Proverbs 12:24 Cross References - Coverdale

²⁴ A diliget hande shal beare rule, but the ydle shal be vnder tribute.

¹⁵ And he saw rest, that it was good, and the lande, that it was pleasaunt. And bowed downe his shulder to beare, and became a seruaut vnto trybute.

²¹ their children which they lefte behynde them in the londe (whom the children of Israel coulde not vtterly destroye) those dyd Salomon make tributaries vnto this daye.

²⁸ And Ieroboam was a ma of armes. And whan Salomon sawe that it was a mete yonge man, he set him ouer all the burthens of the house of Ioseph.

²⁰ Now whan all Israel herde, that Ieroboam was come againe, they sent for to call him to the whole congregacion, and made him kynge ouer all Israel. And no man folowed the house of Dauid, saue onely the tribe of Iuda.

⁴ An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.

²⁷ A disceatfull man shal fynde no vautage, but he that is content wt that he hath, is more worth the golde.

⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, and can not get his desyre: but the soule of the diligent shal haue plenty.

² A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

²⁵ The voluptuousnesse of the slouthfull is his owne death, for his hades wyll not labor. ²⁶ He coueteth and desyreth all the daye longe, but the rightuous is allwaye geuynge & kepeth nothinge backe.

¹³ The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyo wt out, I might be slayne in ye strete.

²⁹ Seist thou not, yt they which be diligent in their busines stonde before kynges, and not amonge the symple people?

³⁰ I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe. ³² This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge. ³³ Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a leoparde in ye waye, and a lyon in ye myddest of the stretes. ¹⁴ Like as the dore turneth aboute vpon the tresholde, euen so doth the slouthfull welter himself in his bedd. ¹⁵ The slouthfull body thrusteth his hode in to his bosome, and it greueth him to put it agayne to his mouth. ¹⁶ The slogarde thinketh him self wyser, then vij. men that sytt and teach.