Proverbs 7 Cross References - Bishops

¹ My sonne kepe my words, and lay vp my commaundements by thee ² Kepe my commaundementes & my lawe, euen as the apple of thyne eye, and thou shalt liue ³ Binde them vpon thy fingers, and wryte them in the table of thyne heart ⁴ Say vnto wysdome, thou art my sister: and call vnderstanding thy kinsewoman ⁵ That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes ⁶ For at the windowe of my house I loked through the windowe ⁷ And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt ⁸ Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her hous ⁹ In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke ¹⁰ And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid ¹¹ She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house ¹² Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner ¹³ She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying ¹⁴ I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it ¹⁵ Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee ¹⁶ I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon ¹⁸ Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast ²¹ Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym 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

¹ And the serpent was suttiller then euery beast of the fielde which ye lord God hadde made, and he sayde vnto the woman: yea, hath God saide, ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden

⁹ And they sayde vnto hym: where is Sara thy wife? He aunswered, behold, in the tent

⁸ And after he had ben there a long time, Abimelech king of the Philistines loked out at a windowe, & sawe Isahac sportyng with Rebecca his wyfe

¹⁴ And she put her widowes garmentes of from her, and couered her with a vayle, and disguysed her selfe, and sate her downe in an open place, whiche is by the way syde to Thimnath, for because that she sawe Selah was growen, and she was not geuen vnto hym to wyfe ¹⁵ When Iuda sawe her, he thought it had ben an harlot, because she had couered her face

⁷ And after this, his maisters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph, and saide: [come] lye with me

¹¹ And on a certaine conuenient day, Ioseph entred into the house to do his businesse, and there was none of the housholde by, in the house ¹² Then she caught him by the garment, saying: lye with me. And he left his garment in her hande, and fledde, and got hym out

⁶ And ye shall kepe hym in vntyll the fourteenth day of the same moneth: and euery assemble of the congregation of Israel shall kyll hym about euen

²³ Take vnto thee principal spices, of the most pure Mirrhe fiue hudreth sicles, of sweete Synamond halfe so much, euen two hundreth and fiftie sicles, of sweete Calamus two hundreth and fiftie sicles

¹¹ This is the law of the peace offering, whiche he shall offer vnto the Lorde

¹⁵ And the fleshe of his peace offeringes for thankes geuing, shalbe eate the same day that it is offred: And let hym leaue nothyng of it vntill the morowe ¹⁶ But if the offering of his sacrifice be a vowe, or of his owne free wyll, it shalbe eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and if ought remayne vntill the morowe, it may be eaten

⁵ Ye shall kepe therfore mine ordinaunces, and my iudgementes: which if a man do he shall lyue in them: I am the Lorde

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

⁶ And behold, one of the chyldren of Israel came & brought vnto his brethren a Madianitishe woman, euen in the sight of Moyses, and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel, that wept before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation ⁷ And when Phinehes the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose vp out of the myddes of the companie, & toke a iauelin in his hande ⁸ And went after the man of Israel into the tent, & thrust them through both the man of Israel & also the woman, euen thorowe the belly of her: And the plague ceassed fro the chyldre of Israel

⁸ And went after the man of Israel into the tent, & thrust them through both the man of Israel & also the woman, euen thorowe the belly of her: And the plague ceassed fro the chyldre of Israel ⁹ And there dyed in the plague twentie and foure thousande

¹⁶ Beholde, these caused the children of Israel through the councel of Balaam, to commit trespasse agaynst the Lorde in the businesse of Peor, and there folowed a plague among the congregation of the Lorde

⁸ And thou shalt binde them for a signe vpon thine hande, and they shalbe as frontlettes betweene thine eyes ⁹ And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house, & vpon thy gates

¹⁸ Therefore shall ye put vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hande, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes ¹⁹ And ye shall teache them your chyldren, that they may talke of them when thou sittest in thyne house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou lyest downe, and when thou risest vp ²⁰ Yea, and thou shalt wryte them vpon the doore postes of thyne house, and vpon thy gates

²⁸ And a curse, if ye wyll not obay the commaundemeutes of the Lorde your God, but turne out of the way whiche I commaunde you this day, to go after straunge gods whiche ye haue not knowen

⁶ And thyther ye shal bryng your burnt sacrifices, your offeringes, your tithes, and heaue offeringes of your hande, your vowes, your freewyll offeringes, and the first borne of your kyne, and of your sheepe ⁷ And there ye shall eate before the Lorde your God, and ye shall reioyce in all that ye put your hande vnto, both ye and your housholdes, wherin the Lord thy God hath blessed thee

¹⁰ He founde hym in a desert lande, in a voyde grounde, and in a roaryng wildernesse: He led hym about, he gaue hym vnderstandyng, and kept hym as the apple of his eye

²⁸ The mother of Sisara loked out at a wyndowe, and cryed thorowe the lattesse: Why is his charret so long a commyng? Why tary the wheeles of his charettes

¹ Then went Samson to Azzah, and sawe there an harlot, and went in vnto her

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

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

²³ He refused, and sayde: I will not eate. But his seruauntes and the woman together compelled him, and he hearkened vnto their voyce: And so he arose from the earth, and sat on a bed

⁶ And whyle there was warre betweene the house of Saul and the house of Dauid, Abner held vp the house of Saul ⁷ And Saul had a concubine named Rispha, the daughter of Ahia: And Isboseth sayd to Abner, Wherfore hast thou gone in vnto my fathers concubine ⁸ Then was Abner very wroth for the wordes of Isboseth, and sayde: Am I a dogges head, whiche against Iuda do shew mercie this day vnto the house of Saul thy father, and to his brethren and frendes, & haue not deliuered thee into the hande of Dauid: and thou fyndest a fault in me this day for this woman

²⁷ And when Abner was come againe to Hebron, Ioab toke him asyde in the gate to speake with him peaceably, and smote him vnder the fyft ribbe, that he died for the blood of Asahel his brother

¹⁶ And as ye arke of the Lord came into the citie of Dauid, Michol Sauls daughter loked through a windowe, and sawe king Dauid spring and daunce before the Lord, and she despysed him in her heart

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 ³ And Dauid sent to enquire what woman it should be: And one saide, Is not this Bethsabe the daughter of Eliam, and wyfe to Urias the Hethite

⁹ Wherefore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde to do euill in his sight? Thou hast kild Urias the Hethite with the sword, & hast taken his wyfe to thy wyfe, and hast slaine him with the sword of the children of Ammon ¹⁰ Now therefore, the sword shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite to be thy wyfe ¹¹ Wherefore thus saith the Lorde: Beholde, I will stirre vp euil against thee, euen out of thyne owne house, and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes, and geue them vnto thy neyghbour, and he shall lye with thy wyues in the sight of this sunne

⁷ And after fourtie yeres, Absalom said vnto the king: I pray thee let me go to Hebron, & pay my vowe which I haue vowed vnto the Lorde ⁸ For thy seruaunt vowed a vowe (when I was in Gesur in Siria) saying: If the Lorde shall bring me againe in deede to Hierusalem, I wil serue the Lorde ⁹ And the king said vnto him: Go in peace. And so he arose, and went to Hebron

²⁸ Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and fine linnen: the kinges marchauntes receaued the linnen for a price

¹ But king Solomo loued many outlandishe women, & the daughter of Pharao, and women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, & Hethites ² Wher as yet concerning these nations, the Lorde sayd vnto the children of Israel: Go not ye into them, nor let them come into, els will they turne your heartes after their gods: Neuerthelesse, Solomon claue vnto them in loue

⁹ And she wrote in the letter, saying: Proclayme a fast, and set Naboth on hye among the people ¹⁰ And set two vnthriftes before him, to beare witnesse against him, saying, Thou dyddest blaspheme God and the king: And then carie him out, and stone him to death

⁸ And it fell on a day, that Elisa came to Sunem, where was a great woman, that toke him in for to eate bread: And so it came to passe, that from that tyme foorth (as oft as he came that way) he turned in thyther to eate bread

²² And it fortuned, that when Ioram sawe Iehu, he sayd: Is it peace Iehu? He aunswered: What peace should there be, so long as the whordoms of thy mother Iezabel and her wytchcraftes are so great

³⁰ And when Iehu was come to Iezrahel, Iezabel hearde of it, & paynted her face, and tired her head, and loked out at a wyndowe

⁴ Behold I buylde an house for the name of the Lorde my God, to offer vnto him holy thinges, & to burne sweete incense, and to set shewe bread before him continually, to offer burnt sacrifices of the morning and euening on the Sabbath dayes, in the firste day of euery newe moone, and in the solempne feastes of the Lorde our God: for it is an ordinaunce to be continually kept of Israel

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 Thou puttest my feete also in the stockes, and lokest narowly vnto all my pathes, and makest the print thereof in the heeles of my feete

¹⁴ I saide to corruption, thou art my father, and to the wormes, you are my mother and my sister

²² Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth, and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart

¹³ Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light, they know not his way, nor continue in his pathes ¹⁴ The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy, and in the night is as a thiefe ¹⁵ The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face

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

⁸ Kepe me as the apple of an eye, hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges: from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me, [from] myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule

⁷ (19:6) The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple

⁸ All thy garmentes smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cassia, out of the iuorie palaces: wherby they haue made thee glad

¹³⁰ (119:2) The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple

¹⁷⁶ (119:8) I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe: oh seke out thy seruaunt, for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes

⁴ To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng

⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother

¹⁷ But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes

²² O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge

³² For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy 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 ⁷ He stirreth vp health for the righteous: and defendeth them that walke vprightly

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes

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

³ Let mercie and faithfulnesse neuer go from thee: binde them about thy necke, and write them in the tables of thyne heart

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

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 ⁸ Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour

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

³ For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle

⁵ Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell

⁷ Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth ⁸ Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house

²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray

²¹ Tye them continually in thyne heart, and bynde them about thy necke

²⁴ That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman ²⁵ Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes

³² But whoso committeth adultrie with a woman, lacketh vnderstanding: and he that doth it, destroyeth his owne soule ³³ He getteth him selfe a plague and dishonour, and his reproche shall neuer be put out

⁵ That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes

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

⁵ Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles

³² Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes ³³ O geue eare vnto nurture, be wyse, and refuse it not

⁴ Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said

¹³ A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge ¹⁴ Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie

¹⁶ Who so is ignoraunt [sayeth she] let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith

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

¹³ In the lippes of him that hath vnderstanding, a man shall finde wysdome: but the rod belongeth to the backe of the foolishe ¹⁴ Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction

¹¹ He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth idlenesse is a very foole

¹⁵ An ignorant body beleueth euery worde: but who so hath vnderstanding, loketh well to his goynges

¹⁸ The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession: but the wyse are crowned with knowledge

⁸ The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly: but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym

¹ Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife

² The desire without discretion is not good: but [as] a man whiche hasteth with his feete offendeth

²⁵ If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser

²⁷ The sacrifice of the vngodly is abhomination: howe muche more when they offer the thing that is gotten with wickednesse

²⁹ An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way

³ A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished

²⁸ She lyeth in wayte as for a pray, and increaseth the transgressours amongst men

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

³⁰ I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man

²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house

¹² A wyse man seing the plague, wyll hide hym selfe: as for fooles they go on styll and suffer harme

¹⁴ He that is to hastie to praise his neighbour aboue measure, shalbe taken as one that geueth hym an euyll report ¹⁵ A brawling woman and the roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day, may well be compared together

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is much more worth then pearles ¹¹ The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her, so that he shall fall into no pouertie ¹² She wyll do hym good, and not euill, all the dayes of her lyfe ¹³ She occupieth wooll and flaxe, and laboureth gladly with her handes ¹⁴ She is like a marchauntes ship, that bryngeth her vittayles from a farre ¹⁵ She is vp in the nyght season, to prouide meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens ¹⁶ She considereth lande, and byeth it: and with the fruite of her handes she planteth a vineyarde ¹⁷ She girdeth her loynes with strength, and fortifieth her armes ¹⁸ And yf she perceaue that her huswiferie doth good, her candell goeth not out by nyght ¹⁹ She layeth her fingers to the spindle, & her hande taketh holde of the distaffe ²⁰ She openeth her hande to the poore, yea she stretcheth foorth her handes to such as haue neede ²¹ She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurt her housholde, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with scarlet ²² She maketh her selfe faire ornametes, her clothyng is white silke and purple

²² She maketh her selfe faire ornametes, her clothyng is white silke and purple ²³ Her husbande is much set by in the gates, when he sitteth among the rulers of the lande ²⁴ She maketh cloth of silke, and selleth it: and deliuereth girdles vnto the marchaunt ²⁵ Strength and honour is her clothing, and in the latter day she shall reioyce ²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wisdome, and in her tongue is the lawe of grace ²⁷ She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: and eateth not her bread with idlenesse ²⁸ Her children arise vp & call her blessed: and her husbande shall make much of her ²⁹ Many daughters [there be that] gather riches together: but thou goest aboue them all ³⁰ As for fauour it is deceiptfull, & beautie is a vayne thyng: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, shalbe praysed ³¹ Geue her of the fruite of her handes: and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates

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

¹² For a man knoweth not his tyme: but like as the fishes are taken with the angle, and as the byrdes are caught with the snare: euen so are men taken in the perillous time, when it commeth sodaynly vpon them

¹⁶ O howe fayre art thou my beloued, howe well fauoured art thou? Our bed is dect with flowres

⁶ Who is this that commeth vp out of the wyldernesse like vapours of smoke, as it were a smell of myrre, frankensence, and all maner spices of the Apothecarie ⁷ Beholde, about Solomons bedsteede there stande threescore valiaunt, of the most mightie in Israel: They holde swordes euery one, and are expert in warre ⁸ Euery man also hath his sworde vpon his thigh, because of feare in the night ⁹ Kyng Solomon had made him selfe a pallace of the wood of Libanus ¹⁰ the pillers are of siluer, the couering of golde, the seate of purple, the grounde is pleasauntly paued with loue for the daughters of Hierusalem

¹³ The fruites that are planted in thee, are lyke a very paradise of pomegranates with sweete fruites, as Camphire, Nardus ¹⁴ & Saffron, Calamus, Sinamom, with all sweete smellyng trees, Myrre, Aloes, and all the best spyces

¹ O that I might finde thee without and kisse thee, whom I loue as my brother whiche suckt my mothers brestes, and that thou shalt not be dispised

¹⁶ Moreouer the Lord hath said, seing the daughters of Sion are waxen proude, & walke with stretched foorth neckes, and wanton lokes, goyng and trippyng nicely, and tinckelyng with their feete ¹⁷ Therfore shall the Lorde shaue the heades of the daughters of Sion, and shall discouer their filthinesse ¹⁸ In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgiousnesse of the attire about their feete, & the caules, and the rounde tires [after the fashion of the moone. ¹⁹ The sweete perfumes, and the bracelettes, and the mufflers ²⁰ The bonnettes, and the sloppes, and the head bandes, and the tablettes, and the earynges ²¹ And rynges, and nose iewels ²² The costly apparell, and the vayles, and the wimples, & the crispyng pinnes ²³ And the glasses, and the fine linnen, and the hoodes, and the lawnes ²⁴ And in steade of good smell there shalbe stincke, and in steade of their girdle a rent, and for well set heere there shalbe baldnesse, in steade of a stomacher a sacke cloth, & [sunne] burnyng for beautie

⁹ Moreouer, they that worke in flaxe and make fine workes, shalbe confounded, and so shall they that weaue open workes

¹⁶ Take an harpe and go about the citie thou harlot that hast ben forgotten, make sweete melodie, sing mo songes, that thou mayest be had in remembraunce

⁸ Nowe therefore go thy way, and write this before them in a table, and note it in a booke: that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer

⁷ And the Lorde God shall helpe me, therfore shall I not be confounded: I haue therfore hardened my face lyke a flint stone, for I am sure that I shall not come to confusion

⁶ As for vs we are all gone astray lyke sheepe, euery one hath turned his owne way: but the Lord hath throwen vpon hym all our sinnes

³ Encline your eares and come vnto me, take heede [I say] and your soule shall lyue: For I wyll make an euerlastyng couenaunt with you, euen the sure mercies of Dauid

⁷ Thou hast made thy bed vpon hye mountaynes, thou wentest vp thyther, and there thou hast slayne sacrifices ⁸ Behynde the doores and postes hast thou set vp thy remembraunce, when thou hadst discouered thy selfe to another then me, when thou wentest vp and made thy bed wider, and with those idols hast thou made a couenaunt, and louedst their couches where thou sawest them ⁹ Thou wentest straight to kinges with oyle and diuers oyntmentes [that is] thou hast sent thy messengers farre of, and yet art thou fallen into the pit

²⁰ I haue euer broken thy yoke of olde, and burst thy bondes, yet sayest thou: I wyll no more transgresse: but like an harlot thou runnest about vpon all hye hylles, and among all greene trees

³³ Why beautifiest thou thy wayes so hyely, to obteyne fauour therthrough? therfore also hast thou taught wickednesse through thy wayes

³⁶ Why gaddest thou so much hither and thither, to chaunge thy wayes? for thou shalt be confounded aswell of Egypt as thou wast of the Assyrians

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

²² [Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them,] because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome

³⁰ What wylt thou nowe do, thou being destroyed? For though thou clothest thy selfe with scarlet, and deckest thee with golde, though thou payntest thy face with colours nowe, yet shalt thou trimme thy selfe in vayne: For those that hitherto haue ben thy louers, shall abhorre thee, and go about to slay thee

¹ Your sinne [O ye of the tribe of Iuda] is written in the table of your heartes, and grauen so vpon the edges of your aulters with a penne of iron, and with an Adamant clawe

² He smote Ieremie, and put hym in the prison that is in the hye gate of Beniamin towardes the house of the Lorde

³³ But this shalbe the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lorde: I wyll plant my lawe in the inwarde partes of them, and write it in their heartes, and wyll be their God, and they shalbe my people

⁴ For they are children of a harde face and stiffe heart, I do sende thee vnto them, and thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lorde God

⁶ And thou sonne of man feare them not, neither be afraide of their wordes, for bryers and thornes are with thee, and thou doest dwell among scorpions: feare not their wordes, nor be abashed at their lookes, for they are a rebellious house

⁷ But the house of Israel will not hearken vnto thee, for they will not hearken vnto me: for al the house of Israel haue stiffe foreheades, & stubburne heartes ⁸ Beholde therefore, I haue made thy face strong against their faces, & thy forehead strong against their foreheades ⁹ As an Adamant, harder then the flint stone haue I made thy forehead: thou shalt not feare them, nor be abashed at their lookes: for they are a rebellious house

²⁴ Thou hast buylt vnto thee an hye place, and hast made thee an hye place in euery streete ²⁵ Thou hast buylt thyne hye plate at euery head of the way, thou hast made thy beautie to be abhorred, thou hast opened thy feete to euery one that came by, and multiplied thy whoredome

³¹ Buylding thy hye places at the head of euery way, and makest thy hye places in euery streete: thou hast not ben as another whore that holdeth scorne of a rewarde

³³ Giftes are geuen to all other whores: but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers, & rewardest them to come vnto thee on euery side for thy fornication

⁷ Fine linnen with broidred worke out of Egypt was spread ouer thee to be thy sayle: blewe silke and purple out of the iles of Elishah was thy couering

⁸ For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes, After this glory hath he sent me out to the heathen which spoyled you: for who so toucheth you, shal touche the apple of his owne eye

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

⁴⁹ And he stretched foorth his hande towarde his disciples, & sayde, beholde my mother, and my brethren ⁵⁰ For whosoeuer shall do the wyll of my father which is in heauen, the same is my brother, sister, and mother

¹⁶ Iesus sayde: Are ye also without vnderstandyng

¹¹ And when they had receaued it, they murmured against the good man of the house

⁴³ Of this yet be sure, that yf the good man of the house, knewe what watche the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be broken vp

⁴⁸ But and yf that euyll seruaunt say in his heart, my Lorde wyll be long a commyng

³⁴ As a man which is gone into a straunge countrey, and hath left his house, and geuen auctoritie to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche ³⁵ Watche ye therfore, (for ye knowe not whe the maister of the house wyl come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnyng. ³⁶ Lest yf he come sodenly, he fynde you slepyng

¹⁵ But that [which fell] on ye good groude, are they, which with a pure and good hearte heare the worde, and kepe it, and bryng foorth fruite through pacience

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

²⁸ But he sayde: Yea rather happy are they that heare the worde of God, and kepe it

³⁹ This vnderstande, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come, he woulde surely watche, and not suffer his house to be dygged through

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

²³ And the Lorde sayde to the seruaunt: Go out into the hye wayes & hedges, and compell them to come in, that my house may be fylled

²⁹ And they constrayned hym, saying: abyde with vs, for it draweth towarde nyght, and the day is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them

⁴⁹ For I haue not spoken of my selfe: but the father which sent me, he gaue me a commaundement what I should say, and what I shoulde speake ⁵⁰ And I knowe that his commaundement is lyfe euerlastyng. Whatsoeuer I speake therfore, euen as the father bad me, so I speake

²¹ He that hath my commaundementes, and kepeth them, the same is he that loueth me: And he that loueth me, shalbe loued of my father, and I wyll loue him, and wyll shew myne owne selfe to hym

²³ Iesus aunswered, & sayde vnto hym: If a man loue me, he wyll kepe my sayinges: and my father wyll loue hym, and we wyll come vnto hym, and dwell with hym

¹⁴ Ye are my frendes, yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you

²⁰ Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you: the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde. If they haue persecuted me, they wyll also persecute you. If they haue kept my saying, they wyll kepe yours also

²⁸ Then led they Iesus fro Caiaphas into the hall of iudgement. It was in the mornyng: And they them selues went not into the iudgement hall, leste they shoulde be defyled: but that they myght eate the Passouer

¹³ Then Iupiters priest, which was before their citie, brought oxen and garlandes vnto the doore, and woulde haue done sacrifice with the people

¹⁵ And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs

²⁴ Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the inner pryson, and made their feete fast in the stockes

¹² The nyght is passed, the day is come nye. Let vs therfore caste away the deedes of darknesse, & let vs put on the armour of lyght ¹³ Let vs walke honestly as in the day, not in riotyng & dronkennesse, neither in chaumberyng & wantonnesse, neither in strife and enuying ¹⁴ But put ye on ye Lorde Iesus Christe. And make not prouision for the fleshe, to the lustes [therof.

¹⁸ For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes ¹⁹ For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men. I am glad therfore no doubt, of you: But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good, & simple concernyng euyll

¹⁴ I write not these thynges to shame you, but as my beloued sonnes I warne you ¹⁵ For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ, yet [haue ye] not many fathers: For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell

¹⁸ Flee fornication. Euery synne that a man doeth, is without the body: but he that committeth fornication, sinneth against his owne body

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

³ Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs, and written, not with ynke, but with the spirite of the lyuyng God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart

¹⁴ For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, that yf one dyed for all, then were all dead

² For I am gelous ouer you, with Godly gelousie: For I haue coupled you to one man, to present [you] a chaste virgin vnto Christe ³ But I feare lest by any meanes, that as the serpent begyled Eue through his subtiltie, euen so your myndes shoulde be corrupted fro the singlenesse that is towarde Christe

²¹ And that when I come agayne, my God bryng me lowe among you, and I shall bewayle many of the which haue sinned alredy, and haue not repented of the vncleannesse, and fornication, and wantonnes, which they haue comitted

¹⁹ My litle chyldren, of whom I trauayle in birth agayne, vntyll Christe be fashioned in you

¹¹ And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse, but rather euen rebuke them

⁹ Lykewyse also the women, that they araye them selues in comely apparell, with shamefastnesse, and discrete behauiour, not in brayded heere, either golde or pearles, or costly aray

¹³ They learne to wander about from house to house idle: yea not idle only, but also tatlers and busybodies, speakyng thynges which are not comely ¹⁴ I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie, to beare chyldren, to guyde the house, to geue none occasion to ye aduersarie to speake slaunderously

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart

⁵ (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed

¹¹ Dearely beloued, I beseche you as straugers and pilgrimes, abstaine from fleshly lustes, whiche fight agaynst the soule

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

³ And hereby we are sure that we knowe hym, yf we kepe his comaundementes ⁴ He that sayth I knowe hym, and kepeth not his commaundementes, is a lyer, and the veritie is not in hym

¹ Whosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe, is borne of God: And euerie one that loueth him which begat, loueth hym also which is begotten of hym ² By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God, when we loue God, and kepe his commaundementes ³ For this is the loue of God, that we kepe his commaundementes, and his commaundementes are not greeuous

²³ And other saue with feare, pullyng them out of the fyre, and haue compassion on the other, and hate euen the garment spotted by the fleshe

³ Happy is he that readeth, and they that heare the wordes of this prophesie, and kepe those thynges which are written therin, for the tyme is at hande

²⁰ Notwithstandyng, I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee, because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel, which called her selfe a prophetisse, to teache, and to deceaue my seruauntes, to make them commit fornication, and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols

²² Beholde, I wyll cast her into a bed, and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie, except they turne from their deedes

³ So he caryed me away in the spirite into the wildernesse: And I sawe a woman sit vpon a scarlet coloured beast, ful of names of blasphemie, which had seuen heades, and ten hornes ⁴ And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with golde, precious stone, and pearles, and had a cup of golde in her hande, full of abhominations and fylthynesse of her fornication ⁵ And in her forehead was a name written, a misterie, great Babylon, the mother of whoredome & abhominations of the earth

³ For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, & the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her, & the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures

²³ And the lyght of a candle shall shyne no more in thee, and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shall be hearde no more in thee: for thy marchaunts were the great men of ye earth, and with thyne inchauntment were deceaued all nations

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: see thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes, and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke: But worshippe God

¹⁴ Blessed are they that do his commaundementes, that their power may be in the tree of lyfe, and may enter in through the gates into the citie ¹⁵ For without shalbe dogges, and inchaunters, and whoremongers, and murtherers, and idolaters, and whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges