Proverbs 20 Cross References - Geneva

¹ Wine is a mocker and strong drinke is raging: and whosoeuer is deceiued thereby, is not wise. ² The feare of the King is like the roaring of a lyon: hee that prouoketh him vnto anger, sinneth against his owne soule. ³ It is a mans honour to cease from strife: but euery foole will be medling. ⁴ The slouthfull will not plowe, because of winter: therefore shall he beg in sommer, but haue nothing. ⁵ The counsell in the heart of man is like deepe waters: but a man that hath vnderstanding, will drawe it out. ⁶ Many men wil boast, euery one of his owne goodnes: but who can finde a faithfull man? ⁷ He that walketh in his integritie, is iust: and blessed shall his children be after him. ⁸ A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euill with his eyes. ⁹ Who can say, I haue made mine heart cleane, I am cleane from my sinne? ¹⁰ Diuers weightes, and diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord. ¹¹ A childe also is knowen by his doings, whether his worke be pure and right. ¹² The Lord hath made both these, euen the eare to heare, and the eye to see. ¹³ Loue not sleepe least thou come vnto pouertie: open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. ¹⁴ It is naught, it is naught, sayth the buyer: but when he is gone apart, he boasteth. ¹⁵ There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lips of knowledge are a precious iewel. ¹⁶ Take his garment, that is suretie for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger. ¹⁷ The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel. ¹⁸ Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre. ¹⁹ He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. ²⁰ He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes. ²¹ An heritage is hastely gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed. ²² Say not thou, I wil recompense euill: but waite vpon the Lord, and he shall saue thee. ²³ Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good. ²⁴ The steps of man are ruled by the Lord: how can a man then vnderstand his owne way? ²⁵ It is a destruction for a man to deuoure that which is sanctified, and after the vowes to inquire. ²⁶ A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them. ²⁷ The light of the Lord is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly. ²⁸ Mercie and trueth preserue the King: for his throne shall be established with mercie. ²⁹ The beautie of yong men is their strength, and the glory of the aged is the gray head. ³⁰ The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.

⁷ The Lord God also made the man of the dust of the grounde, and breathed in his face breath of life, and the man was a liuing soule.

⁶ So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, and gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate. ⁷ Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.

²¹ And he drunke of ye wine and was drunken, and was vncouered in the middes of his tent. ²² And when Ham the father of Canaan sawe the nakednesse of his father, he tolde his two brethren without. ²³ Then tooke Shem and Iapheth a garment, and put it vpon both their shoulders, and went backwarde, and couered the nakednesse of their father with their faces backwarde: so they sawe not their fathers nakednesse.

⁷ Moreouer I wil establish my couenant betweene me and thee, and thy seede after thee in their generations, for an euerlasting couenant, to be God vnto thee and to thy seede after thee.

³¹ And the elder saide vnto the yonger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth, to come in vnto vs after the maner of all ye earth. ³² Come, wee will make our father drinke wine, and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father. ³³ So they made their father drinke wine that night, and the elder went and lay with her father: but he perceiued not, neither whe she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. ³⁴ And on the morowe the elder saide to the yonger, Behold, yester night lay I with my father: let vs make him drinke wine this night also, and goe thou and lie with him, that we may preserue seede of our father. ³⁵ So they made their father drinke wine that night also, and the yonger arose, and lay with him, but he perceiued not, when she lay downe, neither when she rose vp. ³⁶ Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father.

¹¹ Then the Lord said vnto him, Who hath giuen the mouth to man? or who hath made the domme, or the deafe, or him that seeth, or the blinde? haue not I the Lord?

¹² Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy dayes may be prolonged vpon the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

¹⁷ And hee that curseth his father or his mother, shall die the death.

²⁶ If thou take thy neighbours rayment to pledge, thou shalt restore it vnto him before the sunne go downe: ²⁷ For that is his couering only, and this is his garment for his skin: wherin shall he sleepe? therefore when he crieth vnto mee, I will heare him: for I am mercifull.

¹⁵ If any person transgresse and sinne through ignorance by taking away things consecrated vnto the Lord, hee shall then bring for his trespasse offring vnto the Lord a ramme without blemish out of the flocke, worth two shekels of siluer by thy estimation after the shekel of the Sanctuarie, for a trespasse offring.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.

³² Thou shalt rise vp before the horehead, and honour the person of the old man, and dread thy God: I am the Lord.

³⁵ Ye shall not doe vniustly in iudgement, in line, in weight, or in measure.

⁹ If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.

¹⁰ There shall no stranger also eate of the holie thing, neither the ghest of the Priest, neither shall an hired seruant eat of the holie thing: ¹¹ But if the Priest bye any with money, he shall eate of it, also he that is borne in his house: they shall eate of his meate. ¹² If the Priests daughter also be maried vnto a stranger, she may not eate of the holy offrings. ¹³ Notwithstanding if the Priests daughter be a widowe or diuorced, and haue no childe, but is returned vnto her fathers house shee shall eate of her fathers bread, as she did in her youth but there shall no stranger eate thereof. ¹⁴ If a man eate of the holie thing vnwittingly, he shall put the fift part thereunto, and giue it vnto the Priest with the halowed thing. ¹⁵ So they shall not defile the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer vnto the Lord,

⁹ And if it be a beast, whereof men bring an offering vnto the Lord, all that one giueth of such vnto the Lord, shalbe holy. ¹⁰ He shall not alter it nor change it, a good for a badde, nor a badde for a good: and if hee change beast for beast, then both this and that, which was changed for it, shall be holy.

³⁰ Also all the tithe of the lande both of the seede of the ground, and of the fruite of the trees is the Lords: it is holy to the Lord. ³¹ But if a man will redeeme any of his tithe, he shall adde the fift part thereto.

³⁸ The censers, I say, of these sinners, that destroyed themselues: and let them make of them broade plates for a couering of the Altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they shalbe holy, and they shall be a signe vnto the children of Israel.

² Moses also spake vnto the heads of ye tribes concerning the children of Israel, saying, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, ³ Whosoeuer voweth a vow vnto the Lord, or sweareth an othe to binde him selfe by a bonde, he shall not breake his promise, but shall do according to al that proceedeth out of his mouth. ⁴ If a woman also vow a vow vnto the Lord, and binde her selfe by a bonde, being in her fathers house, in the time of her youth, ⁵ And her father heare her vowe and bonde, wherewith she hath bound her selfe, and her father hold his peace concerning her, then all her vowes shall stande, and euery bonde, wherewith she hath bound her selfe, shall stand. ⁶ But if her father disallow her the same day that he heareth all her vowes and bondes, wherewith she hath bound her selfe, they shall not bee of value, and the Lord will forgiue her, because her father disallowed her. ⁷ And if she haue an husband when she voweth or pronounceth ought with her lips, wherewith she bindeth her selfe, ⁸ If her husband heard it, and holdeth his peace concerning her, the same day he heareth it, then her vowe shall stande, and her bondes wherewith she bindeth her selfe shall stand in effect. ⁹ But if her husband disallow her the same day that hee heareth it, then shall hee make her vowe which shee hath made, and that that shee hath pronounced with her lips, wherewith shee bound her selfe, of none effect: and the Lord will forgiue her. ¹⁰ But euery vowe of a widowe, and of her that is diuorced (wherewith she hath bound her selfe) shall stand in effect with her. ¹¹ And if she vowed in her husbands house, or bound her selfe streightly with an othe, ¹² And her husband hath heard it, and helde his peace cocerning her, not disalowing her, then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond, wherewith she bound her selfe, shall stand in effect. ¹³ But if her husband disanulled them, the same day that he heard them, nothing that proceeded out of her lippes concerning her vowes or concerning her bondes, shall stand in effect: for her husband hath disanulled them: and the Lord will forgiue her. ¹⁴ So euery vowe, and euery othe or bonde, made to humble the soule, her husband may stablish it, or her husband may breake it. ¹⁵ But if her husband holde his peace concerning her from day to day, then he stablisheth al her vowes and all her bondes which shee hath made: hee hath confirmed them because he held his peace concerning her the same day that hee hearde them. ¹⁶ But if he breake them after that he hath heard them, then shall he beare her iniquitie. [ (Numbers 30:17) These are the ordinances which the Lord commanded Moses, betweene a man and his wife, and betweene the father and his daughter, being young in her fathers house. ]

²⁵ The grauen images of their gods shall ye burne with fire, and couet not the siluer and golde, that is on them, nor take it vnto thee, least thou be snared therewith: for it is an abomination before the Lord thy God. ²⁶ Bring not therefore abomination into thine house, lest, thou be accursed like it, but vtterly abhorre it, and count it most abominable: for it is accursed.

¹³ Thou shalt not haue in thy bagge two maner of weightes, a great and a small, ¹⁴ Neither shalt thou haue in thine house diuers measures, a great and a small: ¹⁵ But thou shalt haue a right and iust weight: a perfite and a iust measure shalt thou haue, that thy dayes may be lengthened in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee.

¹⁶ Cursed be he that curseth his father and his mother: And all the people shall say: So be it.

³⁵ Vengeance and recompence are mine: their foote shall slide in due time: for the day of their destruction is at hand, and the things that shall come vpon them, make haste.

¹ After that Ioshua was dead, the children of Israel asked ye Lord, saying, Who shall goe vp for vs against the Canaanites, to fight first against them? ² And the Lord said, Iudah shall goe vp: behold, I haue giuen the land into his hande.

²⁹ Now would God this people were vnder mine hand: then would I put away Abimelech. And he said to Abimelech, Increase thine army, and come out.

⁷ Behold, ye are al children of Israel: giue your aduise, and counsell herein.

¹⁸ And the children of Israel arose, and went vp to the house of God, and asked of God, saying, Which of vs shall goe vp first to fight against the children of Beniamin? And the Lord said, Iudah shalbe first.

²³ (For the children of Israel had gone vp and wept before the Lord vnto the euening, and had asked of the Lord, saying, Shall I goe againe to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren? and the Lord said, Go vp against them)

²⁶ Then al the children of Israel went vp and all the people came also vnto the house of God, and wept and sate there before the Lord and fasted that day vnto the euening, and offred burnt offrings and peace offrings before the Lord. ²⁷ And the children of Israel asked the Lord (for there was the Arke of the couenat of God in those dayes, ²⁸ And Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar, the sonne of Aaron stoode before it at that time) saying, Shall I yet goe anie more to battel against the children of Beniamin my brethren, or shall I cease? And the Lord said, Go vp: for to morowe I will deliuer them into your hand.

³ And Dauids men said vnto him, See, we be afrayde here in Iudah, howe much more if we come to Keilah against the hoste of ye Philistims? ⁴ Then Dauid asked counsell of the Lord againe. And the Lord answered him, and sayd, Arise, go downe to Keilah: for I wil deliuer the Philistims into thine hand.

³⁶ So Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he made a feast in his house, like the feast of a King, and Nabals heart was merie within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore shee tolde him nothing, neither lesse nor more, vntil the morning arose. ³⁷ Then in the morning when the wine was gone out of Nabal, his wife tolde him those wordes, and his heart died within him, and he was like a stone. ³⁸ And about ten dayes after, the Lord smote Nabal, that he dyed.

²⁶ Then Abner called to Ioab, and said, Shall the sworde deuoure for euer? knowest thou not, that it will be bitternesse in the latter ende? howe long then shall it be, or thou bid the people returne from following their brethren? ²⁷ And Ioab sayde, As God liueth, if thou haddest not spoken, surely euen in the morning the people had departed euery one backe from his brother.

⁹ Then Dauid answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sonnes of Rimmon the Beerothite, and saide vnto them, As the Lord liueth, who hath deliuered my soule out of al aduersity, ¹⁰ When one tolde me, and sayde that Saul was dead, (thinking to haue brought good tydings) I tooke him and slewe him in Ziklag, who thought that I woulde haue giuen him a rewarde for his tidings: ¹¹ How much more, when wicked men haue slaine a righteous person in his owne house, and vpon his bed? shall I not now therfore require his blood at your hand, and take you from the earth? ¹² Then Dauid commanded his yong men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feete, and hanged them vp ouer the poole in Hebron: but they tooke the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.

¹³ Then Dauid called him, and hee did eate and drinke before him, and he made him drunke: and at euen he went out to lie on his couch with the seruants of his Lord, but went not downe to his house.

³¹ And he carryed away the people that was therein, and put them vnder sawes, and vnder yron harowes, and vnder axes of yron, and cast them into the tyle kylne: euen thus did he with all the cities of the children of Ammon. Then Dauid and all the people returned vnto Ierusalem.

²⁸ Now had Absalom commanded his seruants, saying, Marke now when Amnons heart is merry with wine, and when I say vnto you, Smite Amnon, kill him, feare not, for haue not I commanded you? be bold therefore, and play the men.

¹² It may be that the Lord will looke on mine affliction, and doe me good for his cursing this day.

⁴ Euen as the morning light when the sunne riseth, the morning, I say, without cloudes, so shall mine house be, and not as the grasse of the earth is by the bright raine.

²³ Then King Salomon sware by the Lord, saying, God doe so to me and more also, if Adoniiah hath not spoken this worde against his owne life.

⁴⁶ If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

¹⁶ And they went out at noone: but Ben-hadad did drinke till he was drunken in the tentes, both he and the Kings: for two and thirtie Kings helped him. ¹⁷ So the seruants of the princes of the prouinces went out first: and Ben-hadad sent out, and they shewed him, saying, There are men come out of Samaria. ¹⁸ And he sayde, Whether they be come out for peace, take them aliue: or whether they bee come out to fight, take them yet aliue. ¹⁹ So they came out of the citie, to wit, the seruants of the princes of the prouinces, and the hoste which followed them. ²⁰ And they slew euery one his enemie: and the Aramites fled, and Israel pursued them: but Ben-hadad ye King of Aram escaped on an horse with his horsemen. ²¹ And the King of Israel went out, and smote the horses and charets, and with a great slaughter slew he the Aramites.

⁹ Then Iehoash the King of Israel sent to Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon, went and trode downe the thistle.

³⁶ If they sinne against thee ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them and deliuer them vnto the enemies, and they take them and cary them away captiue vnto a land farre or neere,

¹⁷ Then Amaziah King of Iudah tooke counsell, and sent to Ioash the sonne of Iehoahaz, the sonne of Iehu King of Israel, saying, Come, let vs see one another in the face. ¹⁸ But Ioash King of Israel sent to Amaziah King of Iudah, saying, The thistle that is in Lebanon, sent to the cedar that is in Lebanon, saying, Giue thy daughter to my sonne to wife: and the wilde beast that was in Lebanon went and trode downe the thistle. ¹⁹ Thou thinkest: lo, thou hast smitten Edom, and thine heart lifteth thee vp to bragge: abide now at home: why doest thou prouoke to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, and Iudah with thee? ²⁰ But Amaziah would not heare: for it was of God, that he might deliuer them into his had, because they had sought the gods of Edom. ²¹ So Ioash the King of Israel went vp: and he, and Amaziah King of Iudah saw one another in the face at Bethshemesh, which is in Iudah. ²² And Iudah was put to the worse before Israel, and they fled euery man to his tents. ²³ But Ioash the King of Israel tooke Amaziah King of Iudah, the sonne of Ioash, the sonne of Iehoahaz in Bethshemesh, and brought him to Ierusalem, and brake downe the wall of Ierusalem, from the gate of Ephraim vnto the corner gate, foure hundreth cubites.

⁴ Who can bring a cleane thing out of filthinesse? there is not one.

¹⁴ What is man, that he should be cleane? and he that is borne of woman, that he shoulde be iust?

⁵ Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine. ⁶ The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

¹⁸ They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

¹² When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue, ¹³ And fauoured it, and would not forsake it, but kept it close in his mouth, ¹⁴ Then his meat in his bowels was turned: the gall of Aspes was in the middes of him. ¹⁵ He hath deuoured substance, and hee shall vomit it: for God shall drawe it out of his bellie. ¹⁶ He shall sucke the gall of Aspes, and the vipers tongue shall slay him. ¹⁷ He shall not see the riuers, nor the floods and streames of honie and butter. ¹⁸ He shall restore the labour, and shall deuoure no more: euen according to the substance shalbe his exchange, and he shall enioy it no more. ¹⁹ For he hath vndone many: he hath forsaken the poore, and hath spoyled houses which he builded not. ²⁰ Surely he shall feele no quietnes in his bodie, neither shall he reserue of that which he desired.

⁴ And howe may a man be iustified with God? or how can he be cleane, that is borne of woman?

¹⁶ Though he shoulde heape vp siluer as the dust, and prepare rayment as the clay, ¹⁷ He may prepare it, but the iust shall put it on, and the innocent shall deuide the siluer.

¹² But where is wisdome found? and where is the place of vnderstanding? ¹³ Man knoweth not the price thereof: for it is not found in the land of the liuing. ¹⁴ The depth sayth, It is not in mee: the sea also sayth, It is not with me. ¹⁵ Golde shall not be giuen for it, neyther shall siluer be weighed for the price thereof. ¹⁶ It shall not be valued with the wedge of golde of Ophir, nor with the precious onix, nor the saphir. ¹⁷ The golde nor the chrystall shall be equall vnto it, nor the exchange shalbe for plate of fine golde. ¹⁸ No mention shall be made of coral, nor of the gabish: for wisedome is more precious then pearles. ¹⁹ The Topaz of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it, neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure gold.

⁸ Surely there is a spirite in man, but the inspiration of the Almightie giueth vnderstanding.

¹ To him that excelleth upon the eight tune. A Psalme of Dauid. Helpe Lord, for there is not a godly man left: for the faithfull are fayled from among the children of men.

² He that walketh vprightly and worketh righteousnes, and speaketh the trueth in his heart.

⁷ Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.

⁴ Shew me thy waies, O Lord, and teache me thy paths.

¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? him wil he teache the way that hee shall chuse.

¹ A Psalme of David. Judge me, O Lord, for I haue walked in mine innocency: my trust hath bene also in the Lord: therefore shall I not slide.

¹¹ But I will walke in mine innocencie: redeeme me therefore, and be mercifull vnto me.

¹⁴ Hope in the Lord: be strong, and he shall comfort thine heart, and trust in the Lord.

²³ The pathes of man are directed by the Lord: for he loueth his way.

²⁶ But hee is euer mercifull and lendeth, and his seede enioyeth the blessing.

³⁴ Waite thou on the Lord, and keepe his way, and he shall exalt thee, that thou shalt inherite the lande: when the wicked men shall perish, thou shalt see.

⁵ Beholde, I was borne in iniquitie, and in sinne hath my mother conceiued me.

³ The wicked are strangers from ye wombe: euen from the belly haue they erred, and speake lyes.

⁷ Hee shall dwell before God for euer: prepare mercie and faithfulnes that they may preserue him.

⁶ They haue sought out iniquities, and haue accomplished that which they sought out, euen euery one his secret thoughtes, and the depth of his heart.

⁴ He shall iudge the poore of the people: he shall saue the children of the needie, and shall subdue the oppressor.

⁹ For loe, thine enemies, O Lord: for loe, thine enemies shall perish: all the workers of iniquitie shall be destroyed.

⁹ Hee that planted the eare, shall hee not heare? or he that formed the eye, shall he not see?

⁴ And the Kings power, that loueth iudgement: for thou hast prepared equitie: thou hast executed iudgement and iustice in Iaakob.

¹ A Psalme of David. I will sing mercie and iudgement: vnto thee, O Lord, will I sing.

⁵ Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer. ⁶ Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me. ⁷ There shall no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight. ⁸ Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.

² His seede shall be mightie vpon earth: the generation of the righteous shall be blessed.

¹⁸ Open mine eies, that I may see the wonders of thy Lawe.

¹⁶ And it shall deliuer thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger, which flattereth with her wordes.

¹⁵ It is more precious then pearles: and all things that thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.

¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and drinke the wine of violence.

³ For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

⁹ Howe long wilt thou sleepe, O sluggarde? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleepe? ¹⁰ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the hands to sleepe. ¹¹ Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

⁵ That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.

¹⁰ And beholde, there met him a woman with an harlots behauiour, and subtill in heart.

¹¹ For wisdome is better then precious stones: and all pleasures are not to be compared vnto her.

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¹⁷ Stollen waters are sweete, and hid bread is pleasant. ¹⁸ But he knoweth not, that ye dead are there, and that her ghestes are in the depth of hell.

⁴ A slouthfull hand maketh poore: but the hand of the diligent maketh riche.

²⁰ The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth. ²¹ The lippes of the righteous doe feede many: but fooles shall die for want of wisedome.

¹ False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him.

¹³ Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter. ¹⁴ Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health. ¹⁵ Hee shall be sore vexed, that is suretie for a stranger, and he that hateth suretiship, is sure.

¹¹ He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding.

³ Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him. ⁴ The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie.

⁹ The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

²² The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust.

² He that walketh in his righteousnes, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewde in his wayes, despiseth him.

⁸ The wisdome of ye prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the foolishnes of the fooles is deceite.

¹⁷ He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

²⁹ He that is slowe to wrath, is of great wisdome: but he that is of an hastie minde, exalteth follie.

⁷ The lippes of the wise doe spread abroade knowledge: but ye heart of the foolish doth not so.

²² Without cousel thoughts come to nought: but in the multitude of counsellers there is stedfastnesse. ²³ A ioy commeth to a man by the answere of his mouth: and how good is a word in due season?

⁶ By mercy and trueth iniquitie shalbe forgiuen, and by the feare of the Lord they depart from euill.

⁹ The heart of man purposeth his way: but the Lord doeth direct his steppes.

¹¹ A true weight and balance are of the Lord: all the weightes of the bagge are his worke. ¹² It is an abomination to Kings to commit wickednes: for the throne is stablished by iustice.

¹⁴ The wrath of a King is as messengers of death: but a wise man will pacifie it. ¹⁵ In the light of the Kings coutenance is life: and his fauour is as a cloude of the latter raine. ¹⁶ Howe much better is it to get wisedome then golde? and to get vnderstanding, is more to be desired then siluer.

²¹ The wise in heart shall bee called prudent: and the sweetenesse of the lippes shall increase doctrine.

²⁴ Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

²⁹ A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

³¹ Age is a crowne of glory, when it is founde in the way of righteousnes. ³² He that is slowe vnto anger, is better then the mightie man: and hee that ruleth his owne minde, is better then he that winneth a citie.

¹³ He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house. ¹⁴ The beginning of strife is as one that openeth the waters: therefore or the contention be medled with, leaue off.

⁴ The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.

⁶ A fooles lips come with strife, and his mouth calleth for stripes. ⁷ A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule. ⁸ The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

¹ Better is the poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, and is a foole.

¹¹ The discretion of man deferreth his anger: and his glory is to passe by an offence. ¹² The Kings wrath is like the roaring of a lyon: but his fauour is like the dewe vpon ye grasse.

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes causeth to fall asleepe, and a deceitfull person shall be affamished.

²⁴ The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and wil not put it to his mouth againe. ²⁵ Smite a scorner, and the foolish wil beware: and reproue the prudent, and he wil vnderstand knowledge.

⁸ A King that sitteth in the throne of iudgement, chaseth away all euill with his eyes.

¹⁰ Diuers weightes, and diuers measures, both these are euen abomination vnto the Lord.

²³ Diuers weightes are an abomination vnto the Lord, and deceitful balances are not good.

²⁶ A wise King scattereth the wicked, and causeth the wheele to turne ouer them.

³⁰ The blewnes of the wound serueth to purge the euill, and the stripes within the bowels of the belly.

⁸ The way of some is peruerted and strange: but of the pure man, his worke is right.

²⁴ Proude, hautie and scornefull is his name that worketh in his arrogancie wrath.

¹⁵ Foolishnesse is bounde in the heart of a childe: but the rodde of correction shall driue it away from him.

²⁶ Be not thou of them that touch the hand, nor among them that are suretie for debts. ²⁷ If thou hast nothing to paye, why causest thou that he should take thy bed from vnder thee?

⁴ Trauaile not too much to be rich: but cease from thy wisdome.

²⁷ For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a strange woman is as a narrowe pitte.

²⁹ To whome is woe? to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom is murmuring? to whom are woundes without cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes? ³⁰ Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to them that goe, and seeke mixt wine. ³¹ Looke not thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe pleasantly. ³² In the ende thereof it will bite like a serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise. ³³ Thine eyes shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart shall speake lewde things. ³⁴ And thou shalt bee as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste. ³⁵ They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet still.

⁶ For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

²⁰ For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee put out. ²¹ My sonne feare the Lord, and the King, and meddle not with them that are sedicious.

²⁹ Say not, I wil doe to him, as he hath done to mee, I will recompence euery man according to his worke. ³⁰ I passed by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the man destitute of vnderstanding. ³¹ And lo, it was al growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken downe. ³² Then I behelde, and I considered it well: I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction. ³³ Yet a litle sleepe, a litle slumber, a litle folding of the handes to sleepe. ³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

³⁴ So thy pouertie commeth as one that traueileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

⁵ Take away the wicked from the King, and his throne shall be stablished in righteousnes.

⁸ Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

⁸ Goe not foorth hastily to strife, least thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. ⁹ Debate thy matter with thy neighbour, and discouer not the secret to another, ¹⁰ Least he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thine infamie doe not cease.

¹² He that reprooueth the wise, and the obedient eare, is as a golden earering and an ornament of fine golde.

¹⁴ A man that boasteth of false liberalitie, is like cloudes and winde without raine.

¹³ The slouthfull man sayth, A lyon is in the way: a lyon is in the streetes. ¹⁴ As the doore turneth vpon his hinges, so doeth the slouthfull man vpon his bed. ¹⁵ The slouthfull hideth his hand in his bosome, and it grieueth him to put it againe to his mouth. ¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his owne conceite, then seuen men that can render a reason.

²⁰ Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth. ²¹ As ye cole maketh burning coles, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife. ²² The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

² Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.

¹³ Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

⁸ He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

²⁰ A faythfull man shall abound in blessings, and he that maketh haste to be riche, shall not be innocent.

²² A man with a wicked eye hasteth to riches, and knoweth not, that pouertie shall come vpon him.

¹⁴ A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.

¹¹ There is a generation that curseth their father, and doeth not blesse their mother.

¹⁷ The eye that mocketh his father and despiseth the instruction of his mother, let ye rauens of the valley picke it out, and the yong eagles eate it.

⁴ It is not for Kings, O Lemuel, it is not for Kings to drink wine nor for princes strog drinke,

¹⁰ Is there any thing, whereof one may say, Beholde this, it is newe? it hath bene already in the olde time that was before vs.

⁴ It is better that thou shouldest not vowe, then that thou shouldest vow and not pay it. ⁵ Suffer not thy mouth to make thy flesh to sinne: neither say before the Angel, that this is ignorance: wherefore shall God bee angry by thy voyce, and destroy the worke of thine hands? ⁶ For in the multitude of dreames, and vanities are also many wordes: but feare thou God.

²⁰ It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.

²⁸ And I finde more bitter then death the woman whose heart is as nettes and snares, and her handes, as bands: he that is good before God, shalbe deliuered from her, but the sinner shall be taken by her.

⁴ If the spirite of him that ruleth, rise vp against thee, leaue not thy place: for gentlenes pacifieth great sinnes.

⁹ Reioyce, O yong man, in thy youth, and let thine heart cheere thee in the dayes of thy youth: and walke in the waies of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but knowe that for all these things, God wil bring thee to iudgement.

⁹ And the more wise the Preacher was, the more he taught the people knowledge, and caused them to heare, and searched foorth, and prepared many parables. ¹⁰ The Preacher sought to finde out pleasant wordes, and an vpright writing, euen the wordes of trueth. ¹¹ The wordes of the wise are like goads, and like nailes fastened by the masters of the assemblies, which are giuen by one pastour.

²² Wo vnto them that are mightie to drinke wine, and to them that are strong to powre in strong drinke:

⁶ I will sende him to a dissembling nation, and I will giue him a charge against the people of my wrath to take the spoyle and to take the pray, and to treade them vnder feete like the mire in the streete. ⁷ But he thinketh not so, neither doeth his heart esteeme it so: but he imagineth to destroy and to cut off not a fewe nations.

⁵ And in mercy shall the throne be prepared, and hee shall sit vpon it in stedfastnesse, in the tabernacle of Dauid, iudging, and seeking iudgement, and hasting iustice.

⁹ By this therefore shall the iniquitie of Iaakob be purged, and this is all the fruit, the taking away of his sinne: whe he shall make all the stones of the altars, as chalke stones broken in pieces, that the groues and images may not stand vp.

⁷ But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the prophet haue erred by strong drinke: they are swallowed vp with wine: they haue gone astraye through strong drinke: they faile in vision: they stumble in iudgement.

²⁷ For fitches shall not be threshed with a threshing instrument, neither shall a cart wheele be turned about vpon the cummin: but ye fitches are beaten out with a staffe, and cummin with a rod. ²⁸ Bread corne when it is threshed, hee doeth not alway thresh it, neither doeth the wheele of his cart still make a noyse, neither will he breake it with the teeth thereof.

¹ Behold, a King shall reigne in iustice, and the princes shall rule in iudgement.

¹⁵ Hee that walketh in iustice, and speaketh righteous things, refusing gaine of oppression, shaking his handes from taking of gifts, stopping his eares from hearing of blood, and shutting his eyes from seeing euill.

³¹ But they that waite vpon the Lord, shall renue their strength: they shall lift vp the wings as the eagles: they shall runne, and not be wearie, and they shall walke and not faint.

⁵ But hee was wounded for our transgressions, hee was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.

¹² Come, I wil bring wine, and we wil fill our selues with strong drinke, and to morowe shalbe as this day, and much more abundant.

¹ Run to and from by the streetes of Ierusalem, and beholde nowe, and knowe, and inquire in the open places thereof, if ye can finde a man, or if there be any that executeth iudgement, and seeketh the trueth, and I will spare it.

²³ Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisedome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, neyther the riche man glorie in his riches. ²⁴ But let him that glorieth, glorie in this, that he vnderstandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lord, which shewe mercie, iudgement, and righteousnes in the earth: for in these things I delite, sayth the Lord.

²³ O Lord, I knowe, that the way of man is not in himselfe, neyther is it in man to walke and to direct his steps.

³⁹ And I wil giue them one heart and one way that they may feare me for euer for ye wealth of them, and of their children after them.

¹⁵ He hath filled me with bitternes, and made me drunken with wormewood. ¹⁶ He hath also broken my teeth with stones, and hath couered me with ashes.

²⁵ The Lord is good vnto them, that trust in him, and to the soule that seeketh him. ²⁶ It is good both to trust, and to waite for the saluation of the Lord.

¹⁰ Ye shall haue iust balances, and a true Ephah, and a true Bath.

²³ But hast lift thy selfe vp against the Lord of heauen, and they haue brought the vessels of his House before thee, and thou and thy princes, thy wiues and thy concubines haue drunke wine in them, and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde, of brasse, yron, wood and stone, which neither see, neither heare, nor vnderstand: and the God in whose hand thy breath is and all thy wayes, him hast thou not glorified.

¹¹ Whoredome, and wine, and newe wine take away their heart.

⁵ This is the day of our King: the princes haue made him sicke with flagons of wine: he stretcheth out his hand to scorners.

¹⁰ They shall walke after the Lord: he shall roare like a lyon: when hee shall roare, then the children of the West shall feare.

⁷ He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse.

⁷ He is Canaan: the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loueth to oppresse. ⁸ And Ephraim saide, Notwithstanding I am rich, I haue found me out riches in all my labours: they shall finde none iniquitie in me, that were wickednesse.

⁸ The lyon hath roared: who will not bee afraide? the Lord God hath spoken: who can but prophecie?

⁴ Heare this, O yee that swallowe vp the poore, that ye may make the needie of the lande to fayle, ⁵ Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit?

⁵ Saying, When will the newe moneth bee gone, that we may sell corne? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheate, and make the Ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifie the weights by deceit? ⁶ That we may buy the poore for siluer, and the needie for shooes: yea, and sell the refuse of the wheate. ⁷ The Lord hath sworne by the excellencie of Iaakob, Surely I will neuer forget any of their workes.

⁶ So the shipmaster came to him, and saide vnto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

¹⁰ Are yet the treasures of wickednes in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure, that is abominable? ¹¹ Shall I iustifie the wicked balances, and the bag of deceitfull weightes?

² The good man is perished out of the earth, and there is none righteous among men: they all lye in wayte for blood: euery man hunteth his brother with a net.

⁶ Shall not all these take vp a parable against him, and a tanting prouerbe against him, and say, Ho, he that increaseth that which is not his? howe long? and hee that ladeth himselfe with thicke clay?

¹⁰ Thou hast consulted shame to thine owne house, by destroying many people, and hast sinned against thine owne soule.

¹⁵ Wo vnto him that giueth his neighbour drinke: thou ioynest thine heate, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest see their priuities. ¹⁶ Thou art filled with shame for glorie: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cup of the Lords right hand shall be turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuing shalbe for thy glory.

⁴ I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thiefe, and into the house of him, that falsely sweareth by my Name: and it shall remaine in the middes of his house, and shall consume it, with the timber thereof, and stones thereof.

² If yee will not heare it, nor consider it in your heart, to giue glory vnto my Name, sayth the Lord of hostes, I will euen sende a curse vpon you, and will curse your blessings: yea, I haue cursed them alreadie, because yee doe not consider it in your heart.

⁸ Will a man spoyle his gods? yet haue ye spoyled me: but ye say, Wherein haue we spoyled thee? In tithes, and offerings. ⁹ Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye haue spoyled me, euen this whole nation. ¹⁰ Bring ye all the tythes into the storehouse that there may be meate in mine House, and proue me nowe herewith, sayeth the Lord of hostes, if I will not open the windowes of heauen vnto you, and powre you out a blessing without measure.

³³ Againe, ye haue heard that it was sayd to them of old time, Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe, but shalt performe thine othes to the Lord.

³⁹ But I say vnto you, Resist not euill: but whosoeuer shall smite thee on thy right cheeke, turne to him the other also.

² Therefore when thou giuest thine almes, thou shalt not make a trumpet to be blowen before thee, as the hypocrites doe in the Synagogues and in the streetes, to be praysed of men. Verely I say vnto you, they haue their rewarde.

¹⁶ Ye shall know them by their fruites. Doe men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles?

¹³ Therefore speake I to them in parables, because they seeing, doe not see: and hearing, they heare not, neither vnderstand. ¹⁴ So in them is fulfilled the prophecie of Esaias, which prophecie saieth, By hearing, ye shall heare, and shall not vnderstand, and seeing, ye shall see, and shall not perceiue. ¹⁵ For this peoples heart is waxed fat, and their eares are dull of hearing, and with their eyes they haue winked, lest they should see with their eyes, and heare with their eares, and should vnderstand with their hearts, and should returne, that I might heale them. ¹⁶ But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your eares, for they heare.

⁴ For God hath commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and he that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.

¹³ Then sayd the King to the seruants, Binde him hand and foote: take him away, and cast him into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnashing of teeth.

³ The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them. ⁴ But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes. ⁵ Nowe while the bridegrome taried long, all slumbred and slept. ⁶ And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him. ⁷ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes. ⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.

⁸ And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out. ⁹ But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues. ¹⁰ And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.

²⁴ Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, and said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not: ²⁵ I was therefore afraide, and went, and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine owne. ²⁶ And his master answered, and said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not. ²⁷ Thou oughtest therefore to haue put my money to ye exchangers, and then at my comming should I haue receiued mine owne with vantage. ²⁸ Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath tenne talents.

¹⁰ For Moses sayd, Honour thy father and thy mother: and Whosoeuer shall speake euill of father or mother, let him die the death. ¹¹ But yee say, If a man say to father or mother, Corban, that is, By the gift that is offered by mee, thou mayest haue profite, hee shall be free. ¹² So ye suffer him no more to doe any thing for his father, or his mother, ¹³ Making the worde of God of none authoritie, by your tradition which ye haue ordeined: and ye doe many such like things.

⁶ Both were iust before God, and walked in all the commandements and ordinances of the Lord, without reproofe.

¹⁵ For he shalbe great in the sight of the Lord, and shall neither drinke wine, nor strong drinke: and he shalbe filled with the holy Ghost, euen from his mothers wombe.

⁶⁶ And al they that heard them, laid them vp in their hearts, saying, What maner childe shall this be! and the hand of the Lord was with him.

⁴⁶ And it came to passe three dayes after, that they found him in the Temple, sitting in the mids of the doctours, both hearing them, and asking them questions: ⁴⁷ And all that heard him, were astonied at his vnderstanding and answeres.

⁴³ For it is not a good tree that bringeth foorth euill fruite: neither an euill tree, that bringeth foorth good fruite. ⁴⁴ For euery tree is knowen by his owne fruite: for neither of thornes gather men figges, nor of bushes gather they grapes.

³¹ Or what King going to make warre against another King, sitteth not downe first, and taketh counsell, whether he be able with ten thousande, to meete him that commeth against him with twentie thousand?

⁸ I tell you he will auenge them quickly: but when the Sonne of man commeth, shall he finde faith on the earth?

¹¹ The Pharise stoode and prayed thus with himselfe, O God, I thanke thee that I am not as other men, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publican.

²⁸ Then Peter said, Loe, we haue left all, and haue followed thee.

³³ And he said vnto him, Lord, I am ready to goe with thee into prison, and to death.

⁴⁷ Iesus sawe Nathanael comming to him, and saide of him, Beholde in deede an Israelite, in whom is no guile.

³⁹ For the promise is made vnto you, and to your children, and to all that are a farre off, euen as many as the Lord our God shall call.

²⁸ For in him we liue, and mooue, and haue our being, as also certaine of your owne Poets haue sayd, for we are also his generation.

¹⁸ To open their eyes, that they may turne from darknes to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they may receiue forgiuenes of sinnes, and inheritance among them, which are sanctified by fayth in me.

¹⁵ Which shew the effect of the Lawe written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witnes, and their thoughts accusing one another, or excusing,)

¹⁴ But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher? ¹⁵ And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, Howe beautifull are the feete of them which bring glad tidings of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!

¹¹ Not slouthfull to do seruice: seruent in spirit seruing the Lord,

¹⁷ Recompence to no man euill for euill: procure things honest in the sight of all men. ¹⁸ If it bee possible, as much as in you is, haue peace with all men. ¹⁹ Dearely beloued, auenge not your selues, but giue place vnto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord.

¹¹ And that, considering the season, that it is now time that we should arise from sleepe: for now is our saluation neerer, then when we beleeued it.

¹⁸ For they that are such, serue not the Lord Iesus Christ, but their owne bellies, and with faire speach and flattering deceiue the heartes of the simple.

¹¹ For what man knoweth the things of a man, saue the spirite of a man, which is in him? euen so the things of God knoweth no man, but the spirit of God.

⁴ For I know nothing by my selfe, yet am I not thereby iustified: but he that iudgeth me, is the Lord.

¹⁰ Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunkards, nor railers, nor extortioners shall inherite the kingdome of God.

³⁴ Awake to liue righteously, and sinne not: for some haue not ye knowledge of God, I speake this to your shame.

¹² For our reioycing is this, the testimonie of our conscience, that in simplicitie and godly purenesse, and not in fleshly wisedome, but by the grace of God wee haue had our conuersation in the worlde, and most of all to you wardes.

² But haue cast from vs ye clokes of shame, and walke not in craftines, neither handle we the worde of God deceitfully: but in declaration of the trueth we approue our selues to euery mans conscience in the sight of God. ³ If our Gospell bee then hid, it is hid to them that are lost. ⁴ In whom the God of this world hath blinded the mindes, that is, of the infidels, that the light of the glorious Gospell of Christ, which is the image of God, should not shine vnto them. ⁵ For we preach not our selues, but Christ Iesus the Lord, and our selues your seruaunts for Iesus sake. ⁶ For God that commanded the light to shine out of darknesse, is he which hath shined in our hearts, to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ.

¹¹ I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

²¹ Enuie, murthers, drunkennesse, gluttonie, and such like, whereof I tell you before, as I also haue tolde you before, that they which doe such things, shall not inherite the kingdome of God.

⁶ To the prayse of the glory of his grace, wherewith he hath made vs freely accepted in his beloued, ⁷ By whom we haue redemption through his blood, euen the forgiuenes of sinnes, according to his rich grace: ⁸ Whereby he hath bene aboundant toward vs in all wisedome and vnderstanding,

¹⁷ That the God of our Lord Iesus Christ, that Father of glory, might giue vnto you the Spirit of wisedome, and reuelation through the acknowledging of him, ¹⁸ That the eyes of your vnderstanding may be lightened, that ye may knowe what the hope is of his calling, and what the riches of his glorious inheritance is in the Saints,

²⁹ Let no corrupt comunication proceed out of your mouths: but that which is good, to ye vse of edifying, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.

³² Be ye courteous one to another, and tender hearted, freely forgiuing one another, euen as God for Christes sake, freely forgaue you.

¹⁴ Wherefore hee sayeth, Awake thou that sleepest, and stande vp from the deade, and Christ shall giue thee light.

¹⁸ And be not drunke with wine, wherein is excesse: but be fulfilled with the Spirit,

⁶ That no man oppresse or defraude his brother in any matter: for the Lord is auenger of all such thinges, as we also haue tolde you before time, and testified.

¹⁵ See that none recompense euil for euil vnto any man: but euer follow that which is good, both toward your selues, and toward all men.

¹⁰ For euen when we were with you, this we warned you of, that if there were any, which would not worke, that he should not eate.

⁹ For they that will be rich, fall into tentation and snares, and into many foolish and noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

¹¹ For that grace of God, that bringeth saluation vnto all men, hath appeared, ¹² And teacheth vs that we should denie vngodlinesse and worldly lusts, and that we should liue soberly and righteously, and godly in this present world,

¹² For the worde of God is liuely, and mightie in operation, and sharper then any two edged sword, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding asunder of the soule and the spirit, and of the ioints, and the marow, and is a discerner of the thoughtes, and the intents of the heart. ¹³ Neither is there any creature, which is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes, with whome we haue to doe.

²⁵ And chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God, then to enioy the pleasures of sinnes for a season,

¹⁰ For they verely for a few dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he chasteneth vs for our profite, that we might be partakers of his holinesse.

² For in many things we sinne all. If any man sinne not in word, he is a perfect man, and able to bridle all the body.

¹⁴ But if ye haue bitter enuying and strife in your hearts, reioyce not, neither be liars against the trueth.

¹ From whence are warres and contentions among you? are they not hence, euen of your pleasures, that fight in your members?

²³ Who when hee was reuiled, reuiled not againe: when hee suffered, hee threatned not, but comitted it to him that iudgeth righteously.

⁹ Not rendring euil for euill, neither rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise blesse, knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should be heires of blessing.

¹⁹ Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God, commit their soules to him in well doing, as vnto a faithfull Creator.

⁵ Therefore giue euen all diligence thereunto: ioyne moreouer vertue with your faith: and with vertue, knowledge: ⁶ And with knowledge, temperance: and with temperance, patience: and with patience, godlines: ⁷ And with godlines, brotherly kindnes: and with brotherly kindnes, loue. ⁸ For if these things be among you, and abound, they will make you that ye neither shalbe idle, nor vnfruitfull in the acknowledging of our Lord Iesus Christ: ⁹ For he that hath not these things, is blinde, and can not see farre off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his olde sinnes. ¹⁰ Wherefore, brethren, giue rather diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye doe these things, ye shall neuer fall. ¹¹ For by this meanes an entring shalbe ministred vnto you aboundantly into the euerlasting kingdome of our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ.

⁸ If we say that we haue no sinne, we deceiue our selues, and trueth is not in vs. ⁹ If we acknowledge our sinnes, he is faithfull and iust, to forgiue vs our sinnes, and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes. ¹⁰ If wee say we haue not sinned, wee make him a liar, and his word is not in vs.

¹⁴ I haue written vnto you, fathers, because ye haue knowen him, that is from the beginning. I haue written vnto you, yong men, because ye are strong, and the worde of God abideth in you, and ye haue ouercome that wicked one.

¹⁹ For thereby we know that we are of the trueth, and shall before him assure our hearts. ²⁰ For if our heart condemne vs, God is greater then our heart, and knoweth all things. ²¹ Beloued, if our heart condemne vs not, then haue we boldnes toward God.

³ For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came, and testified of the trueth that is in thee, how thou walkest in the trueth. ⁴ I haue no greater ioy then these, that is, to heare that my sonnes walke in veritie.

¹³ They are the raging waues of the sea, foming out their owne shame: they are wandring starres, to whome is reserued the blackenesse of darkenesse for euer.

⁸ But the fearful and vnbeleeuing, and the abominable and murtherers, and whoremogers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall haue their part in the lake, which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.