Bible verses about "etiquette" | Great

¹ Iudge not, that ye be not iudged. ² For as ye iudge, so shall ye be iudged. And with what measure ye meate, with the same shall other men measure to you. ³ Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye, but consydrest not the beame that is in thyne awne eye? ⁴ Or how sayest thou to thy brother suffre me, I wyll plucke oute a moate out of thyne eye, and beholde, a beame is in thyne awne eye. ⁵ Thou ypocryte, fyrst cast oute the beame out of thyne awne eye, and then shalt thou se clearly to plucke out the mote oute of thy brothers eye. ⁶ Geue not ye that whych hys holy vnto dogges, nether cast ye youre pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their fete & the other turne against you, & al to rent you. ⁷ Aske, and it shalbe geuen you: Seke, & ye shall fynde: Knocke, and it shalbe opened vnto you. ⁸ For whosoeuer asketh, receaueth: and whosoeuer seketh, fyndeth: and to hym that knocketh, it shalbe opened. ⁹ Is there eny man amonge you, which (yf hys sonne aske bread) wyll offer him a stone? ¹⁰ Or yf he aske fisshe, will he profer him a serpent? ¹¹ If ye then (whan ye are euell) can geue youre children good gyftes, how moch more shall your father which is in heauen, geue good thynges, yf ye aske of hym? ¹² Therfore, whatsoeuer ye wolde that men shulde do to you: do ye euen so to them also. For this is the lawe and the prophetes? ¹³ Enter in at the strayte gate: for wyde is the gate, and broade is the waye that leadeth to destruccion: and many there be which go in ther at. ¹⁴ For straite is the gate, and narowe is the waye, which leadeth vnto lyfe, and fewe there be that finde it. ¹⁵ Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothynge, but in wardly they are rauenyng wolues. ¹⁶ Ye shall knowe them by theyr frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles? ¹⁷ Eue so euery good tree bringeth forth good frutes. But a corrupte tree, bringeth forth euell frutes. ¹⁸ A good tre can not brynge forth bad frute: nether can a bad tree bring forth good frutes. ¹⁹ Euery tree that bringeth not forth good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. ²⁰ Wherfore, by their frutes ye shall knowe them. ²¹ Not euery one that sayth vnto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen: but he that doth the wyll of my father, which is in heauen. ²² Many wyll saye to me in that daye: Lord, Lorde, haue we not prophecyed thorow thy name? And thorow thy name haue cast out deuyls? And done many miraracles thorow thy name? ²³ And then wyll I knowledge vnto them. I neuer knewe you. Departe fro me, ye that worcke iniquyte. ²⁴ For whosoeuer heareth of me these wordes, & doth the same, I will lyken hym vnto a wyse man, which buylt hys house vpon a rock: ²⁵ and a shower of rayne descended, & the flouddes came, & the wyndes blewe, and bet vpon that house, & it fell not, because it was grounded on the rocke. ²⁶ And euery one that heareth of me these wordes, and doth them not shalbe likened vnto a folysh man, which built his house vpon sande: ²⁷ and a shower of rayne descended, and the floudes came, and the wyndes blew, and bet vpon that house, and it fell, and greate was the fall of it. ²⁸ And it came to passe, that when Iesus had ended these sayinges, the people were astonnyed at hys doctryne. ²⁹ For he taught them as one hauinge power, and not as the scribes.

¹ Then came to Iesus Scribes and Pharises (whyche were come from Ierusalem) saying: ² why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicion of the elders? for they washe not theyr handes when they eate bread. ³ But he answered & sayde vnto them: why do ye also transgresse the commaundement of God, because of youre awne tradicion: ⁴ For God commaundeth sayinge: honoure father and mother, and he that cursseth father or mother: let hym dye the deeth. ⁵ But ye saye: euery one shall saye to his father and mother: what gift so euer shulde haue come of me, the same is turned vnto thy profyt: & so shall he not honoure his father or his mother. ⁶ And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God of none effecte, because of youre awne tradicyon. ⁷ Ypocrites, full well dyd Esaye prophesie of you, saying: ⁸ This people draweth nye vnto me with theyr mouth, and honoureth me with lyppes, howbeit, their hertes are farre from me: ⁹ but in vayne do they serue me; teachynge the doctrines and preceptes of men. ¹⁰ And he called the people to him, and sayd vnto them: heare and vnderstande. ¹¹ That whych goeth into the mouth, defyleth not the man: but that which commeth out of the mouth, defyleth the man. ¹² Then came his disciples, and sayde vnto him: knowest thou not, that the Pharises were offended at this saying? ¹³ But he answered and sayd. Euery plante which my heauenly father hath not planted, shalbe plucked vp by the rotes. ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leade the blynde, both shall fall into the dyche. ¹⁵ Then answered Peter & sayd vnto him: declare vnto vs this parable. ¹⁶ Iesus sayde: are ye also yet without vnderstandinge? ¹⁷ do not ye yet vnderstande, that whatsoeuer entreth in at the mouth, goeth into the bely, & is cast out into the draught? ¹⁸ But those thynges whych procede out of the mouth, come forth from the hert, & they defyle the man. ¹⁹ For out of the herte proceade euill thoughtes; murders, breakynge of wedlocke, whordoms, theftes, falsewitnesse, blasphemies. ²⁰ These are the thinges, which defyle a man. But to take meate wt vnwasshen handes, defileth not a man. ²¹ And Iesus went thence, & departed into the coastes of Tyre and Sydon ²² & beholde, a woman of Canaan (which cam out of the same coastes) cryed vnto him, sayinge: haue mercy on me o Lorde, thou sonne of Dauid: My daughter is pyteously vexed wyth a deuyll. ²³ But he answered her nothing at all, & his disciples came, and besought him, sayinge: sende her awaye, for she crieth after vs: ²⁴ But he answered, & sayde: I am not sent but vnto the lost shepe of the housse of Israel ²⁵ Then cam she, & worshipped him, sayinge: lorde, helpe me. ²⁶ He answered and said: it is not mete, to take the chyldrens bread, and to cast it to dogges. ²⁷ She answered & sayde: truthe Lorde, for the dogges eate of the crommes, which fall from their masters table. ²⁸ Then Iesus answered and sayde vnto her. O woman, greate is thy faith, be it vnto the, euen as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole euen at that same tyme. ²⁹ And Iesus went awaye from thence, and cam nye vnto the see of Galile, & went vp into a mountayne, & sat doune there. ³⁰ And moche people came vnto him, bringing wt them those that were lame, blind, deafe, maymed, and other many: & cast them downe at Iesus fete And he healed them: ³¹ in so moch, that the people wondered, whan they sawe the domme speake, the maymed to be whole, the lame to walke, and the blynde to se. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Then Iesus called his disciples vnto him, & sayde: I haue compassyon on the people, because they continue with me nowe .iii. dayes, & haue nothing to eate: & I will not let them departe fastynge, lest they myscary by the waye. ³³ And his disciples saye vnto him whence shulde we get so moche bread in the wyldernes, as to suffyse so greate a multitude? ³⁴ And Iesus sayeth vnto them: howe many loaues haue ye? And they saye seuen, & a fewe lytle fysshes. ³⁵ And he commaunded the people to syt doune on the grounde: ³⁶ and toke the seuen loaues, & the fysshes: & after that he had geuen thankes, he brake them, and gaue to his disciples, & the discyples gaue them to the people. ³⁷ And they dyd all eate, and were suffysed. And they toke vp (of the broken meate that was lefte) seuen baskettes full. ³⁸ And yet, they that dyd eate were .iiii.M. men. besyde wemen & chyldren. ³⁹ And he sent awaye the people, and toke shyppe, & came into the parties of Magdala.

²³ I maye do all thynges, but all thynges edifye not.

³⁷ Iudge not, and ye shall not be iudged: Condempne not, and ye shall not be condempned. Forgeue, and ye shalbe forgeuen.

²³ But the houre commeth & now is, when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in sprete, & in the treuth. For such the father also requyreth to worshyppe hym. ²⁴ God is a sprete: and they that worshyppe hym, must worshyppe hym in sprete and in the treuth.

¹⁶ Cause not youre treasure to be euyll spoken of.

¹ I Exhorte therfore, that aboue all thynges, prayers, supplicacyons, intercessions, and geuynge of thankes be had for all men: ² for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyet and a peaceable lyfe, wyth all Godlynes and honestye. ³ For that is good and accepted in the syght of God oure sauyoure, ⁴ whych wyll haue all men to be saued, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. ⁵ For ther is one God, and one mediator betwene God and man, euen the man Christ Iesus, ⁶ whych gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that it shulde be testifyed at hys tyme, ⁷ where vnto I am ordayned a preacher and an Apostle. I tell the trueth in Christ and lye not: beynge the teacher of the gentyls wyth fayth and veritye. ⁸ I wyll therfore that the men praye euery where, lyftynge vp pure handes without wrath, or doubtinge. ⁹ Lykewise also the wemen, that they araye them selues in comlye apparell wyth shamfastnes and discrete behaueour, not wt broyded heare, ether golde or pearles, or costly araye: ¹⁰ but as becommeth wemen, that professe godlynesse thorowe good worckes. ¹¹ Let the woman learne in sylence wyth all subieccyon. ¹² But I suffre not a woman to teach, nether to vsurpe auctoryte ouer the man: but to be in sylence. ¹³ For Adam was fyrst fourmed, & then Eue. ¹⁴ Adam also was not deceaued, but the woman was deceaued, and was subdued to the transgressyon. ¹⁵ Notwythstandynge thorowe bearynge of chyldren she shalbe saued, yf they contynue in fayth and loue, and holynes, wyth discrecyon.

¹ The prouerbes of Salomon, the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: ² to learne wisdome, & to perceaue the instruccyon, and to perceaue the wordes of vnderstondynge: & therby to receaue prudence, ³ ryghteousnes, iudgement and equite. ⁴ That the very simple myght haue wyt, and that the yonge men myght haue knowledge and true vnderstanding. ⁵ By hearing the wise man shall come by more wysedome: and he that is endewed wt vnderstanding ⁶ shal optayn wit to perceaue a parable, & the interpretacyon therof, the wordes of the wyse, & the darcke speaches of the same. ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion. ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine: & forsake not the lawe of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bringe grace vnto thy heed, and shalbe as a cheyne about thy neck. ¹⁰ My sonne, consente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs: & let vs haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them: refrayne thy fote from their waye. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euell: & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes: ¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe. ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth wtout, & putteth forth her voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before the congregacyon in the open gates, & sheweth her wordes thorow the citye, saying: ²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in youre destruccion, & mocke you, when that thinge that ye feare commeth vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your misery lyke a tempest: yee, when trouble & heuines commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon. ³³ But whoso harkneth vnto me, shall dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.

³² Thou shalt ryse vp before the horehed, and reuerence the face of the olde man, and dread thy God. I am the Lorde.

¹² Therfore as electe of God, holy & beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenes, longe suffrynge,

⁵ Let youre softenes be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde is euen at hande.

⁴⁰ let all thynges be done honestly and in order

⁵ Walke wysely towarde them that are without, and lose no oportunite. ⁶ Let youre speache be alwayes well sauored & powdred with salt, that ye maye knowe, howe ye ought to answer euery man.