Proverbs 14:1 Cross References - Coverdale

¹ A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.

¹¹ And all the people that was in the gate with the Elders, saide: We are witnesses. The LORDE make the woman that commeth in to thy house, as Rachel and Lea ( which both haue buylded vp the house of Israel) that she maye be an ensample of vertue in Ephrata, and haue an honorable name in Bethleem.

³¹ And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat: and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife, and wente and serued Baal, and worshiped him.

²⁴ Who so of Achab dyeth in ye cite, him shal the dogges eate vp: and who so dyeth in the felde, the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp. ²⁵ So cleane solde to do myschefe in ye sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene, as Achab: for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him,

¹ Athalia the mother of Ochosias, wha she sawe that hir sonne was deed, gat her vp, and destroyed all the kynges sede.

¹³ A foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch one as hath no knowlege, ¹⁴ sytteth in the dores of hir house vpo a stole aboue in the cite, ¹⁵ to call soch as go by and walke straight in their wayes.

¹³ An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.

⁹ It is better to dwell in a corner vnder ye house toppe, then with a braulinge woman in a wyde house.

¹⁹ It is better to dwell in a wyldernesse, the with a chydinge and an angrie woman.

³ Thorow wy?dome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shal ye chabers be fylled wt all costly & pleasaunt riches.

¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faithful woma, she is moch more worth the perles. ¹¹ The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her, so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles. ¹² She wil do him good & not euel all ye dayes of hir life. ¹³ She occupieth woll & flax, & laboureth gladly wt hir handes. ¹⁴ She is like a marchauntes shippe, that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre. ¹⁵ She is vp in ye night season, to prouyde meate for hir housholde, & foode for hir maydens. ¹⁶ She considreth lode, & byeth it, and wt the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde. ¹⁷ She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength, and courageth hir armes. ¹⁸ And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good, hir candle goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle, & hir hande taketh holde of ye rocke. ²⁰ She openeth hir hande to ye poore, yee she stretcheth forth hir hades to soch as haue nede. ²¹ She feareth not yt the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house, for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed. ²² She maketh hir self fayre ornametes, hir clothige is whyte sylke & purple. ²³ Hir hu?bade is moch set by in ye gates, whe he sytteth amonge ye rulers of ye londe. ²⁴ She maketh cloth of sylke & selleth it, and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto ye marchaut. ²⁵ Stregth and honoure is hir clothinge, & in the latter daye she shal reioyse. ²⁶ She openeth hir mouth with wy?dome, & in hir toge is the lawe of grace. ²⁷ She loketh wel to the wayes of hir housholde, & eateth not hir bred with ydilnes. ²⁸ Hir children arise & call hir blessed, & hir hu?bande maketh moch of her. ²⁹ Many daughters there be yt gather riches together, but thou goest aboue the all. ³⁰ As for fauor, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thinge: but a woman that feareth the LORDE, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Geue her of the frute of hir handes, and let hir owne workes prayse her in the gates.