Jeremiah 29:7 Cross References - Coverdale

⁷ but seke after peace & prosperite of the cite, where in ye be presoners, & praye vnto God for it. For in the peace there of, shal yor peace be.

¹⁰ that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto ye God of heauen, and praye for the kynges lyfe, and for his children.

²³ Whatsoeuer belongeth to the lawe of the God of heauen, let the same be done with diligence for the house of the God of heaue, that there come no wrath vpon the kynges realme & his children.

¹⁹ Then Daniel (whose name was Balthasar) helde his peace by the space of an houre ad his thoughtes troubled him. So the kynge spake, and sayde: O Balthasar, let nether the dreame ner the interpretacion theroff feare the. Balthasar answered, sayenge: O my LORDE, this dreame happen to thyne enemies, and the interpretacion to thyne aduersaries.

²⁷ Wherfore (o kinge) be contet with my councel, that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse, ad thyne offences with mercy to poore people: for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace.

⁴ Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought, to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome: yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him. For why: he was so faythful, yt there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him. ⁵ Then sayde these men: we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel, excepte it be in the lawe off his God.

¹ Let euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers. For there is no power but of God.

⁵ Wherfore ye must nedes obeye, not onely for punyshmet, but also because of conscience.

¹ I exhorte therfore, yt aboue all thinges, prayers, supplicacions, intercessions and geuynge of thakes be had for all men ² for kynges, and for all that are in auctorite, that we maye lyue a quyete & peaceable life in all godlynes and honestie.

¹³ Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake: whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto ye chefe heade, ¹⁴ or vnto rulers, as vnto them that are sent of him, for the punyshment of euell doers, but for the prayse of the that do well. ¹⁵ For so is the will of God, that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen: ¹⁶ as fre, and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes, but eue as the seruauntes of God. ¹⁷ Honoure all men. Loue brotherly fellishippe. Feare God. Honoure the kynge.