Proverbs 23:23 Cross References - Bishops

²³ Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not

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

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

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 ⁴ If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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