Proverbs 13 Cross References - Great

¹ A Wyse sonne wyll herken to hys fathers warnynge, but he that is scornefull, will not heare when he is reproued. ² A good man shall enioye the frute of his mouth but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled. ³ He that kepeth hys mouth kepeth hys lyfe: but who so openeth hys lyppes to euell, destroyeth hym selfe. ⁴ The slogarde wolde fayne haue, & cannot get hys desyre: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plenty. ⁵ A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes, but the vngodly shameth both other and hym selfe. ⁶ Ryghteousnesse kepeth the innocent in the waye, but vngodlynesse doth ouerthrowe the synner. ⁷ Some men are ryche, though they haue nothynge, agayne some men are poore, hauing greate ryches. ⁸ With goodes euery man delyuereth his lyfe, and the poore wyll not be reproued: ⁹ The lyght of the ryghteous maketh ioyfull, but the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out. ¹⁰ Amonge the proude there is euer stryfe, but amonge those that do all thynges with aduisement, there is wysdome. ¹¹ Uaynlye gotten goddes are soone spent: but they that be gathered to gether with the hande, shall increace. ¹² Longe taryenge for a thynge that is differred, greueth the herte: but when the desyre commeth: it is a tree of lyfe. ¹³ Whoso despyseth anye thinge, shalbe hurt for the same: but he that feareth the commaundement, shall haue the rewarde. ¹⁴ The lawe is a well of lyfe vnto the wyse, that it maye kepe hym from the snares of death: ¹⁵ Good vnderstandinge geueth fauour, but harde is the waye of the despysers. ¹⁶ A wyse man doth all thynges with discrecion, but a foole wyll declare hys foly. ¹⁷ An vngodly messaunger falleth into myschefe, but a faythfull ambassadour is wholsome. ¹⁸ He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte & sname: but whoso regardeth correccion shall come to honoure. ¹⁹ When a desyre is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles counte it abhominacyon to departe from euell. ²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but whoso is a companyon of fooles, shalbe hurte. ²¹ Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the ryghteous shall haue a good rewarde. ²² He that is vertuous, leaueth an enheritaunce vnto hys chylders children and the ryches of the synner is layed vp for the iust. ²³ There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, but the felde not well ordred is without frute. ²⁴ He that spareth the rodde, hateth hys sonne: but whoso loueth hym, chastiseth hym by tymes. ²⁵ The ryghteous eateth, and is satisfyed, but the bely of the vngodly hath neuer ynough,

²⁵ If one man synne agaynst another, daysemen maye be iudges: but yf a man synne agaynst the lorde who will be his dayseman? Notwythstandyng, they herkened not vnto the voyce of their father, because the lorde wolde slaye them.

¹ Heare, O ye chyldren, the fatherly exhortacyon, and take good heade, that ye maye lerne wysdome. ² For I haue geuen you a good doctryne, forsake nott ye my lawe. ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother: ⁴ he taught me also, and sayde vnto me: Lett thyne herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue. ⁵ Get the wysdome: and get the vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrynke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not and she shall preserue the: loue her, and she shall kepe the. ⁷ The chefe poynte of wysdome is, that thou be wyllynge to optayne wysedome: and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make moche of her and she shall promote the: Yee, yf thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous heed, and garnysshe the with a crowne of glory. ¹⁰ Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes and the yeares of thy lyfe shall be many. ¹¹ I haue shewed the, the waye of wysdome, and ledd the into the ryght pathes. ¹² So that yf thou goest therin, there shall no straytenes hynder the: and when thou runnest, thou shalte not fall. ¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, and let her nott go: kepe her, for she is thy lyfe. ¹⁴ Come nott in the pathe of the vngodly: and walke nott in the waye of the wycked.

²⁰ My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thyne eare vnto my sayinges. ²¹ Let them not departe from thyne eyes: but kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte. ²² For they are lyfe vnto all those that fynde them, and health vnto all theyr bodyes.

⁷ Who so reproueth a scornefull personne, getteth him selfe dishonoure: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth him selfe. ⁸ Reproue not a scorner lest he owe the euell wyll: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue the.

¹ Prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is an heuynesse vnto hys mother.

⁶ A scornefull body seketh wysdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easy to come by, vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.

⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandinge.

²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

¹⁴ Wherfore, heare the worde of the Lorde ye mockers, ye that haue rule of this people which is at Ierusalem. ¹⁵ Because ye haue sayd: we haue made a couenaunt with death, & with hell are we at agrement. And though there go forth a sore plage, it shall nott come vnto vs. For we haue made falshode our refuge, and vnder vanitie are we hid.

⁸ And why? God is the Iudge: he putteth downe one, and setteth vp another.

¹¹ A man full of wordes shal not prosper vpon the erth: euell shall hunte the wycked person, to ouerthrowe hym.

¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles.

¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another.

³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions:

¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wyckednesse, and dryncke the wyne of robberye.

¹¹ The mouth of a ryghteous man is a well of lyfe, but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischefe in secrete.

¹⁴ Euery man shall enioye good accordynge to the frute of hys mouth, and after the workes of hys handes shall he be rewarded.

²⁰ A mans bely shalbe satisfyed wt the frute of his awne mouth, and with the increase of hys lyppes shall he be fylled.

²⁷ Therfore saye thou vnto them: Thys is the commaundement of the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel: Drincke and be droncken, spewe and fall, that ye neuer ryse, and that thorowe the swearde, whych I wyll sende amonge you. ²⁸ But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy hande, and dryncke it, then tell them: Thus doth the Lorde of Hostes threaten you: dryncke it ye shall, and that shortely. ²⁹ For lo, I begynne to plage the cytye, that my name is geuen vnto: thincke ye then that I wyll leaue you vnpunished? Ye shal not go quyte, for why, I call for a swearde vpon all the inhabitours of the earth, sayeth the Lorde of Hostes. ³⁰ Therfore tell them all these wordes and saye vnto them. The Lorde shall crye from aboue, and let his voyce be herde from hys holy habytacion. With a great noyse shall he crye from hys courte regall. He shall geue a great voyce, lyke the grape gatherers, and the sounde ther of shalbe hearde vnto the endes of the worlde. ³¹ For the Lorde hath a iudgement to geue vpon all people, & will holde his court of iustice with all flesh, and punish the vngodly, sayth the Lorde.

⁸ Seinge thou hast spoyled many Heathen, therfore shal the remnaunt of the people spoyle the: because of mens bloude, & for the wronge done in the lande, in the citye and vnto all them that dwell therin.

¹⁷ For the wronge that thou hast done in Libanus, shall ouerwhelme the, and the wilde beastes shal make the afrayed: because of mens bloud, & for the wronge done in the lande, in the citie, and vnto all soch as dwell therin.

⁶ for they shed out the bloud of sainctes, and prophetes, & therfore hast thou geuen them bloud to dryncke: for they are worthy.

¹ To the chaunter Ieduthun, a Psalme of Dauid. I sayde: I will take hede to my wayes that I offend not in my tonge.

¹⁹ Where moch bablynge is, there must nedes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lyppes, is wyse.

¹³ The wycked falleth into the snare thorow the malyce of hys awne mouth, but the iust shall eschape out of parell.

⁷ A fooles mouth is hys awne destruccyon, and hys lyppes are the snare for hys awne soule

²¹ Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tonge: and they that loue it, shall enioye the frute therof.

¹⁹ The crafty disceatfull bewrayth secret councell: and to him that custometh flaterynge lyppes ioyne nott thy selfe.

²³ Whoso kepeth his mouth and hys tonge: the same kepeth hys soule from troubles.

³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery ydell worde that men shall haue spoken, they shall geue acountes in the daye of iudgement. ³⁷ For out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustifyed: and out of thy wordes thou shalt be condemned.

²⁶ If eny man among you seme to be deuoute &, refrayneth not hys tong, but deceaueth hys awne hert, thys mannes deuocyon is in vayne.

² for in many thinges we synne all. If a man synne not in worde, the same is a perfecte man, & able also to tame all the body. ³ Beholde, we put bittes in to the horses mouthes, that they maye obeye vs, & we turne aboute all the body of them. ⁴ Beholde also the shyppes, whych though they be so great, & are dryuen of fearce wyndes, yet are they turned about wyth a very small helme whyther soeuer the violence of the gouerner will. ⁵ Euen so the tonge is a lytel member also, and boasteth great thynges. Beholde, how gret a thynge a lytell fyre kyndleth, ⁶ and the tonge is fyre, euen a world of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defyleth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, & thinges of the see are meked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tonge can no man tame. It is an vnruely euyll, full of deedly poyson. ⁹ Ther wt blesse we God the father, and therwith cursse wemen, which are made after the symilitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursyng. My brethren, these thinges ought not so to be. ¹¹ Doth a fountayne send forth at one place swete water and bytter also. ¹² Can the fygge tree (my brethren) beare olyue beries: ether a a vyne beare fygges?

¹⁰ Who can tell the dust of Iacob, and the nombre of the fourth parte of Israel? I praye God, that my soule maye dye the death of the ryghteous, & that my last ende maye be lyke hys.

¹⁴ Soch as be planted in the house of the Lorde shall florishe in the courtes of our God. They shall also bryng forth more frute in theyr age, & shalbe fat and well likyng.

² that thou wylt enclyne thyne eare vnto wysdome, applye thyne hert then to vnderstandynge. ³ For yf thou cryest after wisdome, and callest for knowledge: ⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure, ⁵ then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lorde, and fynde the knowledge of God. ⁶ For it is the Lorde that geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandynge. ⁷ He hydeth vp healthe for the ryghteous. He preserueth the welfare of the ryghteous, and defendeth them that walke syncerely: ⁸ he kepeth them in the ryght pathe, and preserueth the waye of soche as serue hym with godlynesse. ⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstande ryghteousnesse, iudment, and equyte: yee, and euery good path.

³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, and geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores.

⁴ An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke labouringe hande maketh ryche.

²⁵ He that is liberall in geuynge, shall haue plenty, and he that watereth, shall be watered also him selfe.

¹¹ He that tylleth his lande, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydylnes: is a very foole.

²⁴ A diligent hande shall beare rule, but the ydle shalbe vnder tribute.

¹³ The slouthfull sayeth: there is a lyon in the waye, & a lyon in the myddest of the stretes.

²⁵ He that is of a proude stomacke & without feare, stereth vp stryfe: but he that putteth hys trust in the Lorde, shalbe well fedd.

¹¹ The lord shall euer be thy guyd, & satisfie the desyre of thyne herte in the tyme of drougthe, & fyll thy bones wt mary. Thou shalt be lyke a fresh waterd garden & lyke the fountayne of water, that neuer leaueth runnynge.

²⁷ Laboure not for the meate whych perissheth, but for that whych endureth vnto euerlastinge lyfe, whych meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you. For hym hath God the father sealed.

¹¹ Yee, and we desyre, that euery one of you shewe the same diligence, to the full stablishinge of hope, euen vnto the ende,

⁵ And herunto geue all diligence: in youre fayth mynyster vertue: in vertue knowledge: ⁶ in knowledge temperaunce, in temperaunce pacience: in pacience godlynes, ⁷ in godlynes brotherly kyndnes, in brotherly kyndnes loue. ⁸ For yf these thynges be amonge you, and be plenteous, thy wyll make you that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. ⁹ But he that lacketh these thynges, is blynde and gropeth for the waye wyth his hande, and hath forgotten, that he was pourged from hys olde synnes. ¹⁰ Wherfore brethren, geue the more diligence for to make your calling & eleccyon sure For yf ye do soch thynges, ye shall neuer fall. ¹¹ Yee and by this meanes an entrynge in shal be mynistred vnto you aboundantly into the euerlastyng kyngdome of oure Lorde and sauioure Iesus Christ.

¹⁶³ As for lyes, I hate and abhorre them, but thy lawe do I loue.

³⁵ The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue.

¹⁷ A proude looke a lyinge tonge, handes that shed innocent bloude,

⁸ Remoue fro me vanite and lyes: geue me nether pouerte nor ryches, onely graunte me a necessary lyuynge.

⁹ And they that escape of you, shall thincke vpon me amonge the Heathen, where they shalbe in captiuitye. As for that whorysh and vnfaythfull herte of theyrs, wherewyth they runne awaye fro me, I wyll breake it: yee, & put oute those eyes of theirs, that commytte fornicacyon with theyr Idols. Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased wyth their selues, for the wyckednesses and abhominacyons, which they haue done:

⁴³ There shall ye call to remembraunce your awne wayes & all your ymaginacyons, wherin ye haue bene defyled: and ye shall iudge youre selues worthy to be destroyed, for all youre wickednes, that ye haue done.

³¹ Then shal ye remembre your awne wicked wayes, & your ymaginacions, which were not good: so that ye shal thinke that ye were worthy to be destroyed: for your synnes and abhominacyons.

² Many of them that slepe in the dust of the earth, shall awake: some to the euerlastynge lyfe, some to perpetuall shame & reprofe.

⁸ Thre shepherdes I putt out of offyce in one moneth, for I myght not awaye wyth them, nether had they eny delyte in me.

²⁵ Wherfore, put awaye lyinge, & speake euery man truth vnto his neyghboure, for as moche as we are members one of another.

⁹ Lye not one to another, seing that ye haue put of the olde man with hys workes,

⁸ But the fearfull and vnbeleuynge, and the abhominable, and murdrers, & whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, and all lyars shall haue theyr parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde death.

²³ For he offered vnto the Gods of them of Damasco, which bette hym, & he sayd: because the Gods of the kynges of Syria healpe them, therfore wyll I offer to them, that they maye helpe me also. But they were his destruccyon, and the destruccion of all Israel.

² Euen he that ledeth an vncorrupt lyfe, & doth the thynge which is ryght, and that speaketh the trueth from hys hert.

²¹ Let perfectnesse and ryghteous dealynge wayte vpon me, for my hope hath bene in the.

¹ Of Dauid. Be thou my iudge, O Lorde, for I haue walked innocently: my trust hath bene also in the Lorde therfore shall I not fall.

²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped.

³ The innocent dealynge of the iust shall leade them, but the wyckednes of such as dissemble, shalbe their awne destruccyon.

⁵ The ryghteousnes of the innocent ordreth his waye, but the vngodly shall fall in his awne wyckednesse. ⁶ The ryghteousnesse of the iust shall delyuer them, but the wycked shalbe taken in theyr awne vngodlynesse.

¹² The ryghteous man wysely consydereth the house of the wicked: and for theyr wickednes God ouerthroweth the vngodly.

²⁴ Some man geueth out his goodes, and is the rycher, but the nygard (hauynge ynough) wyll departe from nothynge, and yet is euer in pouertye.

⁹ A symple man which laboureth and worketh, is better then one that is gorgyous and lacketh bread.

¹¹ Uaynlye gotten goddes are soone spent: but they that be gathered to gether with the hande, shall increace.

¹ Lay thy brede vpon weate faces, & so shalt thou fynde after many dayes. ² Geue parte .vii. dayes, and also vpon the eyght, for thou knowest not what misery shall come vpon earth.

²¹ So is it with him that gathereth riches to him selfe, and is not riche towarde God.

³³ Sell that ye haue, and geue almes. And prepare you bagges, which wexe not olde, euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen, where no thefe commeth, nether moth corrupteth.

¹¹ The Pharyse stode and prayed thus with hym selfe: God, I thancke the, that I am not as other men are, extorsioners, vniuste, aduoutrers, or as this publycan. ¹² I fast twyse in the weke. I geuetythe of all that I possesse. ¹³ And the publican stondyng a farre of, wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heauen, but smote vpon hys brest, saying: God be mercyfull to me a synner: ¹⁴ I tell you: thys man departed home to hys house iustyfyed, more then the other. For euery one that exalteth him self, shalbe brought lowe: And he that humbleth him selfe, shalbe exalted.

⁸ Nowe ye are full: nowe ye are made ryche: ye raygne as kinges without vs: and I wolde to God ye dyd raygne, that we myght raygne with you.

¹⁰ We are fooles for Christes sake, but ye are wyse thorowe Chryst. We weake, but ye are stronge. Ye are honorable, but we are despysed. ¹¹ Euen vnto this tyme we honger and thyrst, and are naked, and are boffeted with fystes, and haue no certayne dwellynge place,

⁷ But we haue this treasure in erthen vessels, that the excellency of the power myght be Gods, and not oures.

¹⁰ as sorowing, & yet alwaye merye: as poore, and yet make many ryche: as hauinge nothyng, & yet possessyng all thynges.

⁵ Harken my deare beloued brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of thys worlde, soch as are ryche in faythe, & heyres of the kyngdome, whych he promysed to them that loue hym?

¹⁹ while they promes them libertie, where as they them selues are the bonde seruauntes of corruption. For of whom a man is ouer come, vnto the same is he brought in bondage.

⁹ I know thy workes & tribulacyon and pouerte, but thou art ryche. And I knowe the blasphemy of them, whych call them selues Iewes & are not: but are the congregacyon of Sathan.

¹⁷ because thou sayest: I am ryche & incresyd wyth goodes, and haue nede of nothyng, and knowest not, how thou art wretched & myserable, and poore, & blynde and nakyd.

³⁰ If there be sett to hym a summe of money, then he shall geue for the delyueraunce of hys lyfe, whatsoeuer is put vnto hym.

¹⁴ And he caryed awaye all Ierusalem, and all the lordes, and all the strong men of warre, euen .x.M. into captiuite: and all craftes men and kepers, none remayning saue the poore commen people of the lande.

¹² but the captayne of the souldyers lefte of the poore of the lande, to dresse the vynes, and to tyll the grounde.

⁴ And Satan answered the Lord, & sayde: Skyn for skynne? yee, a man wyll geue all that euer he hath, for his lyfe.

⁶ There be some that put theyr in trust their goodes, & boast them selues in the multitude of theyr ryches. ⁷ But no man maye delyuer hys brother, ner make agrement vnto God for hym. ⁸ For it costeth more to redeme theyr soules, so that he must let that alone for euer. ⁹ Yee, though he lyue longe, and se nat the graue. ¹⁰ For he seeth, that wyse men also dye, and peryshe together, as well as the ignoraunt & folysh, and leaue theyr ryches for other:

³⁵ no though thou woldest offre him great gyftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

¹⁰ But Nabuzaradan the chefe captayne let the rascall people (& those that had nothinge) dwell styll in the lande of Iuda, and gaue them vineyardes & corne feldes at the same tyme.

⁸ Amonge these .lxxx. men there were ten, that sayde vnto Ismael: Oh slaye vs not, for we haue yet a great treasure in the felde, of wheate barley, oyle and hony. So he spared them, & slewe them not with theyr brethren.

¹² In the also wyll I leaue a small poore simple people, which shall trust in the name of the Lord.

²⁶ For what doth it proffet a man, yf he wynne all the whole worlde: & lose hys awne soule? Or what shal a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all?

¹⁸ For as moch as ye knowe, how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptible thynges (as syluer & golde) from youre vayne conuersacion, whych ye receaued by the tradicion of the fathers: ¹⁹ but wt the precious bloude of Chryst, as of a lambe vndefyled, and wythout spot,

³⁶ and vnto hys sonne wyll I geue one trybe, that Dauid my seruaunt maye haue a lyght allwaye before me in Ierusalem, the cytie which I haue chosen me, to put my name there.

⁵ Yee, the light of the vngodly shall be put out? and the sparke of hys fyre shall not burne. ⁶ The lyght shalbe darcke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

¹⁷ How oft shall the candle of the wycked be put out? how oft commeth their destruccion vpon them? O what sorowe shal God geue them for their parte in hys wrath?

³ when his light shyned vpon my head: when I wente after the same lyght and shynynge, euen thorowe the darcknesse.

¹¹ There is spronge vp a lyght for the ryghteous, and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted.

⁴ Unto the godly there aryseth vp lyght in the darcknesse he is mercyfull, louyng and ryghteous.

¹⁸ The pathe of the ryghtewes shyneth as the lyght, that is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfect daye.

²⁰ Whoso curseth hys father & mother: his lyght shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknes.

²⁰ And why? the wicked shall haue no posterite, and the candle of the vngodly shall be put out.

¹⁰ Therfore, whoso feareth the Lord among you, let him heare the voyce of his seruaunt, Whoso walketh in darcknesse, and no lyght shyneth vpon him, lett hym put hys trust in the name of the Lorde, and holde him by his God. ¹¹ But take hede, ye all kyndle a fyre of the wrath of God, and stere vp the coales: walke on in the glistering of your awne fyre & in the coales that ye haue kindled. This cometh vnto you fro my hande, namely that ye shall slepe in sorowe.

¹³ Then sayd the king to the ministers: take & bynde him hand and fote, & cast hym into vtter darcknes there shall be wepynge & gnasshynge of teth.

⁸ So the folysshe sayde vnto the wyse: geue vs of youre oyle: for oure lampes are gone out.

¹ And the men of Ephraim sayde vnto hym: why hast thou serued vs thus, that thou calledst vs not, when thou wentest to fyght with the Madianites? And they chode with hym a good. ² And he sayde vnto them: What dede haue I done lyke vnto youres: is not a cluster of Ephraim better, then the wyne heruest of Abiezer? ³ God hath delyuered into youre handes the Lordes of Madian, Oreb and Zeb. And what was I able to do lyke as you haue done? And then their spirites abated from of him, when he had sayde that.

¹ And the men of Ephraim geathered them selues together, & went northwarde, and sayde vnto Iephthah: Wherfore wentest thou to fyght with the children of Ammon, and dydest not call vs to go with the? we will therfore burne thine house vpon the fyer. ² And Iephthah said vnto them: I & my people were at great stryfe wt the chyldren of Ammon. And when I called you, ye delyuered me not out of their handes. ³ And when I sawe that ye deliuered me not, I put my lyfe in my handes, & went vpon the children of Ammon. And the Lord delyuered them into my handes. Wherfore then are ye come vpon me now, to fyght wt me? ⁴ Iephthah therfore gathered together all the men of Gilead, & fought wt the Ephraites And the men of Gilead smote the Ephraites, because they sayd: Ye Gileadites are but runneagates of Ephraim amonge the Ephraites & the Manassites. ⁵ Moreouer, the men of Gilead toke the passages of Iordan before the Ephraites. And when those Ephraites that were escaped, sayde: lett vs go ouer, then the men of Gilead sayd vnto them: Art thou an Ephraite? they sayde: naye. ⁶ Then sayde they vnto him: then saye: Schibboleth. And he sayde: Sibboleth: for he coulde not so pronounce. And then they toke him, and slewe hym at the passages of Iordan. And there were ouerthrowen at that tyme of the Ephraites .xlij.M.

¹⁰ And the younge men that were growen vp with hym spake vnto hym sayenge: Thus shalt thou speake vnto thys people (that haue sayde vnto the: thy father made oure yocke heuye, butt make thou it vs lyghtter) Euen thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My lytle fynger shalbe wayghtier, then my father was in the loynes. ¹¹ And nowe where as my father did lade you & put a greuouse yocke vpon you, I wyll make it heuyer. My father also corrected you wt scourges, but I wyll chastyse you with scorpions.

¹⁶ And so, when all Israel sawe, that the kynge regarded them not, the people answered the kynge with these wordes, sayenge, what porcion haue we in Dauid: we haue no enheritaunce in the sonne of Isai. To youre tentes, O Israel, nowe se to thyne awne house Dauid. And so Israel departed vnto theyr tentes.

¹⁰ Thou hast smytten Edom, thyne hart hath made the proude: Enioye thys glory, & tarye at home. Why dost thou prouoke to mischeue, that thou shuldest be ouerthrowen, and Iuda wyth the?

¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyll be counceled. ¹⁶ A foole vttereth hys wrath in all the haste, but a discrete man couerith wronge.

¹⁴ The beginninge of stryfe is as when a man maketh an Issue for water, therfore or the metynge be leaue of contencyon.

²⁰ O geue care vnto good councell, and be content to be reformed, that thou mayest be wyse in thy latter dayes.

¹⁸ Thorowe councell, the thynges that men deuyse go forwarde: and wt discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.

²⁴ He that is proude and presumptuous, is called a scornefull man, which in wrath darre worcke malicyouslye.

⁸ Be not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye thou do some offence after the strife be ended wherby thy neyghbour put the to shame.

²⁸ Which of you disposed to buylde a toure, sytteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to performe it? ²⁹ lest after he hath layde the foundacyon, and is not able to performe it, all that beholde it, begynne to mocke hym, ³⁰ sayinge: this man beganne to buylde, & was not able to make an ende? ³¹ Or what kyng goinge to make batayle agaynst another kinge, sytteth not downe fyrst, and casteth in his mynde, whether he be able with ten thousande, to mete him, that commeth agaynst him with .xx. thousande? ³² Or els while the other is yet a greate waye of he sendeth ambassatoures, and desireth peace.

²⁴ And ther was a stryfe amonge them, whych of them shuld seme to be the greatest.

¹ In those dayes (whan the nomber of the discyples grewe) there arose a grudge amonge the Grekes against the Hebrues, because their weddowes were despysed in the dayly ministracyon. ² Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde, it is not mete, that we shuld leaue the worde of God: and serue tables. ³ Wherfore brethren, loke ye out amonge you seuen men of honeste report, and full of the holy ghost and wisdom, to whom we maye committe this busynes. ⁴ But we wyll geue oure selues continually to prayer, and to the ministracyon of the worde. ⁵ And the sayinge pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen a man full of faith and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Procorus, and Nichanor, and Timon, and Permenas, and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche.

⁴ he is pufte vp, and knoweth nothynge: but wasteth hys braynes about questions and stryfe, of wordes, wherof sprynge enuye, stryfe, raylynges, euyll surmisynges,

¹⁴ But yf ye haue bytter enuyeng & stryfe in your herte, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth: ¹⁵ For soch wysdome descendeth not from aboue: but is erthy, naturall, & diuelisshe. ¹⁶ For wher enuyeng & strife is, there is vnstablenes, & all manner of euyll workes.

¹ From whence commeth warre, and fyghtyng amonge you? come they not here hence? euen of youre lustes, that fight in your membres?

⁵ Ether do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne. The sprete the dwelleth in vs, lusteth euen contrary to enuy: ⁶ but geueth more grace.

⁹ I wrote vnto the congregacion: but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence amonge them, receaueth vs not. ¹⁰ Wherfore yf I come, I will declare hys dedes which he doeth, iestinge on vs wt malicious wordes, nether is therewith content. Not onely he him selfe receaueth not the brethren: but also he forbyddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.

²⁸ Therfore shall hys dwellynge be in desolate cyties, and in houses which no man inhabyteth, but are become heapes of stones. ²⁹ He shall not be riche, nether shall hys substaunce contynue, ner encrease vpon earthe.

¹⁵ The ryches that he deuoured, shall he perbrake agayne, for God shall drawe them out of his bely,

¹⁹ And why? he hath oppressed the poore, & not helped them: houses hath he spoyled, & not buylded them. ²⁰ His bely coulde neuer be fylled, therfore shall he perishe in hys coueteousnesse. ²¹ There shall none of hys meats be left behinde, therfore shall no man loke for hys prosperite. ²² Whan he had plenteousnesse of euery thynge, yet was he poore, though he was helped on euery syde.

¹⁶ Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth, and rayment as ready as the claye, ¹⁷ he maye well prepare it: but the godly shall put it vpon hym, and the innocent shall deale out the money.

² For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne handes O well is the, and happy shalt thou be.

² Treasures that are wyckedly gotten, profyte nothynge: but ryghteousnesse deliuereth from death.

²² He that is vertuous, leaueth an enheritaunce vnto hys chylders children and the ryches of the synner is layed vp for the iust. ²³ There is plenteousnesse of fode in the feldes of the poore, but the felde not well ordred is without frute.

²¹ The heritage that commeth to hastely at the first, shall not be praysed at the ende.

²³ Se that thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy selfe, & loke well to thy flockes. ²⁴ For ryches abyde not alwaye, & the crowne endureth not for euer. ²⁵ The heye groweth, the grasse commeth vp, & herbes are gathered in the mountaynes. ²⁶ The lambes shall clothe the and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry. ²⁷ Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the, to vpholde thy housholde, and to susteyne thy maydens.

⁸ He that by vsurye and vniuste gaynes gatherith ryches: he shall laye them in store for a man that will pytye the pore.

²⁰ A man that dealeth faythfully, shalbe fylled with blessynges: & he that maketh to moch haste for to be ryche, shall not be vngyltye.

²² He that wyll be rych all to soone, hath an euelleye, and consydereth not, that pouerte shall come vpon hym.

¹⁴ For oft tymes they perysh with his greate misery & trouble: & yf he haue a chylde, it getteth nothynge.

¹¹ The partriche maketh a nest of egges, whych she layde not. He commeth by ryches, but not ryghteouslye. In the myddest of his lyfe must he leaue them behynde him, and at the last be founde a very foole.

⁶ But shall not all these take vp a prouerbe agaynst him, & mocke him with a byworde, & saye: Wo vnto him that heapeth vp other mens goodes? How longe will he lade hym selfe with thicke claye? ⁷ O how sodenly wyll they stande vp, that shal byte, & awake, that shal teare the in peces? yee, thou shalt be their praye?

¹ Go to now ye ryche men. Wepe, and howle on your wretchednes that shal come vpon you. ² Your riches is corrupte, your garmentes are motheaten, ³ Youre golde & syluer is cankred, and the rust of the shalbe a wytnes vnto you, & shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes: ⁴ Beholde the hyre of labourers which haue reaped downe youre feldes (which hyre is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: & the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred in to the eares of the Lord Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the erthe, & bene wantan. Ye haue norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter.

⁶ But Sara sayde: God hath made me a laughynge stocke: so that all that heare: wyll laugh at me. ⁷ She sayde also: who wolde haue sayd vnto Abraham: that Sara shulde haue geuen chyldren sucke? for I haue borne him a sonne in hys olde age.

³⁰ And Israel sayde vnto Ioseph: Nowe am I content to dye, in somoch as I haue sene the and because thou art yet alyue.

²⁶ and she sayd: Oh my Lord: as truly as thy soule lyueth my Lord, I am the woman that stode before the here, prayeng vnto the Lorde. ²⁷ For this ladde I prayed, and the Lorde hath geuen me my desire, whych I asked of him: ²⁸ and therfore I haue geuen hym vnto the Lord, as long as he is mete for the lorde. And they worshipped the Lorde there.

¹⁵ They haue children at their desyre: & leaue the reste of theyr substaunce for theyr babes. But as for me, I wyll beholde thy presence in righteousnes: & when I awake vp after thy lykenes, I shalbe satisfyed with it.

² He brought me also out of the horrible pitte, out of the myer and claye, and sett my fete vpon the rocke, and ordred my goynges. ³ And he hath put a new songe in my mouth, euen a thanckesgeuynge vnto oure God. Many shall se it, and feare, and shall put their trust in the Lorde.

¹ To the chaunter, a monicyon of the sonnes of Corath. Like as the hert desyreth the water brookes, so longeth my soule after the (O God.) My soule is a thurste for God, yee, euen for the lyuyng God: when shall I come, to appeare before the presence of God? ² My teares haue bene my meate daye & night, whyle they daylie saye vnto me: where is now thy God? ³ Now when I thincke there vpon I powre out my hert by my self: for I went with the multitude, & brought them forth vnto the house of God, in the voyce of prayse and thanckesgeuyng, among soch as kepe holy daye.

³ I am wery of crying, my throte is drie, my sight faileth me, for waytinge so long vpon my God.

⁸¹ My soule hath longed for thy saluacion: and I haue a good hope because of thy worde. ⁸² Myne eyes longe sore for thy worde, sayenge. O whan wylte thou comforte me. ⁸³ For I am become lyke a bottell in the smoke, yet do not I forget thy statutes.

⁷ Heare me, O Lorde, & that soone: for my sprete wexeth faynte, hid not thy face from me, lest I be lyke vnto them that go downe into the pytt.

¹⁸ She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

³⁰ The frute of the ryghteous is a tree of lyfe: and he that endeuoureth him selfe to wynne mens soules is wyse.

¹⁹ When a desyre is brought to passe, it delyteth the soule: but fooles counte it abhominacyon to departe from euell.

⁸ I charge you therfore, O ye daughters of Ierusalem, yf ye fynde my beloued, that ye tell hym, how that I am syck for loue.

²⁹ Lorde, now lettest thou thy seruaunt departe in peace, accordynge to thy promes. ³⁰ For myne eyes haue sene the saluacion:

²² And ye now therfore haue sorowe: but I will se you agayne, and your hertes shall reioyse, and your ioye shal no man take from you.

² In the middes of the stret of it, and of ether syde of the ryuer, was ther woode of lyfe: whych bare twelue maner of frutes: & gaue frute euery moneth: & the leues of the wood serued to heale the people with all.

³¹ because he hath despysed the word of the Lorde, and hath broken hys commaundement, that soule therfore shall perish, and his synne shalbe vpon him.

⁹ Wherfore then hast thou despised the commaundement of the Lorde, to do wyckednesse in hys syght? thou hast kylde Urias the Hethite with the swerde, and hast taken his wife to thy wyfe, & hast slayne hym with the swerde of the chyldren of Ammon. ¹⁰ Nowe therfore, the swerde shall neuer depart from thyne house, because thou hast despysed me, and taken the wyfe of Urias the Hethite, to be thy wife.

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God, & despised his wordes, and mysse vsed hys prophetes, vntyll the wrath of the Lord arose agaynst his people, and tyll there was no remedy.

³ For now we wyll make a couenaunt with oure God, and put awaye all the wyues (and soch as are borne of them) accordinge to the councell of the Lord, and we wylbe in the feare of the commaundementes of oure God, that we maye do accordyng to the lawe.

¹¹ Moreouer, by them is thy seruaunt taught, & in kepynge of them there is greate rewarde.

¹³ He shall blesse them that feare the Lorde, both small and great.

¹⁶⁵ Greate is the peace that they haue whych loue thy lawe, and they are not offended at it.

²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught.

³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. ³¹ Therfore shall they eate the frutes of theyr awne waye, & be filled with their awne inuencions:

²¹ Myschefe foloweth vpon synners, but the ryghteous shall haue a good rewarde.

² As for these thynges, my hande hath made them all, & they are all created, sayeth the Lorde. Whych of them shall I then regarde? Euen him that is pore and of a lowly troubled sprete, & standeth in awe of my wordes.

² Azariah the sonne of Osaiah, and Iohanan the sonne of Kareah with all the stubborne personnes, sayde vnto Ieremy: Thou lyest; the Lorde oure God hath not sent the to speake vnto vs, that we shulde not go into Egypte, and dwell there:

¹⁶ As for the wordes that thou hast spoken vnto vs, in the name of the Lorde, we wyll in no wyse heare them: ¹⁷ but whatsoeuer goeth out of oure awne mouthe, that we wyll do. We wyll do sacrifyce and offer oblatyons vnto the quene of heauen, lyke as we and our forefathers, oure kynges and oure heades haue done in the cytie of Iuda, and in the stretes and feldes of Ierusalem. For then had we plenteousnes of vitayles, then were we in prosperyte, and no mysfortune came vpon vs.

¹³ And yet the house of Israel rebelled agaynst me in the wyldernesse, they wolde not walcke in my commaundementes, they haue cast a waye my lawes (which whoso kepeth shulde lyue in them) and my Sabboth dayes haue they greatly vnhalowed. Then I made me to poure out myne indignacyon vpon them, & to consume them in the wyldernesse.

¹⁶ and that because they refused my lawes, and walcked not in my commaundementes, but had vnhalowed my Sabbathes, for their herte was gone after their ydoles.

²⁴ because they had not kepte my lawes, but cast asyde my commaundementes, vnhalowed my Sabbathes, and lyft vp their eyes to their fathers Idoles.

¹⁶ But they that feare God, saye thus one to another: the Lorde consydereth and heareth it. Yee, it is before him a memoryal boke, wrytten for soch as feare the Lorde, and remembre his name.

¹² Reioyse & be glad for greate is your rewarde in heuen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, which were before you.

³¹ He sayde vnto him: If they heare not Moses and the Prophetes, nether wyll they beleue, though one rose from deeth agayne.

²⁸ He that despiseth Moses lawe, dyeth wythout mercy vnder two or thre witnesses: ²⁹ how moch sorer (suppose ye) shall he be ponisshed which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God: & counteth the bloude of the testament, wherwith he was sanctifyed, as an vnholy thyng, & doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace.

⁸ Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought: but that we maye haue ful rewarde.

⁶ The sorowes of hell compassed me about: the snares of deeth ouertoke me. ⁷ In my tribulacyon will I call vpon the Lorde, and crye to my God. And he shall heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crye shall enter into his eares.

⁵ In my trouble wyll I call vpon the Lorde: & complayne vnto my God.

³ The snares of death compased me round about, and the paynes of hell gat hold vpon me,

¹¹ For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeares of thy lyfe shalbe many.

²⁷ The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe, to auoyde the snares of death.

²⁴ The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shulde beware of hell beneth.

⁶ With louinge mercy & faythfulnesse, synnes be forgeuen, & who so feareth the Lord eschueth euell.

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschue euell: & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his awne soule.

²² Understandinge is a well of lyfe vnto him that hath it: as for the chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolyshnesse.

¹⁴ And Dauid behaued him selfe wysely in all his wayes, & the Lord was with him. ¹⁵ Wherfore when Saul saw that he was so excedynge wyse, he was afrayd of him. ¹⁶ But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid, because he went out and in before them.

⁹ When youre fathers tempted me, proued me, and saw my workes. ¹⁰ Fourty yeares long was I greued with that generacion, & sayd: it is a people that do erre in theyr hertes: for they haue not knowen my wayes. ¹¹ Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest.

¹⁰ The feare of the Lorde is the begynning of wisdome, a good vnderstandyng haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.

⁴ So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding, in the syght of God and men.

¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknesse: they knowe nott where they fall.

³⁵ A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kynge, but one that is not honest prouoketh hym vnto wrath.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh the ryght strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, shall dye.

¹⁹ Thyne awne wickednesse shall reproue the, & thy turnynge awaye shall condemne the: that thou mayest knowe & vnderstande: howe euell and hurtfull a thynge it is, that thou hast forsaken the Lorde thy God, & not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

⁵² And Iesus prospered in wysdome & age, and in fauoure, with God & men.

¹⁰ and delyuered hym out of al his aduersities, and gaue him fauour & wysdome in the syght of Pharao kynge of Egypte. And he made hym gouernoure ouer Egypte, and ouer all hys housholde.

²¹ What frute had ye then in those thynges, wherof ye are now asshamed. For the ende of those thynges, is deeth.

¹⁰ And Nabal answered Dauids seruauntes, & sayde: what is Dauid? & what is the sonne of Isai? there is plentye of seruauntes now a dayes, that breake awaye euery man from his master. ¹¹ Shal I then take my breed, my water & my flesshe, that I haue kylled for my sherers, & geue it vnto men whom I wote not whence they be?

¹⁷ Now therfore, take hede, and se what thou hast to do, for there is an occasion of euell geuen agaynst oure master and all his housholde, seyng: he is as a sonne of beliall vngracious to speake to.

²⁵ Let not my Lorde regard this vnthriftye man Naball: for as his name is, so is he Nabal is his name, & follie is wt him. But I thine handmayd saw not the young men of my Lorde whom thou sendedst.

⁵ A good man is mercyfull, and lendeth: and wyll gyde his wordes wt discrecion.

²² The Lorde abhorreth lyinge lyppes, but they that laboure for trueth please hym. ²³ He that hath vnderstandynge, doth hyde wysdome: but an vndiscrete herte telleth out hys folyshnesse.

² The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse.

³ A foole will shewe him self when he goeth by the way, yet thinkethe he that euery man doth as foolyshly as him selfe.

¹³ Beholde, my seruaunt shall deale wysely, therfore shall he be magnified, exalted & greatly honoured.

¹⁶ Beholde, I sende you forth, as shepe among wolues. Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues.

¹⁹ For your obedience is gone abroade vnto all men. I am glad therfore no dout, of you. But yet I wolde haue you wyse vnto that which is good, & to be innocente as concernynge euyll.

²⁰ Brethren, be not ye chyldren in wytte. Howbeit, as concernyng maliciousnes, be children: but in witte be perfect.

¹⁷ Wherfore, be ye not vnwyse, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is,

²⁶ As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto the eyes, euen so is a slougysh personne to them that sende hym forth.

¹³ Lyke as the winter coole in the haruest, so is a faythfull messaunger to them that send him: for he refressheth his masters mynde.

²³ The North winde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenaunce a backbyters tonge,

⁶ He is lame of his fete, yee droncken is he in vanyte, that committeth eny message to a foole.

¹³ I haue sene foly amonge the Prophetes of Samaria, that they preached for Baall, and disceaued my people of Israell. ¹⁴ I haue sene also amonge the Prophetes of Ierusalem foule aduoutry, and presumpteous lyes. They take the most shamefull men by the hande, flattringe them, so that they cannot returne from theyr wyckednes. All these wt their cytesyns are vnto me, as Sodome, and as the inhabitours of Gomorre. ¹⁵ Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes concernynge the prophetes: Beholde, I will fede them with wormwod, and make them drincke the water of gall. For from the prophetes of Ierusalem is ypocrisye come into all the lande. ¹⁶ And therfore the Lorde of Hostes geueth you this warninge. Heare not the wordes of the prophetes, that preach vnto you, and disceaue you: surely they teache you vanyte for they speake the meanynge of their awne herte, & not out of the mouth of the Lorde.

²⁸ The prophet that hath a dreame let hym tell it and he that vnderstandeth my worde, let hym shewe it faythfully. For what hath chaffe and wheate to do together? sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁸ If I saye vnto the, concernynge the vngodly man, that (wythout doute) he must dye, and thou geuest hym not warnynge, ner speakest vnto hym, that he may turne from hys euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his awne vnryghteousnes: but hys bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hand.

⁷ And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. ⁸ If I saye vnto the wycked thou wycked, thou shalt surely dye, & thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre of his vngodly waye: then shall the wycked dye in his awne synne, but his bloude wyll I require of thy hande.

² Furthermore it is required of the stewardes, that a man be founde faythfull.

¹⁷ For we are not as the most part are, which choppe and chaunge with the worde of God: but euen out of purenes, and by the power of God, in the syght of God, so speake we in Christ.

²⁰ Now then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ euen as though God dyd beseche you thorow vs. So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be reconcyled vnto God:

¹² And I thanke Chryst Iesus oure Lorde, whych hath made me stronge: for he counted me true, and put me in offyce

² and in the thynges that thou hast hearde of me by many wytnesses. The same commytte thou to faythfull men, which shalbe apte to teach other also.

⁵ Let the ryghteous rather smyte me frendly & reproue me.

⁹ That thou geue not thy strength vnto other, & thy yeares to the cruell. ¹⁰ That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, and that thy laboures come not in a straunge house. ¹¹ Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and lusty greane youth) ¹² and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion? ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? ¹⁴ I am come almost into all misfortune, in the myddest of the multitude and congregacion.

⁹ Geue a discrete man but an occasyon, and he wylbe the wyser: teache a ryghteous man, and he wyll increase in knowledge.

¹ Who so loueth wysdome, wyll be content to be refourmed: but he the hateth to be reproued, is a foole.

¹³ Whoso despyseth anye thinge, shalbe hurt for the same: but he that feareth the commaundement, shall haue the rewarde.

³¹ The eare that harkeneth to the refourmacyon of lyfe, shall dwell amonge the wyse. ³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth hys awne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse.

⁶ The multitude hangeth vpon great men: and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes.

¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde.

³ Where as thou (O Lord) lokest onely vpon fayth and truthe. Thou hast scourged them, but they toke no repentaunce: thou hast corrected them for amendement, but they refused thy correction. They made theyr faces harder then a stone, and wolde not amende. ⁴ Therfore I thought in my selfe: peraduenture they are so symple and foolysshe, that they vnderstand nothing of the Lordes way, and iudgementes of our God. ⁵ Therfore, wyll I go vnto theyr heedes & rulers, & talke with them: yf they knowe the waye of the Lord and the iudgementes of oure God. But these (in lyke maner) haue broken the yocke, and burst the bondes in sondre. ⁶ Wherfore, a Lyon out of the woodde hath hurte them, and a wolfe in the euenynge shall destroye them. The Leoparde doth lye lurkynge by theyre cytyes, to teare in peces all them that come thereout. For theyr offences are multyplyed, and theyr departynge awaye is encreased. ⁷ Shulde I then for al this haue mercy vpon the? Thy chyldren haue forsaken me, and sworne by them that are no goddes. And albeit that I fed them to the ful yet they fall to aduoutrye, and haunt harlottes houses. ⁸ In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neyghbours wyfe: ⁹ Shulde I not correct this, sayth the Lorde? Shulde I not be auenged of euery people, that is lyke vnto this?

²⁵ Se that ye despyse not hym, that speaketh. For yf they escaped not, whych refused him that spake on erth: moch more shall we not escape, yf we turne awaye from hym, that speaketh from heauen:

⁴⁸ And thus sayde the kynge: Blessed be the Lorde God of Israell: which hath made one to syt on my seate thys daye, myne eye seynge it.

²⁸ And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the Lorde, is wysdome: and to for sake euell. is vnderstandinge.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. The kynge shall reioyce in thy strength, O Lorde, exceadynge glad shall he be of thy saluacion. ² Thou hast geuen hym his hertes desyre, and hast not denyed him the request of hys lyppes. Sela.

¹⁴ Eschue euell, & do good. seke peace and ensue it.

²⁷ Fle from euell, and do the thynge that is good, and dwel for euer.

⁷ Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell:

¹² Longe taryenge for a thynge that is differred, greueth the herte: but when the desyre commeth: it is a tree of lyfe.

²⁷ The ryghteous abhorreth the vngodly: but as for those that be in the ryght waye, the wycked hate them.

⁴ So when I was a lytle past them, I founde him whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten holde vpon hym, and wyll not let him go vntyll I bringe hym into my mothers house, and into her chambre that bare me.

¹⁹ But the sure grounde of God standeth still, and hath this seale: the Lorde knoweth them that are hys. And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ, departe from iniquite.

⁷ I haue fought a good fyght, I haue fulfylled my course, I haue kept the fayth. ⁸ From hence forth ther is layde vp for me a crowne of ryghtewesnes, which the Lorde (that is a ryghteous iudge) shall geue me at that daye: not to me onely, but vnto all them also that loue his comminge.

¹⁴ And I sayde vnto him: Lord thou wotest. And he sayde to me: these are they, whych came out of great tribulacyon, & made their garmentes large, & made them white by the bloude of the lambe: ¹⁵ therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God & serue hym daye & nyght in his temple, & he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them. ¹⁶ They shall honger no more, nether thyrst, nether shall the sunne lyght on them, nether eny heate. ¹⁷ For the lambe whych is in the myddes of the seate, shall fede them, & shall leade them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water, & God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.

¹² Abram dwelled in the lande of Canaan: and Lot abode in the cyties of the playne, & tented vntyll Sodome. ¹³ But the men of Sodome were wicked, and exceadynge synners before the Lorde.

¹² And they caryed awaye Lot also Abrams brothers sonne and hys good (for he dwelled at Sodome) & departed.

⁸ But he forsoke the councell that the olde men had geuen him, and called vnto hys councell yonge men, that were growen vp with him, and wayted on hym.

¹⁰ And the younge men that were growen vp with hym spake vnto hym sayenge: Thus shalt thou speake vnto thys people (that haue sayde vnto the: thy father made oure yocke heuye, butt make thou it vs lyghtter) Euen thus shalt thou saye vnto them: My lytle fynger shalbe wayghtier, then my father was in the loynes.

⁴ And he sayde vnto Iehosaphat: wilt thou come with me to batayle, agaynst Ramoth in Gilead? And Iehosaphat sayd vnto the kyng of Israel: I will be as thou art, and my people shall be as thyne, and my horsses as thyne.

³² And when the capytaynes of the charettes sawe Iehosaphat, they sayde: Surely it is the kynge of Israel, and they turned to fyght agaynst hym. And Iehosaphat cryed.

² And Iehu the sonne of Hanam the sear went out to mete hym, and sayde to kynge Iehosaphat: Woldest thou helpe the vngodly, and loue them that hate the Lorde? Therfore is wrath come downe vpon the, from before the Lorde.

⁶³ I am a companion of all them that feare the and kepe thy commaundementes.

¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs: & let vs haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them: refrayne thy fote from their waye. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euell: & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes: ¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe.

¹² That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, and from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges. ¹³ From soche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darckenesse: ¹⁴ which reioyse in doynge euell: and delyte in wycked thynges: ¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and they frowarde in thyr pathes. ¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the conuenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclyned vnto death, & her pathes vnto hell. ¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her come not agayn, nether take they holde of the waye of lyfe. ²⁰ Therfore, walke thou in the waye of soch as be verteous, and kepe the pathes of the ryghteous.

²² sodenlye to folowe her: as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, & lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes, to be punyshed, ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowynge that the parell of hys lyfe lyeth ther vpon.

²⁷ Her houses are the waye vnto hell, and brynge men downe into the chambers of death.

⁶ Forsake ignoraunce, and ye shall lyue: and se that ye go in the waye of vnderstandynge.

³¹ The eare that harkeneth to the refourmacyon of lyfe, shall dwell amonge the wyse.

⁷ Tell me of him whom my soule louethe where thou fedest the shepe, where thou makest them rest at the noone daye: for why shall I belyke him, that goeth wronge aboute the flockes of thy companyons? ⁸ Yf thou knowe not thy selfe (O thou fayrest amonge wemen) then go thy waye forth after the fotesteppes of the shepe, and fede thy goates besyde the shepeherdes tentes.

⁴² And they continued in the Apostles doctrine and felowshyp, & in breakynge of bread, and in prayers.

³³ Be not ye deceaued: euell wordes corrupte good maners. ³⁴ Awake truely out of slepe, and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God: I speake this to youre shame.

¹⁴ Set your selues at large, and beare not ye the yoke wt the vnbeleuers. For what fellyship hath ryghtewesnes with vnryghtewesnes? Or what company hath lyght wt darknes? ¹⁵ Or what concorde hath Christ with Beliall? Ether what parte hath he that beleueth, with an infidell? ¹⁶ Or how agreeth the temple of God with Images for ye are the temple of the lyuinge God, as sayde God? I wyll dwell amonge them, & walcke amonge them, and wylbe their God: & they shalbe my people. ¹⁷ Wherfore come out from amonge them, and separate youre selues from them (sayth the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: so wyll I receaue you, ¹⁸ and wylbe a father vnto you, and ye shalbe my sonnes & daughters, sayth the Lorde allmyghty.

²⁴ & let vs consider one another, to the intent that we maye prouoke vnto loue, & to good workes,

⁴ And I herde another voyce from heauen saye, come awaye from her my people, that ye be not partakers of her synnes, and that ye receaue not of her plages.

⁷ And yf thou dost not well, lyeth not thy synne in the dores? Unto the also pertayneth the lust therof, and thou shalt haue dominion ouer it.

²³ But and yf ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue synned agaynst the Lord: and be sure, youre synne wyll fynde you out.

¹⁰ Be not ye lyke horse and mule, which haue no vnderstandynge. Whose mouthes must be holden with byt & brydle, lest they fall vpon the.

¹⁰ Byd the ryghteous do well, for they shall enioye the frutes of theyr studies. ¹¹ But wo be to the vngodly and vnryghteous, for they shalbe rewarded after theyr worckes.

⁴ When the straungers sawe the beast hange on hys hande, they sayde amonge them selues: no doute thys man is a mortherer: Whom (though he haue escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth not to lyue.

⁷ that is to saye, prayse, honoure and immortalite, to them whych contynue in good doyng; and seke immortalite. ⁸ But vnto them that are rebelles, and that do not obey the trueth, but folowe vnryghteousnes, shall come indignacyon and wrath, ⁹ tribulacyon and anguysshe vpon the soule of euery man that doth euyll: of the Iewe fyrst, and also of the Gentyle. ¹⁰ To euery man that doth good, shall come prayse, and honoure, and peace, to the Iewe fyrst, and also to the Gentyll.

⁷ Moreouer I will make my bonde betwene me and the, and thy seed after the in theyr generacyons, by an euerlastynge testament, that I maye be God vnto the and to thy seed after the. ⁸ And I wyll geue vnto the and to thy seed after the, the lande where in thou art a straunger: Euen all the lande of Canaan, for an euerlastynge possessyon, and wyll be their God.

¹² Therfore shall ye not geue youre daughters vnto their sonnes, and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes, ner seke their peace & welth for euer, that ye maye be strong, & enioye the good in the land, & that ye & youre chyldren maye haue the enheritaunce of it for euermore.

¹² What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teache in the waye that he shall chose. ¹³ His soule shall dwell at ease, and hys sede shall inheret the lande.

²⁵ I haue bene yonge, and nowe am olde: & yet sawe I neuer the rightuous forsaken, ner his sede begginge theyr bread.

²⁸ The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue, & their sede shall stonde fast in thy syght.

² His sede shall be myghtye vpon earth: the generacyon of the faytfull shalbe blessed:

⁶ The Lorde frome out of you shall so blesse the, that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe. Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren, and peace vpon Israel.

²⁶ God gyueth to the man that is good before him, wysdome, vnderstandyng, & gladnesse. But vnto the synner he geueth weerynes that he maye gather and heape together the thynge, that afterwarde shalbe geuen vnto him, whom it pleaseth God. This is now a vayne thinge, yee a very disquietnesse and vexacyon of mynde.

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slougard) consydre herwayes, & lerne to be wyse. ⁷ She hath no guyde, no ouersear nor ruler: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her fode to gether in the haruest. ⁹ Howe longe wylt thou slepe, thou slougysh man? When wylt thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yee slepe on styll a lytle, slomber a lytle, foulde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouertye come vnto the as on that trauayleth by the waye, & necessytelke a weapened man.

¹⁸ Who so kepeth hys fygge tre, shall enioye the frutes therof: euen so, he that wayteth vpon his master, shall come to honoure.

¹⁹ He that tylleth his land, shall haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydylnesse, shall haue pouerte ynough.

⁹ The encrease of the erth vpholdeth all thinge, yea the kynge himselfe is mayntened by husbandrye.

⁵ Who so kepeth the commaundement: shall fele no harme: but a wyse mans herte discerneth the tyme & iudgement: ⁶ For euery thing will haue oportunite & iudgement, and this is the thynge that maketh men full of carefulnes and sorowe. ⁷ The Storke in the ayer knoweth hys apoynted tyme, the Turtle doue the Swalow & the Crane consydre the tyme of theyr trauayll, but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punyshment of the Lorde. ⁸ How darre ye saye then, we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde amonge vs? Suerly in vayne hath he prepared his penne, & vaynly haue the wryters wryten it: ⁹ therfore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afrayed & taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde: what wysdome can then be amonge them? ¹⁰ Wherfore, I wyll geue theyr wyues vnto aleauntes, and theyr feldes to destroyers. For from the lowest vnto the hyest, they folowe all filthy lucre: & from the Prophete vnto the preste, they deale all wt lyes.

¹² For whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his awne sonne.

³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynst me, hurteth his awne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁸ Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope: but let not thy soule be moued to slaye hym.

¹⁵ Folyshnes stycketh in the herte of the lad, & the rodd of correccion shall dryue it awaye.

¹³ Witholde not correcion from the childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodd, he shall not dye therof. ¹⁴ Yf thou smyte him wt the rodde, thou shalt deliuer his soule from hell.

¹⁵ The rodde and correccyon ministre wysdome, but yf a chylde be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

¹⁷ Nurtoure thy sonne wt correccion, and thou shalt be at rest, yee, he shall do the good at thyne herte.

²⁶ If a man come to me, and hate not hys father and mother, and wyfe and chyldren, and brethren, and systers, yee, and his awne lyfe also, he cannot be my disciple.

⁶ for whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth: yee, he scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth. ⁷ If ye endure chastening, God offereth him selfe vnto you as vnto sonnes. What sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not? ⁸ If ye be not vnder correccion (where of all are part takers) then are ye bastardes, and not sonnes.

⁴⁸ therfore thou shalt serue thyne enemye, whych the Lorde shall sende vpon the in hunger and thyrst, in nakednesse, and in nede of all thynge: and he shall put a yocke of yron vpon thy necke, vntyll he haue broughte the to nought.

²⁴ They shalbe burnt with hunger, and consumed wt heate, and with bytter destruccion: I wyll also sende the teeth of beastes vpon them, with the furiousnes of serpentes in the dust.

¹⁰ The lyons do lacke, & suffre hunger but they which seke the Lorde: shall want no maner of thynge that is good.

³ Put thou thy trust in the Lorde, & be doinge good: dwell in the lande, and verely thou shalt be fedd.

¹⁶ Asinall thinge that the ryghtuous hath, is better then greate ryches of the vngodly.

¹⁸ The Lord knoweth the dayes of the godly, & their inheritaunce shall endure for euer. ¹⁹ They shall not be confounded in the perelous tyme, and in the dayes of derth they shall haue ynough.

¹¹ so shall pouertye come vnto the as on that trauayleth by the waye, & necessytelke a weapened man.

³ The Lorde wyll not let the soule of the righteous suffre honger, but he taketh awaye the ryches of the vngodlye:

³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the waye, & necessite lyke a weapened man.

¹³ Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God: Beholde, my seruauntes shall eate, but ye shall haue honger: Beholde, my seruauntes shall dryncke, but ye shall suffre thurste. Beholde, my seruauntes shall be mery, but ye shall be confounded. ¹⁴ Beholde, my seruauntes shall reioyce for very quyetnesse of herte: But ye shall crye for sorowe of hert, and complayne for vexacyon of mynde.

¹⁰ For when we were wyth you, this we warned you of, that yf eny wolde not worcke, the same shulde not eate.

⁸ For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell: but godlynes is profytable vnto all thynges, as a thinge which hath promyses of the lyfe that is nowe, & of the lyfe to come.

⁵ Let your conuersacyon be without coueteousnes and be content with soch thynges as ye haue all ready. For he hath sayd: I will not fayle the, nether forsake the: