Proverbs 7:11 Cross References - Coverdale

¹¹ (a disceatfull, waton & an vnstedfast woma: whose fete coude not abyde in ye house,

⁹ Then saide they vnto him: where is Sara thy wyfe? He answered: within in ye tent.

¹³ A foolish restlesse woman, full of wordes, and soch one as hath no knowlege,

²⁴ It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then wt a braulynge woman in a wyde house.

¹⁴ He that is to hastie to praise his neghboure aboue measure, shalbe taken as one yt geueth him an euell reporte. ¹⁵ A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye, maye well be compared together.

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.

¹³ Besydes this they are ydell, and lerne to runne aboute fro house to house. Not onely are they ydell, but also tryflinge & busybodies, speakynge thinges which are not comly. ¹⁴ I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary, beare children, gyde the house, to geue ye aduersary no occasion to speake euell.

⁵ to be discrete, chaste, husswyfly, good, obedient vnto their awne hussbandes, that the worde of God be not euell spoken of.