Proverbs 17:16 Cross References - Coverdale

¹⁶ What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?

²⁹ But who shal geue them soch an herte, yt they maye feare me, & kepe all my comaundementes as longe as they lyue, yt it maye go well with them, and with their childre for euer?

¹¹ I am the LORDE thy God, which brought the out of the lode of Egipte: ope thy mouth wyde, & I shal fyll it. ¹² But my people wolde not heare my voyce, & Israel wolde not obeye me. ¹³ So I gaue the vp vnto their owne hertes lust, & let the folowe their owne ymaginacions.

²² O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes.

⁴ It is you, o ye men (sayeth she) whom I call. Unto you (o ye childre of me) lift I vp my voyce. ⁵ Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraut, be wyse in herte o ye fooles.

⁴ Who so is ignoraut, let him come hither. And to the vn wise she sayde: ⁵ O come on youre waye, eate my bred, and drynke my wyne, which I haue poured out for you. ⁶ Forsake ignorauce, and ye shal lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstondinge.

⁶ A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.

¹⁵ A wyse herte laboureth for knowlege, and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondinge.

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.

²³ Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge

¹ Come to the waters all ye, yt be thurstie, & ye that haue no moneye. Come, bye, that ye maye haue to eate. Come, bye wyne & mylck, without eny money, or moneye worth, ² Wherfore do ye laye out yor moneye, for the thinge yt fedeth not, and spende youre laboure aboute the thinge that satisfieth you not? But herke rather vnto me, ad ye shal eate of the best, & youre soule shal haue hir pleasure in pleteousnes. ³ Enclyne youre eares, & come vnto me, take hede & youre soule shal lyue. For I will make an euerlastinge couenaunt with you, eue the sure mercies of Dauid.

¹¹ Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye.

²⁰ Whosoeuer doth euell, hateth the light, and cometh not to the light, that his dedes shulde not be reproued.

⁴⁶ But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and sayde: It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you: but now that ye thrust it fro you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life, lo, we turne to the Gentyles.

²⁶ & sayde: Go vnto this people, and saye: With eares ye shal heare, & not vnderstode: & with eyes shal ye se, & not perceaue. ²⁷ For ye hert of this people is waxed grosse, & they heare hardly wt their eares: & their eyes haue they closed, yt they shulde not once se wt their eyes, & heare wt their eares, & vnderstode i their hertes, and be couerted, yt I mighte heale the.

¹ We as helpers therfore exhorte you, that ye receaue not ye grace of God in vayne.