that beare sede, to be meate for you. ³⁰ And to all beastes of the earth, and to all foules vnder the heauen, and to euery worme that hath life (vpon earth) all maner grene herbes to eate. And so it came to passe. ³¹ And God behelde all yt he had made, and lo, they were exceadinge good. Then of the euenynge and mornynge was made the sixte daye.

⁴⁰ Let all thinges be done honestly and in order.