Proverbs 23 Cross References - Bishops

¹ When thou sittest to eate with a noble man, consider diligently what is set before thee ² Measure thyne appetite if it be gredyly set ³ Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth ⁴ Take not ouer great trauayle to be riche, beware of suche a purpose ⁵ Wylt thou set thyne eye vpon the thing which sodenly vanisheth away? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight lyke an Egle into the ayre ⁶ Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate ⁷ For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee ⁸ The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes ⁹ Tell nothing into the eares of a foole: for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes ¹⁰ Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the fielde of the fatherlesse ¹¹ For their redeemer is mightie, euen he shall defend their cause against thee ¹² Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge ¹³ Withholde not correction from the chylde: for if thou beatest hym with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof ¹⁴ If thou smyte hym with the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell ¹⁵ My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce ¹⁶ Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right ¹⁷ Let not thyne heart be ielous to folowe sinners, but kepe thee styll in the feare of the Lorde all the day long ¹⁸ For veryly there is an ende, and thy pacient abiding shall not be cut of ¹⁹ My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde. ²⁰ Kepe not company with wine bibbers, and riotous eaters of fleshe ²¹ For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate ²² Geue eare vnto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is olde ²³ Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not ²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym ²⁵ [Do so that] thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce ²⁶ My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes ²⁷ For an whore is a deepe graue, and a straunge woman is a narowe pit ²⁸ She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men ²⁹ Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause ³⁰ Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder ³³ Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship ³⁵ They haue beaten me [shalt thou say] and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again

²¹ And he drynkyng of the wyne, was dronken, and vncouered within his tent

³² Come, let vs geue our father wine to drynke, and lye with hym, that we may saue seede of our father ³³ And so they gaue their father wine to drinke that night: and the elder daughter went and lay with her father, and he perceaued it not neither when she laye downe, neyther when she rose vp ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder sayde vnto the younger: beholde, yesternight lay I with my father: let vs make hym drynke wyne this nyght also, & go thou and lye with hym, that thou mayest rayse vp seede of our father. And they made their father drynke wyne that nyght also ³⁵ And the younger arose, and laye with hym: & he perceaued it not, neither whe she lay downe, neither whe she rose vp ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with chylde by their father ³⁷ And the elder bare a sonne, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this day ³⁸ And the younger bare a sonne also, & called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the chyldren of Ammon vnto this day

³⁶ And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me

³² And they prepared for hym by hym selfe, and for them by them selues, and for the Egyptians which dyd eate with him, by them selues, because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrewes: for that is an abhomination to the Egyptians ³³ And they satte before hym the first borne, according to his age, & the youngest according to his youth: and the men merueyled among them selues ³⁴ And he sent rewardes vnto them from before him selfe: but Beniamins part was fiue times so muche as any of theirs: and they dronke, and were made mery with him

¹² His eyes [shalbe] redde with wine, and his teeth whyte with mylke

⁵ And the Egyptians shall knowe that I am the Lord, when I stretch foorth my hande vpon Egypt, and bryng out the children of Israel fro among them ⁶ Moyses and Aaron did as the Lord commaunded them, [euen] so did they

¹² For they cast downe euery man his rod, and they [turned] to serpentes: but Aarons rodde did eate vp their roddes

⁸ Through the wynde of thy nosethrils the water gathered together, ye fluddes stoode styll as an heape, and the deepe water congeled together in the heart of the sea

²² Ye shall trouble no wydowe nor fatherlesse chylde ²³ If ye shall euyll entreate them, and they crye out vnto me, I wyll surelye heare theyr crye ²⁴ And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte, and I wyll kyll you with the sworde, & your wyues shalbe widowes, and your chyldren fatherlesse

³ Ye shall feare euery man his mother and his father, & kepe my Sabbathes: I am the Lorde your God

¹ And Israel abode in Sittim, and the people began to commit whoredome with the daughters of Moab

⁵ And thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soule, and with all thy myght

⁹ Beware that there be not a wicked thought in thine heart, that thou wouldest say, the seuenth yere, the yere of freedome is at hande: and therfore it greeueth thee to loke on thy poore brother, and geuest hym naught, and he then crye vnto the Lorde agaynst thee, and it be sinne vnto thee

¹⁴ Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke, which they of olde time haue set in thine inheritaunce, that thou shalt inherite in the lande which the Lorde thy God geueth thee to enioy it

¹⁸ If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them ¹⁹ Then shall his father and his mother take hym, and bryng hym out vnto the elders of that citie, and vnto the gate of that same place ²⁰ And say vnto the elders of the citie: This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce, he is a rioter & a drunkarde

²⁰ And say vnto the elders of the citie: This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce, he is a rioter & a drunkarde ²¹ And all the men of that citie shall stone hym with stones vnto death: And thou shalt put euyll away from thee, and all Israel shall heare, and feare

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen ¹⁷ Cursed be he that remoueth his neighbours marke: and all the people shall say, Amen

¹⁹ Cursed be he that hindreth the ryght of the straunger, fatherlesse, and widdowe: & all the people shall say, Amen

⁵⁶ Yea, and the woman that is so tender and delicate, that she dare not aduenture to set the sole of her foote vpon the grounde, for softnesse and tendernesse, shalbe greeued to loke on her husbande that lieth in her bosome, & on her sonne, and on her daughter

¹⁹ So that when he heareth the wordes of this othe, he blesse hym selfe in his heart, saying: I shall haue peace, I wyll walke in the meanyng of myne owne heart: to put the drunken to the thirstie

⁴ And after this, he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek, whose name was Dalila ⁵ Unto whom came the lordes of the Philistines, and sayde vnto her: Perswade him, and see wherin his great strength lyeth, and by what meanes we may ouercome him, that we may bynde him, and punishe hym: and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges ⁶ And Dalila sayde to Samson: Oh, tell me where thy great strength lyeth, and how thou myghtest be bounde and brought vnder ⁷ Samson aunswered vnto her: Yf they binde me with seuen greene wythes that were neuer dryed, I shalbe weake, and be as an other man ⁸ And then the lordes of the Philistines brought her seuen wythes that were yet greene & neuer dryed, and she bound hym therwith ⁹ (Notwithstanding she had men lying in wayte with her in the chaumbre): And she said vnto him, The Philistines be vpon thee Samson. And immediatly he brake the cordes, as a stryng of towe breaketh when it fealeth fire. And so his strength was not knowen ¹⁰ And Dalila sayde vnto Samson: See, thou hast mocked me, and tolde me lies: Now therfore tell me wherwith thou myghtest be bounde ¹¹ He aunswered her: Yf they bynde me with newe ropes that neuer were occupied, I shall be weake, and be as an other man ¹² Dalila therfore toke newe ropes, and bounde him therwith, and sayde vnto him, The Philistines be vpo thee Samson. (And there were lyers of wayte in the chamber.) And he brake them from of his armes, as they had ben but a threade ¹³ And Dalila sayde vnto Samson, Hytherto thou hast beguyled me, and tolde me lyes: Yet tell me howe thou myghtest be bounde. He sayde vnto her: Yf thou plattest the seuen lockes of my head with the threades of the wooffe ¹⁴ And she fastened it with a pynne, and sayde vnto him: The Philistines be vpo thee Samson. And he awaked out of his sleepe, and went away with the pynne of the webbe and the wooffe ¹⁵ And she sayde vnto him agayne: How canst thou saye I loue thee, when thyne heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me this three tymes, and hast not tolde me wherin thy great strength lyeth

¹⁵ And she sayde vnto him agayne: How canst thou saye I loue thee, when thyne heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me this three tymes, and hast not tolde me wherin thy great strength lyeth ¹⁶ And as she laye vpon hym with her wordes, continually vexyng of him, his soule was encumbred eue vnto ye death ¹⁷ And so he tolde her all his heart, & said vnto her: There neuer came rasor vpon myne head, for I haue ben a Nazarite vnto God, euen from my mothers wombe: Therfore when I am shauen, my strength will go from me, & I shall waxe weake, and be lyke all [other] men ¹⁸ And when Dalila sawe that he had tolde her all his heart, she sent and called for the lordes of the Philistines, saying: Come vp yet this once, for he hath shewed me all his hearte. Then ye lordes of the Philistines came vp vnto her, and brought the money in their handes ¹⁹ And she made hym sleepe vpon her knees, and she sent for a man, and he dyd shaue of the seuen lockes of his head, & began to vexe him, and his strength was gone from him ²⁰ And she sayde, The Philistines be vp in thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleepe, and sayde: I will go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe. And he wist not that the Lord was departed from hym ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym, and put out his eyes, and brought him downe to Azzah, and bounde him with fetters of brasse: and he dyd grynde in the prison house ²² Howbeit the heere of his head began to growe agayne after that he was shauen

³³ Blessed is thy saying, and blessed art thou which hast kept me this day from comming to shed blood, & from auengeing my selfe with myne owne hande ³⁴ For in very deede, as the Lorde God of Israel lyueth, which hath kept me backe from hurting thee: except thou haddest hasted and met me, surely there hadde not ben left vnto Nabal by the dawnyng of the day, any that pysseth against the wall ³⁵ And so Dauid receaued of her hande that which she had brought him, and sayde vnto her: Go vp in peace to thyne house, beholde I haue heard thy voyce, and haue graunted thy petition ³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal, and beholde, he held a feast in his house lyke the feast of a king, and Nabals heart was mery within hym, for he was very drunken: Wherfore she tolde him nothyng neither lesse nor more, vntyll the morowe mornyng ³⁷ But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone

³⁷ But in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wyfe tolde him these wordes, and his heart dyed within him, and he became as a stone ³⁸ And vpon a ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed

¹⁶ And when he had brought him thyther, beholde they laye scattered abrode vpon all the earth, eating, and drynking, & daunsing, because of al the great praye that they had carried away out of the land of the Philistines, and out of the land of Iuda ¹⁷ And Dauid layde vpon them from the twylight, euen vnto the euening of the next morowe: so that there escaped not a man of them, saue foure hundred young men which rode vpon cammels, and fled

² And in an euening tyde, Dauid arose out of his bed, and walked vpon the roofe of the kinges palace, and from the roofe he sawe a woman washing her selfe, and the woman was very beautifull to loke vpon

²⁶ Then saide Absalom: but I pray thee shall not my brother Amnon go with vs? And the king aunswered him: what needeth it that he go with thee ²⁷ But Absalom made such instaunce, that he let Amnon & all the kinges children go with him ²⁸ Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men

²⁸ Now had Absalom commaunded his young men, saying: Marke when Amnons heart is mery with wine, and when I bid you smyte Amnon: then kil him, and feare not: haue not I bidden you? be bolde therfore, & play the men

⁴⁸ And thus sayd the king: Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which hath made one to sit on my seate this day, myne eye seyng it

¹ The dayes of Dauid drew nie that he should dye, & he charged Solomon his sonne, saying ² I go the way of al the earth, be thou strong therfore, & shewe thy selfe a man ³ Kepe thou the watch of the Lorde thy God, that thou walke in his wayes, and kepe his statutes, and his preceptes, his iudgementes, and his testimonies, euen as it is written in the lawe of Moyses: that thou mayst prosper in all that thou doest, and in euery thing that thou medlest withall

⁹ But thou shalt not count him as vngiltie: For thou art a man of wisdome, and knowest what thou oughtest to do vnto him, his hoore head shalt thou bring to the graue with blood

⁹ And his seruaunt Zimri (which was captayne of halfe his charets) conspired against him as he was in Thirza drinking, and was druncken in the house of Arza, steward of his house in Thirza

¹⁶ And they went out at noone: but Benhadad dyd drinke till he was drunken in the pauillions, both he and the kinges: eue thirtie & two kinges, that holpe him ¹⁷ And the seruauntes of the gouernours of the shyres went out first, and Benhadad sent out, & they shewed him, saying: There are men come out of Samaria ¹⁸ He sayde: Whether they be come out for peace, take them alyue: or whether they be come out to fight, take them yet alyue ¹⁹ And so those young men of the gouernours of the shyres came out of the citie, and the hoast after them ²⁰ And they slue euery one his enemie [that came in his way:] and the Syrians fled, & they of Israel folowed after the: And Benhadad the king of Syria scaped on a horse, with his horsemen ²¹ And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charettes, & with a great slaughter slue he the Syrians ²² (And there came a prophete to the king of Israel, and said vnto him: Go foorth, and play the man, be wyse, & take heede what thou doest: for when the yere is gone about, the king of Syria will come vp against thee.

⁹ And Iabes was more honorable then his brethren: And his mother called his name Iabes, saying: because I bare him with sorowe ¹⁰ And Iabes called on the God of Israel, saying: If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and shalt let thyne hande be with me, and wilt kepe me from euyll that it hurt me not. And God graunted him his desire

¹⁴ There came a messenger vnto Iob, and sayde: The oxen were plowing and the asses feeding beside them ¹⁵ And the Sabees came violently, and toke them away, yea they haue slayne thy seruauntes with the edge of the sword: and I only am escaped alone to tell thee ¹⁶ While he was yet speaking, there came another, and sayde: The fire of God is fallen from heauen, and hath brent vp thy sheepe and seruauntes, and consumed them: and I only am escaped alone to tell thee ¹⁷ And whyle he was yet speaking there came another, and sayde: The Caldees made out their bandes, and fel vpon the camels, and haue caried them away, yea and slayne thy seruauntes with the sworde: and I only am gotten away alone to tell thee

²⁷ Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse, and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende

²⁵ For I am sure that my redeemer saueth, and he shall rayse vp at the latter day them that lye in the dust

¹⁶ He shall sucke the gall of serpentes, and the adders tongue shall slay him

⁹ Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie, and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken

² For some men remoue the landemarkes, robbe men of their cattell, and feede of the same ³ They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse, and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge

⁹ They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest, and take the pledge from the poore

¹² Where then is wysdome founde? and where is the place of vnderstanding ¹³ Ueryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is, neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue ¹⁴ The deepe sayth, She is not in me: the sea sayth, She is not with me ¹⁵ She can not be gotten for golde, neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer ¹⁶ No wedges of gold of Ophir, no precious Onix stones, no Saphires may be valued with her ¹⁷ No, neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it, nor her exchaunge shalbe for the plate of fine golde ¹⁸ No mention shalbe made of Corall nor of the Gabis: for wisdome is more precious then pearles ¹⁹ The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde

²¹ If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse, when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate ²² Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder, and myne arme holes be broken from the bone ²³ For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God, and [knewe very well that] I was not able to beare his burthen

¹ Wherefore heare my wordes O Iob, and hearken vnto all that I will say

¹⁸ But the poore shall not alway be forgotten: [neither] shall the hope of the humble afflicted, perishe for euer

² Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes

⁵ For the calamities of the oppressed, for the deepe sighyng of the poore, I wyll nowe vp sayeth God: and I wyll put in safetie, [hym] whom the [wicked] hath snared

¹ Fret not thy selfe because of the vngodly: neither be thou enuious against the euyll doers ² For they shall soone be cut downe like the grasse: and be withered euen as the greene hearbe ³ Put thou thy trust in God, and be doing good: dwell in the land, and feede in trueth

³⁷ Marke hym that is perfect, and beholde him that is iust: for the ende of suche a man is peace

⁶ Truely man walketh in a vayne shadowe, truely he [and all his] do disquiet them selues in vayne: he heapeth vp riches, & can not tel who shal vse them

²¹ The [wordes] of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his wordes were smother then oyle, and yet be they very swordes

¹² (69:11) They that sit in the gate speake agaynst me: and they that drynke strong drynke [make] songes [vpon me.

³ For I enuied at the case of the foolishe: I sawe the wicked [flowe] in all kynde of prosperitie ⁴ For there be no bondes of death that can holde them: and the galaries of their houses be strong ⁵ They come in no misfortune lyke other folke: neither are they plagued lyke other men ⁶ And this is the cause that pride compasse them rounde about: and crueltie couereth them as a garment ⁷ Their eyes stande out for fatnesse: and the cogitations of their heartes do passe from them

⁸ For in the hande of God there is a cup, and the wine is redde: it is full mixt, and he powreth out the same. (75:9) But the vngodly of the earth do wring out: and drynke the dregges therof

⁶ They murther the wyddowe and the straunger: & put the fatherlesse to death

⁴³ (107:41) Whosoeuer is wyse, he wyll both obserue these thinges: and also well consider the louing kindnesse of God

¹⁰ The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer

² Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies: they seke hym with their whole heart

⁹ (119:1) Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde ¹⁰ (119:2) I haue sought thee with my whole heart: suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes ¹¹ (119:3) I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart: for this ende, that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee

³⁶ (119:4) Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies: and not to couetousnesse ³⁷ (119:5) Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way

³⁷ (119:5) Turne away myne eyes, lest they beholde vanitie: cause me to lyue in thy way

⁷² (119:8) The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me: then thousandes of golde & siluer

¹²⁷ (119:7) Therfore I loue thy commaundementes: aboue golde and precious stone

⁴ Inclyne not myne heart to any euyll thyng, wherby I myght commit any vngodly act with men that be workers of iniquitie: and let me not eate of their delicates

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother

¹⁰ My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them

¹ My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee ² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng

² That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng ³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge

³ For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures

⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures ⁵ Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God ⁶ For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng

¹² That thou mayest be deliuered from the euyll way, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thynges

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes ¹⁷ Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but see that thine heart kepe my commaundementes

⁵ Put thy trust in God with all thine heart: & leane not vnto thine owne wit

⁷ Be not wise in thine owne conceipt: but feare the Lorde, and depart from euyll

³¹ Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes

¹ Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding

⁴ He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue ⁵ Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee ⁷ The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding

¹⁰ Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many ¹¹ I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes ¹² So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall ¹³ Take fast holde of doctrine, and let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy life ¹⁴ Come not in the pathe of the vngodlye, and walke not in the way of the wicked ¹⁵ Abhorre it and go not therein, depart aside, and passe ouer by it ¹⁶ For they sleepe not except they haue done mischiefe: and sleepe is taken from them, vntyll they haue done harme ¹⁷ For they eate the bread of wickednes, and drinke the wine of robberie ¹⁸ The path of the righteous shineth, as the light that is euer bryghter and bryghter vnto the perfect day ¹⁹ But the way of the vngodly is as the darkenesse, they knowe not where they fall ²⁰ My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart ²² For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes ²³ Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe

²³ Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe

²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee ²⁶ Ponder the path of thy feete, and let all thy wayes be ordred aright ²⁷ Turne not aside, neither to the right hande nor to the left: but wihholde thy foote from euyll

¹ My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence ² That thou mayest regarde good counsell, and that thy lippes may kepe knowledge

¹¹ Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say

⁶ Go to the emmet thou sluggarde, consider her wayes, and learne to be wyse

⁹ Howe long wylt thou sleepe thou sluggishe man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy sleepe ¹⁰ Yea, sleepe on still a litle, slumber a litle, folde thyne handes together yet a litle that thou mayest sleepe ¹¹ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie like a weaponed man

²⁰ My sonne, kepe thy fathers commaundement, and forsake not the lawe of thy mother

²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes

¹² Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner

²² Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole [that laugheth] when he goeth to the stockes to be punished ²³ So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon ²⁴ Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth ²⁵ Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes ²⁶ For many one hath she wounded and cast downe, yea many a strong man hath ben slaine by the meanes of her ²⁷ Her house is the way vnto hell, and bryng men downe into the chaumbers of death

⁶ Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right

² She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table

⁶ Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng ⁷ Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe ⁸ Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee

¹⁸ And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell

¹ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother

²⁴ He that spareth the rodde, hateth his sonne: but who so loueth hym, chasteneth hym betymes

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde: then great treasure, and trouble therwith

²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother

²⁷ The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue

¹⁶ To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer

¹⁶ Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto

²⁵ An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother

¹⁵ A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding

¹⁵ Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe, and a soule accustomed with craft, shall suffer hunger

¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope: and let not thy soule spare for his crying

²² It is a mans worship to do good: and a poore man is better then a lyer

¹ Wine maketh a man to be scornefull, & strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet: who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse

¹⁷ He that hath pleasure in bankettes shalbe a poore man: and whoso delighteth in wyne and delicates, shall not be riche

⁹ He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore

¹⁴ The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall ¹⁵ Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away

¹⁷ Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine

²³ For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence

²⁸ Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set

³ Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth

⁶ Eate thou not the bread of hym that hath an euyll eye: neither desire thou his daintie meate

¹² Applye thyne heart vnto correction, and thyne eare to the wordes of knowledge

¹⁵ My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce ¹⁶ Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right

¹⁹ My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way [of the Lorde.

²¹ For suche as be drunkardes and riotours shall come to pouertie: and he that is geuen to muche sleepe, shall go with a ragged coate

²⁴ The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym ²⁵ [Do so that] thy father and mother may be glad of thee, and that she that bare thee may reioyce ²⁶ My sonne geue me thyne heart, and let thyne eyes haue pleasure in my wayes

²⁹ Who hath wo? who hath sorowe? who hath strife? who hath brawling? and who hath woundes without a cause ³⁰ Or who hath red eyes? euen they that be euer at the wine, & seeke excesse ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine howe red it is, and what a colour it geueth in the glasse ³² It goeth downe sweetely, but at the last it byteth like a serpent, and stingeth lyke an adder ³³ Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges ³⁴ Yea thou shalt be as though thou layest in the middest of the sea, or slepest vppon the top of the maste of a ship ³⁵ They haue beaten me [shalt thou say] and I was not sicke, they haue stricken me, and I felt it not: When I am well wakened, I wil go to the drinke again

¹ Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them

¹⁴ So [sweete] shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of

²⁰ For the wicked shall haue no posteritie, and the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out

³⁰ I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man ³¹ And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe ³² This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning ³³ Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle ³⁴ So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man

⁴ Geue not the foole an aunswere after his foolishnes, lest thou become like vnto him ⁵ But make the foole an aunswere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne conceipt

¹¹ Like as the dogge turneth agayne to his owne vomite: euen so a foole beginneth his foolishnes agayne afreshe ¹² If thou seest a man that is wise in his owne conceipt: there is more hope in a foole, then in hym

²² Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne: yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym

²⁴ For riches abideth not alway, and the crowne endureth not for euer

⁷ Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father

¹⁴ Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe

²⁰ A faythfull man shalbe fylled with blessinges, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be vngyltie

²² He that wyll be riche all to soone, hath an euyll eye: and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym

³ Who so loueth wisdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth companie with harlottes, spendeth away that he hath

¹⁵ The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame

¹⁷ Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart

¹¹ There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not blesse their mother

¹⁷ Who so laugheth his father to scorne, and setteth his mothers commaundement at naught, the rauens of the valley picke out his eyes, and deuoured be he of the young Egles

⁵ Lest they by drnkyng forget the lawe, and peruert the iudgement of all poore mens children ⁶ Geue strong drynke vnto such as are redy to perishe, and wine vnto those that mourne ⁷ That they may drynke it, and forget their miserie and aduersitie

² All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher, & all is most vayne [I say] and but playne vanitie

¹⁹ And who knoweth whether he shalbe a wise man or a foole? And yet shall he be lorde of all my laboures which I with such wisdome haue taken vnder the sunne: This is also a vayne thyng

⁷ And why? wheras are many dreames and many wordes, there are also diuers vanities: but loke that thou feare God

¹³ Yet is there a sore plague which I haue seene vnder the sunne [namely] riches kept to the hurt of him that hath them in possession ¹⁴ For oft tymes they perishe with his great miserie and trouble: and yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothyng

²⁶ And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her

⁸ But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym

⁸ All is but vanitie (saith the preacher) all is but playne vanitie

¹³ Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges, Feare God, and kepe his commaundementes: for that toucheth all men ¹⁴ For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euyll

¹¹ Wo be vnto them that rise vp early to folowe drunkennesse, continuyng vntyll nyght, tyll they be set on fire with wine

²¹ Wo be vnto them that are wise in their owne syght, and thynke them selues to haue vnderstandyng ²² Wo be vnto them that are strong to suppe out wine, and expert men to set vp drunkennesse

¹³ And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse, slaying oxen, and kyllyng sheepe, eatyng fleshe, and drynkyng wine: Let vs eate and drynke, for to morowe we shall dye

¹ Wo be vnto the crowne of pryde, euen to the drunken people of Ephraim, whose great pompe is as a floure that fadeth away vpon the head of the valley of suche as be in wealth, and are ouerladen with wine ² Behold, there commeth a vehement and sore day from the Lord, like an vnmeasurable hayle and perillous tempest, euen like the force of mightie and horrible waters that violently beareth downe all thinges ³ The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder foote

³ The crowne of the pryde of the drunken Ephraemites shalbe troden vnder foote

⁷ But they are out of the way by reason of wine, yea farre out of the way are they thorowe strong drinke: The priest also and the prophete are gone astray by the meanes of strong drinke, they are drunken with wine, they go amisse thorowe strong drinke, they fayle in propheciyng, and stumble in iudgement ⁸ For all tables are full of vomit and filthynesse, that no place is cleane

²¹ Unto this Hezekias messengers helde their tongues, and aunswered not one worde: for the kyng had charged them that they should geue him no aunswere

¹ Come to the waters all ye that be thirstie, and ye that haue no money, come, bye, that ye may haue to eate: Come, bye wine and mylke without any money or money worth ² Wherfore do ye lay out any money for the thyng that feedeth not, and spende your labour about the thyng that satisfieth you not? But hearken rather vnto me, and ye shal eate of the best, and your soule shall haue her pleasure in plenteousnesse

¹² Come [say they] I wyll fetche wine, so shall we fyll our selues, that we may be drunken: and do to morowe lyke as to day, yea and much more

⁵ They breede cockatrice egges, and weaue the spiders webbe, who so eateth of their egges, dyeth: but if one treade vpon them, there commeth vp a serpent

² Lift vp thine eyes to the hygh places, and loke where thou hast not ben defiled: Thou hast wayted for them in the streetes, and as a murtherer in the wildernesse, through thy whoredome and shamefull blasphemies is the lande defiled

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

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

⁵ But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels, and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour

¹⁷ Moreouer, I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you (whiche wyl not be charmed) and they shall bite you, saith the Lorde

³ Thus the Lord comaundeth: Kepe equitie and righteousnesse, deliuer the oppressed from the power of the violent, do not greeue nor oppresse the straunger, the fatherlesse, nor the widowe, and shed no innocent blood in this place

¹⁷ Neuerthelesse, as for thyne eyes and thyne heart they loke vpon couetousnesse, to shed innocent blood, to do wrong and violence

¹¹ For I knowe what I haue deuised for you, saith the Lorde: My thoughtes are to geue you peace, and not trouble, and to geue you an ende as you wishe and hope to haue

¹⁸ Moreouer, I hearde Ephraim that was led away captiue complayne on this maner: O Lorde thou hast correct me, & thy chastenyng haue I receaued, as an vntamed calfe, conuert thou me and I shalbe conuerted: for thou art my Lorde God

⁴¹ Yea I wyll haue a lust and pleasure to do them good, and faithfully to plant them in this land with my whole heart and with my whole soule

³³ Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, The children of Israel and Iuda suffer violence together, all they that haue them in captiuitie kepe them fast, and wyll not let them go ³⁴ But their auenger and redeemer is mightie, whose name is the Lorde of hoastes, he shall maynteyne their cause, he shal make the lande shake, and iudge them that dwell therin, [one with another

³⁶ Therfore thus saith the Lorde, Beholde I wyll defende thy cause, and auenge thee, I wyll drynke vp her sea, and drye vp her water sprynges

³¹ They come vnto thee as the people vseth to come, and my people syt before thee, and heare thy wordes, but they do not therafter: for in their mouthes they make a iest of them, and their heart goeth after their couetousnes

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe

⁸ But Daniel purposed in his heart that he woulde not defile hym selfe with the portion of the kinges meate, nor with the wyne which he dranke: therefore he required the chiefe chamberlayne that he might not defile him selfe ⁹ (And God brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the chiefe chamberlayne. ¹⁰ And the chiefe chamberlayne sayde vnto Daniel, I am afrayde of my lord the king whiche hath appoynted you your meate and your drinke: wherfore should he see your faces worse liking then the springalds of your age, & so ye shal make me indaunger my head vnto the king

⁴ They drunke wine, & praysed the gods of golde, siluer, brasse, iron, wood, and stone

²⁷ These two kinges hartes shalbe to do mischiefe, & they shall talke of deceipt at one table, but it shal not prosper, for yet the ende shalbe at ye time appointed

¹¹ Whordome, wine, and newe wine, take the heart away

⁵ [This is] the day of our kyng, the princes haue made hym sicke with bottels of wine, he hath stretched out his hande to scorners

⁹ Who so is wise, shall vnderstande these thinges, and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them: for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous, such as be godly wyll walke in them: as for the wicked, they shall stumble therin

⁵ Awake ye drunkardes, & weepe, howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine: for it is cleane taken away from your mouth

¹⁹ As if a man dyd flee from a lion, and a beare meete him, & went into the house, and leaned his hand vnto the wal, and a serpent bite hym

⁶ They drinke wine in bowles, and annoynt them selues with chiefe ointmentes: but no man is sorie for the affliction of Ioseph

³ And though they hyde them selues in the top of Charmel, I will searche, and take them out thence: and though they be hyd from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commaunde the serpent, and he shall bite them

¹⁰ For whyles the thornes cleaue together, and whyles they banquet out their feastes, they are deuoured vp as very drie stubble

¹⁷ For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue [thee] he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse

¹⁰ Do the wydow, the fatherlesse, the straungers and poore no wrong, and let no man imagine euil against his brother in his heart

⁵ And I wyl come neare to you in iudgement, and I wyll be a swyft witnesse against the soothsayers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that wrongfully keepe backe the hirelynges wages, and vexe the widowe and the fatherlesse, and oppresse the straunger, and feare not me, saith the Lorde of hoastes

²⁸ But I say vnto you, that whosoeuer loketh on a woman, to luste after her, hath committed adultry with her alredy, in his heart ²⁹ If thy ryght eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, the that thy whole body should be cast into hell ³⁰ And yf thy ryght hande offende thee, cut it of, and cast it from thee. For better it is vnto thee, that one of thy members perishe, then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell

¹⁹ Hoorde not vp for your selues, treasures vpon earth, where the moth and rust doth corrupt, and where theeues breake through, and steale

⁶ Geue not that which is holy, vnto dogges, neyther caste ye your pearles before swyne, lest they treade them vnder their feete, and turning agayne, all to rent you

² And beholde, they brought to him a man, sicke of the paulsie, lying in a bedde. And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them, he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie: Sonne, be of good cheare, thy sinnes be forgeuen thee ³ And beholde, certayne of the Scribes sayde, within them selues: This man blasphemeth ⁴ And whe Iesus saw their thoughtes, he sayde: Wherefore thynke ye euyll in your heartes

³⁷ He that loueth father or mother, more then me, is not worthy of me. And he that loueth sonne or daughter, more the me, is not worthy of me ³⁸ And he that taketh not his crosse, & foloweth me, is not worthy of me

⁴⁴ Agayne, the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the fielde: the which a man hath founde, and hyd, and for ioy therof, goeth and selleth all that he hath, and byeth the fielde

⁴⁶ Which, when he founde one precious pearle, went and solde all that he had, and bought it

⁵² Then sayde he vnto them: Therfore, euery Scribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of heauen, is lyke vnto a man that is an householder, whiche bryngeth foorth out of his treasure, thynges newe and olde

⁴ For God comaunded, saying: honour father and mother, and he that curseth father or mother, let hym dye the death ⁵ But ye say, whosoeuer shall say to father or mother: by the gyft that [is offered] of me, thou shalt be helped ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made the commaundement of God, of none effect, by your tradition

²⁶ For what doth it profite a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde, and lose his owne soule? Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule

⁸ If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee, cut them of, and cast [them] from thee. It is better for thee to enter into lyfe, halt or maymed, [rather] then thou shouldest, hauyng two handes, or two feete, be cast into euerlastyng fyre ⁹ And yf thyne eye offende thee, plucke it out, and cast [it] from thee: It is better for thee to enter into lyfe with one eye, [rather] then, hauyng two eyes, to be cast into hell fyre

¹⁵ Is it not lawfull for me, to do that I wyll with myne owne? Is thyne eye euyll, because I am good

³⁸ For as in the dayes [that went] before the fludde, they dyd eate, and drynke, marry, and geue in maryage, euen vntyll the day that Noe entred into the Arke

⁴⁹ And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken

⁴⁹ And so begyn to smyte his felowes, yea, and to eate and drynke with the dronken ⁵⁰ The same seruauntes Lorde shall come in a day, when he loketh not for hym, and in an houre that he is not ware of

¹⁰ For Moyses sayde, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, who so curseth father or mother, let him dye the death

²² Theft, couetousnes, wickednes, deceit, wantonnes, a wicked eye, blasphemies, pride, foolyshnes

⁴⁷ And if thine eye offend thee, plucke it out: It is better for thee to go into the kyngdome of God with one eye, then hauing two eyes, to be cast into hell fire

³¹ For beholde, thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe, and beare a sonne, & shalt call his name Iesus ³² He shalbe great, & shalbe called ye sonne of the hyest: & the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid ³³ And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer, and of his kyngdome there shalbe none ende

⁴⁰ And entred into the house of Zacharie, and saluted Elizabeth ⁴¹ And it came to passe, that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie, the babe sprang in her wombe, and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost ⁴² And she cryed with a loude voyce, and saide: Blessed art thou among women, because ye fruite of thy wombe is blessed ⁴³ And whence commeth this to me, that ye mother of my lord should come to me ⁴⁴ For loe, assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares, the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy ⁴⁵ And blessed is she that beleued: For those thinges shalbe perfourmed, which were tolde her from the Lorde ⁴⁶ And Marie saide: My soule magnifieth the Lorde ⁴⁷ And my spirite reioyceth in God my sauiour

⁵⁸ And her neyghbours, and her cosins hearde howe the Lorde hadde shewed great mercy vpo her, and they reioyced with her

³⁹ When the pharisee which had bydden hym, sawe, he spake within hym selfe, saying: If this man were a prophete, he woulde surely knowe who, & what maner of woman this is, that touched hym, for she is a sinner

²⁷ And it came to passe, that as he spake these thynges, a certayne woman of the company lyft vp her voyce, & saide vnto hym: Happy is the wombe that bare thee, and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke ²⁸ But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it

³⁷ And as he spake, a certaine pharisee besought hym to dyne with hym: and Iesus went in, & sate downe to meate ³⁸ When the pharisee sawe it, he marueyled that he had not first wasshed before dynner ³⁹ And the Lorde said vnto him: Now do ye pharisees make cleane the outsyde of the cuppe, and the platter, but the inward part is full of your rauenyng and wickednesse ⁴⁰ Ye fooles, dyd not he that made that whiche is without, make that which is within also ⁴¹ But rather geue almes of those thynges which are within, and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you ⁴² But wo vnto you pharisees: for ye tithe mint & rue, and al maner hearbes, and passe ouer iudgement, and the loue of God: These ought ye to haue done, and yet not to leaue the other vndone ⁴³ Wo vnto you pharisees: for ye loue the vppermost seates in ye synagogues, and greetynges in the markettes ⁴⁴ Wo vnto you scribes and pharisees, ye hypocrites: for ye are as graues which appeare not, and the men that walke ouer them, are not ware of them ⁴⁵ Then aunswered one of the lawyers, and sayde vnto him: Maister, thus saying, thou puttest vs to rebuke also ⁴⁶ And he sayde, Wo vnto you also ye lawyers: for ye lade me with burthens greeuous to be borne, and ye your selues touche not ye burthens with one of your fyngers ⁴⁷ Wo vnto you, ye buylde the sepulchres of the prophetes, and your fathers kylled them ⁴⁸ Truely, ye beare witnesse that ye alowe the deedes of your fathers: for they kylled them, and ye buylde their sepulchres ⁴⁹ Therfore saide the wisedome of God, I wyl sende them prophetes and apostles, and some of them they shall slaye and persecute ⁵⁰ That the blood of all the prophetes, which is shedde, from the foundation of the worlde, may be required of this generation ⁵¹ From the blood of Abel, vnto ye blood of Zacharie, whiche perished betwene the aulter & the temple: Ueryly I saye vnto you, it shalbe required of this nation ⁵² Wo vnto you lawyers: for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge, ye entred not in your selues, and them that came in, ye forbad ⁵³ When he thus spake vnto them, the lawyers & the pharisees began to vrge hym vehemently, and to prouoke hym to speake many thynges ⁵⁴ Laying wayte for hym, and sekyng to catche somethyng out of his mouth, wherby they myght accuse hym

⁴⁵ But & yf that seruaut say in his heart, my lorde wyll deferre his commyng, and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens, and to eate and drynke, and to be dronken ⁴⁶ The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not, and at an houre when he is not ware, and wyll hewe hym in peeces, and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers

²⁶ If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wyfe, and chyldren, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his owne lyfe also, he can not be my disciple

¹³ And not long after, when the younger sonne had gathered all that he had together, he toke his iourney into a farre countrey, and there wasted his goodes with riotous lyuyng

²³ And bryng [hyther] that fat calfe, and kyll it, and let vs eate and be mery ²⁴ For this my sonne was dead, and is aliue agayne, he was lost, and is founde. And they began to be mery

³² It was meete that we shoulde make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alyue agayne: and was lost, and is founde

¹⁴ All these thynges heard the pharisees also, which were couetous, and they mocked hym

¹⁹ Ther was a certaine riche man, whiche was clothed in purple & fine whyte, and fared very deliciously euery day

²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented

²⁵ But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented ²⁶ Beyonde all this, betweene vs & you there is a great gulfe set, so that they which woulde go from hence to you, can not, neither may come from thence to vs

²⁷ They dyd eate, and drynke, they maryed wiues, and were maryed, euen vnto the same day that Noe went into the Arke: and the fludde came, & destroyed them all ²⁸ Lykewyse also as it was in the dayes of Lot: they dyd eate, they dranke, they bought, they solde, they planted, they buylded ²⁹ But euen the same day that Lot went out of Sodome, it rayned fire and brimstone from heauen, and destroyed them all

³⁴ Take heede to your selues, lest at any tyme your heartes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennesse, and cares of this lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares

²⁷ Labour not for the meate whiche perisheth, but for that whiche endureth vnto euerlastyng lyfe, which [meate] the sonne of man shall geue vnto you: For hym hath God the father sealed

⁵² Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym: Now know we that thou hast ye deuyll. Abraham is dead, & the prophetes: and thou sayest, yf a man kepe my saying, he shall neuer taste of death

³⁰ The man aunswered, and sayde vnto them: this is a marueylous thyng, that ye wote not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened myne eyes ³¹ For we be sure, that God heareth not sinners: But yf any man be a worshipper of God, and obedient vnto his wyll, hym heareth he ³² Sence the worlde began, was it not hearde, that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde ³³ If this man were not of God, he coulde haue done nothyng ³⁴ They aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: Thou art altogether borne in sinne, and doest thou teache vs? And they cast hym out

⁴⁰ And some of the pharisees which were with hym, hearde these wordes, & sayde vnto hym: Are we blynde also

²⁰ And many of them sayde: He hath the deuyll, & is mad, why heare ye him

¹¹ These thynges haue I spoken vnto you, that my ioy might remayne in you, and that your ioy myght be full

²⁶ Whe Iesus therfore sawe his mother and the disciple standyng by, whom he loued, he saith vnto his mother: Woman, beholde thy sonne ²⁷ Then sayde he to the disciple, beholde thy mother. And from that houre, the disciple toke her vnto his owne

⁵ Iesus sayth vnto them: Children, haue ye any meate? They aunswered hym, no

³¹ Then had the Churches rest throughout all Iurie, and Galilee, and Samaria, and were edified, and walked in the feare of the Lorde, & multiplied by the comfort of the holy ghost

⁴⁵ But when the Iewes sawe the people, they were full of indignation, and spake agaynst those thynges which were spoken of Paul, speakyng against, and raylyng ⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas wared bolde, and sayde: It was meete that the worde of God shoulde first haue ben spoken to you: but seeyng ye put it from you, and thynke your selues vnworthy of euerlastyng lyfe, loe, we turne to the Gentiles

¹⁸ Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures, and of the Stoickes disputed with hym. And some saide: What wyll this babler say? Other some, he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods: because he preached vnto them Iesus, and the resurrection

³² And when they hearde of the resurrection from the dead, some mocked, and other sayde, we wyll heare thee agayne of this matter

²³ But that the holy ghost witnesseth in euery citie, saying that bondes & trouble abyde me

²⁵ And when they agreed not among them selues, they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde, [that is to say] well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete, vnto our fathers ²⁶ Saying: Go vnto this people, and say, with your eares shall ye heare, and shall not vnderstande: and with your eyes shall ye see, and not perceaue ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed grosse, & their eares are dull of hearing, and their eyes haue they closed: lest they shoulde see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and vnderstande with their heartes, and shoulde be conuerted, and I shoulde heale them ²⁸ Be it knowen therfore vnto you, that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles, and they shall heare it

²¹ What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death

²¹ What fruite had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are nowe ashamed? For the ende of those thynges, is death ²² But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne, and made the seruauntes of God, haue your fruite vnto holynesse, and the ende euerlastyng lyfe

²⁵ For I woulde not brethren, that ye shoulde be ignoraunt of this misterie, (lest ye shoulde be wyse in your owne conceiptes,) that partly blyndnesse is happened in Israel, vntyll the fulnesse of the gentiles be come in

¹⁶ Beyng of lyke affection one towardes another, beyng not hye mynded: but makyng your selues equall to them of the lower sort. Be not wise in your owne opinions

¹³ Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying

²¹ For after that the world through wisedome knewe not God, in the wisedome of God: it pleased God through foolishnesse of preachyng to saue them that beleue ²² For the Iewes require a signe, & the Grekes seke after wisedome ²³ But we preache Christe crucified, vnto the Iewes a stumblyng blocke, and vnto the Grekes foolyshnesse ²⁴ But vnto them which are called both of the Iewes and Grekes [we preache] Christe the power of God, and the wisedome of God

¹⁰ We [are] fooles for Christes sake, but ye [are] wyse in Christe. We [are] weake, but ye [are] stronge. Ye [are] honorable, but we [are] despised ¹¹ Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste, and are naked, and are buffeted, and haue no certaine dwellyng place ¹² And labour, working with our owne handes. We are reuyled, and we blesse. We are persecuted, and suffer it ¹³ We are euyll spoken of, and we praye: we are made as the fylthynesse of the worlde, the ofscowryng of all thynges vnto this day

⁵ To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe, that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus

¹¹ But nowe I haue written vnto you, that ye companie not together, if any that is called a brother be a fornicatour, or couetous, or a worshipper of idols, or a rayler, or a drunkarde, or an extortioner: with him that is such [see that ye] eate not

¹⁰ Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God

²⁹ But this say I brethren, the tyme is short: It remayneth, that they which haue wyues, be as though they had none ³⁰ And they that wepe, as though they wept not: & they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not ³¹ And they that vse this worlde, as though they vsed it not: For the fashion of this worlde goeth away

²⁷ But I tame my body, and bryng it into subiection, lest by any meanes, that when I haue preached to other, I my selfe shoulde be a castaway

⁸ Neither let vs commit fornication, as some of them committed fornication, and fell in one daye three and thirtie thousande

³² But when we are iudged, we are chastened of the Lorde, that we shoulde not be dampned with the worlde

³² If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men, what auauntageth it me, yf the dead ryse not agayne? Let vs eate & drynke, for to morowe we shall dye ³³ Be not deceaued. Euyll wordes, corrupt good maners ³⁴ Awake truely out of slepe, and sinne not: For some haue not the knowledge of God. I speake this to your shame

¹⁴ For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead ¹⁵ And he dyed for all, that they which lyue, shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto hym which dyed for them, and rose agayne

¹ Seyng that we haue these promises (dearely beloued) let vs clense our selues from all fylthynesse of the flesshe & spirite, and growe vp to full holynesse in the feare of God

⁵ [And this they dyd] not as we loked for: but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde, and [after] vnto vs by the wyll of God

²¹ Enuyinges, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonies, and such lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, that they which do suche thinges, shall not inherite the kingdome of God

¹⁷ That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth: that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue

¹⁹ Whiche beyng past feelyng, haue geuen the selues ouer vnto wantonnesse, to worke al vncleanenesse with greedynesse

²² To lay downe, accordyng to the former conuersation, ye olde man, which is corrupt, accordyng to the lustes of error

²⁹ Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers

⁴ Neither fylthynesse, neither foolyshe talkyng, neither iestyng, which are not comely: but rather, geuyng of thankes

¹⁸ And be not drunke with wine, wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the spirite

¹ Chyldren, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for this is ryght ² Honour thy father and mother (whiche is the first commaundement in promise

²⁰ Accordyng to my expectation, and my hope, yt in nothyng I shalbe ashamed: but yt with all boldnesse, as alwayes, so now also, Christ shalbe magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death

⁷ But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me, those I counted losse for Christes sake ⁸ Yea, I thynke all thynges but losse, for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde: For whom I haue counted all thyng losse, & do iudge the but vile, that I may winne Christe

¹⁹ Whose ende [is] dampnation, whose God [is their] belly, and glorie to their shame, which mynde earthly thynges

⁴ That I may vtter it, as I ought to speake

¹⁹ For what is our hope, or ioy, or crowne of reioycyng? Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe, at his commyng ²⁰ Yes, ye are our glorie and ioy

⁸ For nowe we lyue, yf ye stande fast in the Lorde ⁹ For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you, for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God

² For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght ³ For when they shal say peace & safetie, then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them, as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde, and they shall not escape ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darknesse, that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe ⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye: We are not of the nyght, neither of darkenesse ⁶ Therefore let vs not sleepe, as [do] other: but let vs watche and be sober ⁷ For they that sleepe, sleepe in the night: and they that be druncken, are druncken in the nyght

⁸ But hauyng foode and rayment, we must therwith be content ⁹ For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction ¹⁰ For loue of money, is the roote of all euyll, whiche whyle some lusted after, they erred from the fayth, & pearced the selues through with many sorowes

¹⁷ Charge them which are riche in this world, that they be not hie minded, nor trust in vncertayne riches: but in ye lyuyng God, which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy

⁹ Yet for loues sake, I rather beseche thee, beyng such a one as Paul the aged, & nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe

²⁰ Yea brother, let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde: Comfort my bowels in the Lorde

³⁵ Cast not awaye therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of rewarde

²⁶ Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ, greater riches, then the treasures of Egypt: For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde

⁵ Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse, beyng content with such thynges as ye haue. For he hath sayde: I wyll not fayle thee, neither forsake thee

²¹ Wherfore, lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnes, and receaue with mekenesse, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules ²² And be ye doers of the worde, and not hearers only, deceauyng your owne selues ²³ For yf any be a hearer of the worde, and not a doer, he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse ²⁴ For he hath considered hym selfe, and is gone his wayes, & hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was ²⁵ But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie, and continueth [therin] he being not a forgetfull hearer, but a doer of the worke, shalbe blessed in his deede

²⁷ Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father, is this: To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie, and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde

² For in many thynges we sinne all. If a man sinne not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle all the body

¹ Go to nowe ye riche men, weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you ² Your riches is corrupt, your garmentes are motheaten

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke, see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here, in feare

³ For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe, after the wyll of the gentiles, walkyng in wantonnesse, lustes, in excesse of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in excesse of drynkyng, and abominable idolatrie ⁴ And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng, that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote, and therefore speake they euyll of you

¹⁹ We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophesie, wherevnto yf ye take heede, as vnto a lyght that shyneth in a darke place, ye do well, vntyll the day dawne, and the day starre arise in your heartes

²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe: The dogge is tourned to his owne vomite againe, and the sowe that was wasshed, is turned againe to her wallowyng in the myre

¹ My litle chyldren, these thynges write I vnto you, that ye sinne not. And yf any man sinne, we haue an aduocate with the father, Iesus Christe the ryghteous

¹⁶ For all that is in the worlde, as the lust of the fleshe, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the father, but of the worlde

⁴ I reioyced greatly, that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth, as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father

³ For I reioyced greatly, when the brethren came & testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in ye trueth ⁴ I haue no greater ioy, the for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie

¹² These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes

¹² These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes ¹³ They are the ragyng waues of the sea, fomyng out their owne shame: They are wandryng starres, to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer

¹⁸ I counsel thee to bye of me gold tryed in the fyre, that thou mayest be riche, and whyte rayment, that thou mayest be clothed, that thy fylthie nakednesse do not appeare, and annoynt thyne eyes with eye salue, that thou mayest see

¹¹ And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe, and by the worde of their testimonie, and they loued not their lyues vnto the death

¹ And there came one of the seue angels, which had the seuen vials, & talked with me, saying vnto me: Come, I wyll shewe vnto thee the iudgement of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters ² With whom haue committed fornication the kynges of the earth, and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornication