Ecclesiastes 7:8 Cross References - Coverdale

⁸ The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded.

⁵ Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south. ⁶ They that sowe in teeres, shal reape in ioye. He yt now goeth his waye wepige & beareth forth good sede, shal come agayne with ioye, and brynge his sheaues with him.

¹⁰ Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.

²⁹ Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.

¹⁸ An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

³² A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

²⁵ He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in ye LORDE, shalbe well fedd.

²⁴ Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes: Thou my people, that dwellest in Sion, be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians: He shal wagg his staff at the, yee and beate the with the rodd, as the Egiptias dyd sometyme: ²⁵ But soone after, shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies.

²⁸ He shal come to Aiath, and go thorow toward Migron. But at Machnias shal he muster his hooste, ²⁹ and go ouer ye foorde. Gaba shalbe their restinge place, Rhama shalbe afrayde, Gabea Saul shal fle awaye. ³⁰ The voyce of ye noyse of thy horses (o doughter Gallim) shalbe herde vnto lais and to Anathoth, which also shalbe in trouble. ³¹ Madmena shal tremble for feare, but the citesyns of Gabim are maly, ³² yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye. After that, shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion, and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem. ³³ But se, the LORde God of hoostes shal take awaye the proude from thence, wt feare. He shal hew downe the proude, and fel the hie mynded. ³⁴ The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out wt yron, and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal.

²⁵ But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.

¹⁹ Holde fast youre soules with pacience.

⁷ namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life: ⁸ But vnto them that are contencious & not obedient vnto the trueth, but obeye vnrighteousnes, shal come indignacion and wrath,

²² But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,

² with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one another in loue,

³⁶ For ye haue nede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye mighte receaue the promes.

⁸ Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle youre hertes, for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye.

¹¹ Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of ye paciece of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made. For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull.

¹³ Wherfore gyrde op the loynes off youre mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the declarynge of Iesus Christ,

²⁰ For what prayse is it, yf wha ye be buffeted for yor fautes, ye take it paciently? But yf whan ye do well, ye suffre wronge, and take it paciently, that is grace with God. ²¹ For here vnto are ye called, for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs, leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes,

⁵ Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble. ⁶ Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.