Ecclesiastes 9:10 Cross References - Bishops

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome

³⁰ And Caleb stylled the people before Moyses, saying: Let vs go vp at once, and possesse it, for we be able to ouercome it

¹⁹ Nowe therefore set your heartes and your soules to seke the Lord your God: Up, and buylde ye the temple of the Lord God, to bring the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and the holy vessels of God into the house so buylt for the name of the Lorde

²⁰ And Dauid said to Solomon his sonne: be strong & of good courage, & do manfullye, feare not nor be faint hearted, for ye lord God, euen my God, is with thee, & he shall not faile thee, nor forsake thee, vntill thou hast finished al ye worke that must serue for the house of the Lorde

² Moreouer, I haue prepared with all my might for the house of my God, golde for vessels of golde, siluer for them of siluer, brasse for thinges of brasse, iron for thinges of iron, & wood for thynges of wood, and onix stones, and stones to be set, glistering stones, and of diuers colours, & al maner of precious stones, & marble stones in great aboundaunce ³ And because I haue lust to the house of my God, I haue of myne owne proper good of golde and siluer which I haue geuen to the house of my God, beside all that I haue prepared for the holy house

²⁰ And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda: & wrought it that is good, and right and true before the Lorde his God ²¹ And in al the workes that he began, for seruice of the house of God, for the lawe, & for the commaundementes, he sought his God: and that did he with all his heart, and prospered

¹⁴ And the elders of the Iewes builded, and they prospered through the prophecying of Aggeus the prophete and Zachari the sonne of Iddo, and they builded, and they finished it according to the commaundement of the God of Israel, and after the commaundement of Cyrus and Darius & Artaxerxes, kinges of Persia ¹⁵ And this house was finished the third day of the moneth Adar, euen in the sixt yere of the raigne of king Darius

¹² And I gat me vp in the night season, and a fewe men with me, neither tolde I any man what God had geuen me in my heart to do at Hierusalem: and there was not one beast with me, saue it that I rode vpon ¹³ And I departed in the night by the valley port, before the dragon well, and to the doung port, & considered the walles of Hierusalem howe they were broken downe, and the portes therof consumed with the fire ¹⁴ And I went ouer vnto the well port, and to the kinges conduite, and there was no roome for the beast that was vnder me to passe ¹⁵ Then went I on in the night by the brooke side, and considered the wall, and turned backe, and came home againe by the valley port ¹⁶ And the rulers knewe not whyther I went or what I dyd: neither dyd I as yet tel it vnto the Iewes, to the priestes, to the noble men, to the rulers, and to the other that laboured in the worke

¹² Next vnto hym buylded Sallum the sonne of Hallohes, the ruler of the halfe part of Hierusalem, he & his daughters ¹³ The valley gate buylded Hanun, and the citezins of Zanoa: They buylded it, and set on the doores, lockes, and barres thereof, and a thousande cubites on the wall, vnto the doung port ¹⁴ But the doung port buylded Melchiah the sonne of Rechab, the ruler of the fourth part of Beth acharem: he repaired it, and set on the doores, lockes, and barres thereof ¹⁵ But the wel gate repaired Sallum the sonne of Cholhosah, the ruler of the fourth part of Mispah: He buylded it, and couered it, and set on the doores, lockes and barres thereof: and the wall vnto the poole Siloah by the kinges garden, and vnto the steppes that go downe from the citie of Dauid ¹⁶ After him buylded Nehemiah the sonne of Asbok, the ruler of the halfe parte of Bethzur, vntill the other side ouer against the sepulchres of Dauid, and to the poole that was repaired, and vnto the house of the mightie

² And sayde before his brethren and the souldiers of Samaria: what do these impotent Iewes? will the [heathen] suffer them? shall they offer? shal they perfourme it in one day? shal they make the stones whole againe that are brought to dust and brent

⁶ And so buylded we the wall, and it was ioyned whole together vnto the halfe heyght thereof: And the people were minded to labour

⁹ Neuerthelesse, we made our prayer vnto our God, and set watchmen by them day and night, because of them ¹⁰ And Iuda sayde: The strength of the bearers is feeble, and there is yet much more morter, and we are not able to buylde on the wall ¹¹ And our aduersaries sayde: They shall not knowe, neither see, till we come in the middes among them, and slay them, and cause the worke to ceasse ¹² But when the Iewes which dwelt beside them, came, they told vs as good as ten times, that in all places where ye go vnto, they are appoynted to fal vpon vs ¹³ Therefore set I the people after their kinredes, with their swordes, speares, and bowes, beneath in the lowe places behinde the wall vpon the toppes of the stones

¹⁷ They which buylded on the wall and they that bare burthens, and those that laded them, with one hande did euery one his worke, and with the other helde his weapon ¹⁸ For euery one that buylded had his sword girded by his thingh, and so buylded they: And he that blewe the trumpet was beside me ¹⁹ And I saide vnto the principall men, to the rulers, and to the other people: The worke is great and large, & we are seperated vpon the wall one farre from another ²⁰ Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet, resort ye thither vnto vs, and our God shall fight for vs ²¹ And we wil be labouring in the worke. And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring, tyll the starres came foorth ²² And at the same time saide I vnto the people: Let euery one with his seruaut lodge within Hierusalem, that in the night season we may watch, and labour on the day time ²³ As for me and my brethren, my seruauntes, and the men of the watch which folowed me, we put neuer of our clothes, saue onely because of the wasshing

⁸ And it greeued me sore: therefore I cast foorth all the vessels of the house of Tobia out of the chamber ⁹ And commaunded them to clense the chambers, and thyther brought I againe the vessels of the house of God, with the meate offring, and the incense ¹⁰ And I perceaued that the portions of the Leuites had not ben geuen them, and that euery one was fled to his land, euen the Leuites and singers that executed the worke ¹¹ Then reproued I the rulers, and sayd: Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place ¹² Then brought all Iuda the tythes of corne, and wine, and oyle, vnto the treasure ¹³ And I made treasures ouer the treasure, euen Selemiah the priest, and Zadoc the scribe, and of the Leuites, Phadaia: and vnder their hand was Hanan the sonne of Zacur, the sonne of Mathania: for they were counted faythful, and their office was to distribute [the portions] vnto their brethren ¹⁴ Thinke vpon me O my God herein, and wype not out my mercie that I haue shewed on the house of my God, and on the offices therof ¹⁵ And the same time sawe I in Iuda some treading wine presses on the Sabbath, and bringing in sheues, and which laded asses also with wine, grapes, and figges, and all burthens, and brought them into Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath day: And I rebuked them earnestly the same day that they solde the vitayles ¹⁶ There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish and all maner of ware, and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childre of Iuda, euen in Hierusalem ¹⁷ Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda, & sayd vnto them: What euyl thing is this that ye do, & breake the Sabbath day ¹⁸ Dyd not your fathers euen thus, and our God brought all this plague vpon vs, and vpon this citie? And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel, in that ye breake the Sabbath ¹⁹ And when the portes of Hierusalem began to be darke in the euening before the Sabbath, I commaunded to shut the gates, and charged that they should not be opened till after the Sabbath: and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates, that there shoulde no burthen be brought in on the Sabbath day ²⁰ Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyse ouer night without Hierusalem with all maner of wares ²¹ Then reproued I them sore, and sayde vnto them: Why tary ye all night about the wall? If ye do it once againe, I will lay handes vpon you: From that time foorth came they no more on the Sabbath ²² And I said vnto the Leuites, that they should clense them selues, and that they shoulde come and kepe the gates, to halowe the Sabboth day: Thinke vpon me O my God concerning this also, and spare me, according to thy great mercie ²³ In those dayes also sawe I Iewes that maried wyues of Asdod, of Ammon, and of Moab ²⁴ And their children spake halfe in the speach of Asdod, and could not speake in the Iewes language, but according to the language of the one people and of the other people ²⁵ Then I reproued them, and cursed them, and smote certayne men of them, and made them bare: and toke an oth of them by God, Ye shall not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes, neither shall ye take their daughters vnto your sonnes, or for your selues ²⁶ Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne ²⁷ Shall we then obey vnto you to do al this great euyll, and to transgresse against our God, and marie straunge wyues ²⁸ And one of the children of Iehoiada the sonne of Eliasib the hye priest, was the sonne in law of Sanaballat the Horonite: but I chased him from me ²⁹ O my God, thinke thou vpon them that defile the presthod, and the couenaunt of the presthod and of the Leuites ³⁰ Thus clensed I them from all such as were outlandishe, and appoynted the courses of the priestes and Leuites, euery one in his office ³¹ And to offer the wood at times appoynted, and the first fruites: Thinke thou vpon me O my God for the best

⁷ For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe ⁸ Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde ⁹ Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted ¹⁰ But as for man, when he is dead, perished, and consumed away, what becommeth of him ¹¹ As the waters passe from the sea, and as the flood decayeth and dryeth vp ¹² So man after he is asleepe ryseth not, he shall not wake tyll the heauens be no more, nor rise out of his sleepe

⁵ For in death no man remembreth thee: and in the graue who can acknowledge thee

¹⁵ (71:14) My mouth shall dayly speake of thy ryghteousnesse and saluation: for I knowe no ende therof ¹⁶ (71:15) I wyll go foorth in the strength of the Lorde God: [and] I wyll only make mention of thy ryghteousnesse 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 (88:9) Wylt thou worke a miracle amongst the dead? or shal the dead rise vp againe [and] acknowledge thee? Selah ¹¹ (88:10) Shall thy louing kindnes be talked of in the graue? or thy faythfulnes in destruction ¹² (88:11) Shall thy wonderous workes be knowen in the darke? and thy righteousnes in the lande of forgetfulnes

⁵ For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye: but they that be dead knowe nothing, neither deserue they any more, for their memoriall is forgotten ⁶ Also their loue, and their hatred, and their enuie is nowe perished, neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne

³ When the cloudes are full, they powre out raine vpon the earth. And when the tree falleth, whether it be towarde the south or north, in what place soeuer it fall, there it lieth

⁶ Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede, whether it be in the morning or in the euening: for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper, and if they both take, it is the better

¹⁸ For hell prayseth not thee, death doth not magnifie thee: they that go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth ¹⁹ But the lyuyng, yea the lyuyng knowledge thee, as I do this day: the father telleth his children of thy faythfulnesse

¹³ Ye shall seke me and fynde me, yea yf so be that you seke me with your whole heart

³³ But rather, seke ye first the kyngdome of God, and his ryghteousnesse, and all these thynges shalbe ministred vnto you

³⁴ Iesus sayth vnto them: my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me, and to finishe his worke

⁴ I must worke the workes of him that sent me, whyle it is daye. The nyght commeth when no man can worke

²⁵ And nowe beholde, I am sure that hencefoorth ye al, through who I haue gone preachyng the kyngdome of God, shall see my face no more ²⁶ Wherefore, I take you to recorde this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men ²⁷ For I haue kept nothyng backe, but haue shewed you all ye counsell of God ²⁸ Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood ²⁹ For I knowe this, that after my departyng, shall greeuous wolfes enter in among you, not sparyng the flocke ³⁰ Also of your owne selues shall men aryse, speakyng peruerse thynges, to drawe disciples after them ³¹ Therfore watch, and remember that by the space of three yeres I ceassed not to warne euery one night and day with teares

¹¹ Not lither in businesse, feruent in spirite, seruyng the Lorde

¹⁸ For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede ¹⁹ In myghtie signes and wonders, by the power of the spirite of God: so that from Hierusalem, & the coastes rounde about, vnto Illyricum, I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe ²⁰ So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell, not where Christe was named, lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation

²⁴ Perceaue ye not [howe] that they which run in a race, run all, but one receaueth the rewarde? So run that ye may obtayne

²⁶ I therfore so run, not as at an vncertayne thing: So fight I, not as one that beateth the ayre

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me

¹⁰ Yf Timotheus come, see that he be without feare with you: For he worketh the worke of the Lorde, as I do

¹⁶ Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll

²³ And whatsoeuer ye do, do it heartilie, as to the Lorde, and not vnto men

¹² Wherfore I wyll not be negligent to put you alwayes in remembraunce of suche thynges, though ye knowe them your selues, and be stablysshed in the present trueth ¹³ Notwithstandyng I thynke it meete, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stirre you vp by puttyng you in remembraunce ¹⁴ Forasmuch as I am sure that shortly I must put of this my tabernacle, euen as our Lorde Iesus Christe shewed me ¹⁵ I wyll euer also geue my diligence yt ye may haue wherwith to stirre vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departyng