Proverbs 3:13 Cross References - Great

¹³ Well is him that findeth wysdome, and opteyneth vnderstandinge:

¹ And the Quene of Saba hearynge the fame of Salomon (concernynge the name of the Lorde) came to proue him with harde questyons. ² And she came to Ierusalem with a very great trayne: with Camelles that bare swete odoures, and golde exceadynge moche, and preciouse stones. And she came to Salomon and comoned with him of all that was in her hert. ³ And Salomon declared vnto her all her questions, so that there was not one thinge hydd from the kynge, which he expounded not vnto her. ⁴ And the quene of Saba consydred all Salomons wysdome, and the house that he had buylded, ⁵ and the meate of his table, & the syttynge of hys seruauntes, the order of hys mynisters, and theyr apparell, hys dryncke, and his burnt sacrifices that he offered in the house of the Lorde, and she was astonnied. ⁶ And she sayde vnto the kynge. It was a true worde that I hearde in myne awne lande of thy sayinges, and of thy wysdome. ⁷ Howbeit I beleued it not, tyll I came, & sawe it wyth myne eyes. And beholde, the one halfe was not tolde me: for thy wysdome and prosperite exceadeth the fame whych I hearde of the. ⁸ Happy are thy men: and happye are these thy seruauntes, which stande euer before the, and heare thy wysdome. ⁹ Blessed be the Lord thy god, which loued the, to set the on the seat of Israel, because the Lord loued Israel for euer, and made the kynge, to do equyte and ryghtewysnesse.

²³ And so kynge Salomon exceaded all the kynges of the erth both in richesse & wysdome. ²⁴ And all the worlde resorted to Salomon, to heare his wysdome, which God had put in hys herte.

⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure,

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.

³² Therfore herken vnto me, O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes. ³³ O geue eare vnto nurtoure, be wyse, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, and geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores. ³⁵ For who so fyndeth me, fyndeth lyfe, and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde.

¹ He accompanieth hym selfe with all steadfast & helth some doctryne, that hath a feruent desyre to it and is sequestrate from companye.

¹⁵ And in the citie there was founde a poore man, (but he was wyse) which with hys wysdome delyuered the citye: yet was there no body, that had eny respect vnto soch a simple man. ¹⁶ Then sayde I: wysdome is better then strength. Neuertheles, a symple mans wysdome is despised, & hys wordes are not herde. ¹⁷ A wyse mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the cryenge of a captayne amonge fooles. ¹⁸ For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one vnthryst alone destroyeth moch good.