Proverbs 23:17 Cross References - Coverdale

¹⁷ Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe ye still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye loge:

¹ Frett not thy self at the vngodly, be not thou envious agaynst the euell doers. ² For they shall soone be cut downe like ye grasse, & be wythered euen as ye grene herbe. ³ Put thou thy trust in ye LORDE, & be doinge good: so shalt thou dwell in the londe, & verely it shal fede the.

³ And why. I was greued at ye wicked, to se the vngodly in soch prosperite. ⁴ For they are in no parell of death, but stonde fast like a palace. ⁵ They come in no misfortune like other folke, nether are they plaged like other men. ⁶ And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde, & ouerwhelmed with cruelte and vnrigthuousnesse. ⁷ Their eyes swell for fatnesse, they do euen what they lyst.

¹⁰ The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

³¹ Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of his wayes:

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.

¹ Be not thou gelous ouer wicked me, & desyre not thou to be amonge them.

¹⁴ Well is him that stodeth allwaye in awe: as for him that hardeneth his herte, he shal fall in to mischefe.

⁷ And why? where as are many dreames & many wordes, there are also dyuerse vanities: but loke yt thou feare God.

¹³ Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges: Feare God, and kepe his comaundementes, for that toucheth all men: ¹⁴ For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges, whether they be good or euell.

³¹ So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry, and Galile, and Samaria, & were edified, and walked in the feare of the LORDE, and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost.

¹ Seynge now that we haue soch promyses (dearly beloued) let vs clense oureselues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God.

¹⁷ And yf so be that ye call on the father, which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke, se yt ye passe ye tyme of youre pilgremage in feare: