Genesis 19:4 Cross References - Bishops

⁴ And before they went to rest, the men of the citie [euen] the men of Sodome compassed the house rounde about, both olde and young, all people fro [all] quarters

¹³ But the men of Sodome [were] wicked, and exceedyng sinners agaynst the Lorde

²⁰ And the lorde saide: because the crye of Sodome and Gomorrhe is great, and because their sinne is exceding greeuous

² And the whole congregation of the chyldren of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron in the wyldernesse

² Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill, neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number, for to peruert iudgement

¹⁶ For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme

¹⁸ An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe

¹ Loke through Hierusalem, beholde and see, seeke through her streetes also within, yf ye can fynde one man that doth equall and ryght, or seketh for the trueth, and I shall spare that citie, saith the Lorde ² For though they can say, the Lorde lyueth: yet they sweare to deceaue ³ Wheras thou (O Lorde) lokest only vpon faith and trueth: Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce, thou hast corrected them for amendement, but they refused thy correction, they made their faces harder then a stone, and woulde not amende ⁴ Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so simple & foolishe that they vnderstande nothyng of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of their God ⁵ Therfore will I go vnto their heades and rulers, and talke with them, if they knowe the way of the Lord, and iudgementes of their God: But these [in lyke maner] haue broken the yoke, and burst the bondes in sunder ⁶ Wherfore a lion out of the wood hath hurt them, and a woolfe in the euenyng shall destroy them, the Leoparde doth lye lurkyng by their cities, to teare in peeces all them that come therout: for their offences are multiplied, and their departyng away is encreased

³¹ The prophetes teache falsely, and the preachers receaue giftes, and my people hath pleasure therein: what wyll come thereof at the last

³ Yet they say they do wel, when they do euyll: the prince asketh, and the iudge [iudgeth] for a rewarde, therfore the great man speaketh out of the corruption of his soule, and so they wrappe it vp

²⁰ But the chiefe priestes & elders perswaded the people, that they shoulde aske Barabbas, and destroy Iesus ²¹ The deputie aunswered, and saide vnto them: Whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let loose vnto you? They saide, Barabbas ²² Pilate sayde vnto them: What shall I do then with Iesus, whiche is called Christe? They all sayde vnto hym: let hym be crucified ²³ The deputie sayde: What euyll hath he done? But they cryed the more, saying: let hym be crucified ²⁴ When Pilate sawe that he coulde preuayle nothyng, but that more busynesse was made, he toke water, and washed his handes before the people, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this iust person, see ye to it ²⁵ Then aunswered all the people, and sayde: His blood be on vs, and on our chyldren

¹⁵ Their feete are swyft to shed blood