Proverbs 5 Cross References - Great

¹ My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence: ² that thou mayest regarde good councel, and that thy lippes maye kepe knowledge ³ For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppyng hony combe and her throte is more glisterynge them oyle. ⁴ But at the last she is as bytter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. ⁵ Her fete go downe vnto death and her steppes pearse thorowe vnto hell. ⁶ Parchaunse thou dwellynge with her wylt ponder the path of lyfe? so vnstedfast are her wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. ⁷ Heare me nowe therfore (O my sonnes) & departe not from the wordes of my mouth. ⁸ Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye the dores of her house. 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. ¹⁵ Drincke of the water, of thyne awne well and of the ryuers that runne out of thyne awne springes. ¹⁶ Let thy welles flowe out abroade, that there may he ryuers of water in the stretes: ¹⁷ but let them be onely thyne awne, and not straungers with the. ¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. ¹⁹ Louinge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfye the, and holde the euer content with her loue. ²⁰ My sonne, why wylt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, & embrace the bosome, of another woman? ²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges. ²² The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped. ²³ He shall dye without amendement, and for hys greate folyshnesse he shall go astraye.

¹ My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my commaundementes by the,

¹ Heare, O ye chyldren, the fatherly exhortacyon, and take good heade, that ye maye lerne wysdome.

²⁰ My sonne, marcke my wordes, and enclyne thyne eare vnto my sayinges.

¹⁷ My sonne, bowe downe thyne eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysedome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne:

⁹ And be not of soch mynde that ye wolde saye wtin your selues: we haue Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you: that God is able to bryng to passe, that of these stones ther shall ryse vp children vnto Abraham.

²³ If eny man haue eares to heare, let him heare.

¹⁹ Wherfore (deare brethren) let euery man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath.

⁷ Lett hym that hath eares, heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate of the tre of lyfe, which is in the myddes of the Paradyse of God.

¹¹ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth to the congregacyons. He that ouercommeth, shall not be hurt of the seconde deeth.

¹⁷ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth, wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd, & wyll geue hym a whyte stone, & in the stone a newe name wrytten, which no man knoweth, sauynge he that receaueth it.

²⁹ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth to the congregacyons.

⁶ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons.

¹³ Let hym that hath eares, heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons.

²² Lett hym that hath eares heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacyons.

² My tong is the penne of a ready wryter.

¹⁵ Thou, O God, hast taught me fro my youth vp vntill now, therfore will I tell of thy wonderous worckes.

¹³ Wyth my lyppes haue I bene tellynge of all the iudgementes of thy mouth.

²¹ The lyppes of the ryghteous sede a whole multitude, but foles shall dye in their awne folye.

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

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so.

²³ A wyse hart ordreth hys mouth wysely, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyppes.

¹⁵ A man that hath a mouth of vnderstandynge hathe many precyous stones and costly Iewels.

¹¹ Thy lippes, O my spouse, droppe as the hony combe, yee mylcke and hony is vnder thy tong, and the smell of thy garmentes is lyke the smell of Libanus.

⁶ The lawe of truthe was in his mouth, and there was no wickednesse founde in his lyppes. He walked with me in peace and equyte, and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes. ⁷ For in the prestes lyppes shulde be sure knowledge, that men may seke the lawe at his mouth, for he is a messaunger of the Lorde of hostes.

²¹ O cast thy burthen, vpon the Lorde and he shall norysh the, and not suffre the ryghteous to fall for euer.

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thyne awne: which geueth swete wordes,

²⁴ that they may kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flatteryng tonge of the harlote:

⁵ that they maye kepe the from the straunge woman, and from the harlot which geueth swete wordes.

²¹ Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flatterynge lyppes she entysed hym

² wyth whome haue commytted fornicacion the kynges of the erthe, and the inhabyters of the erth are droncken wyth the wyne of hir fornicacion. ³ And the sprete caryed me awaye in to the wyldernes. And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beast, full of names of blasphemye, whyche had seuen heades and ten hornes. ⁴ And the woman was arayed in purple and rose coloure, and decked wyth golde, precious stone, and pearles, and had a cup of golde in her hande, full of abhominacions and fylthynes of her fornicacion. ⁵ And in her forheade was a name written, a mystery, gret Babylon the mother of whordom and abominacions of the erth. ⁶ And I sawe the wyfe droncken wyth the bloude of saynctes, and with the bloude of the wytnesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her: I wondred with great meruayle.

⁴ And after thys, it fortuned, that by the ryuer of Sorek, he loued a woman, called Dalila: ⁵ vnto whom came the Lordes of the Philistines, and sayde vnto her: perswade hym, and se wherin his great strength lieth, and by what meane we maye ouercome him that we maye bynde him, to bryng him vnder, and euery one of vs shal geue the aleuen hundred syluerlynges. ⁶ And Dalila sayde to Samson: Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and how thou myghtest be bounde, and brought vnder.

¹⁵ And she sayde vnto hym agayne: How canst thou saye that thou louest me, when thyne herte is not with me? beholde, thou hast mocked me thys thre tymes, & hast not tolde me, wherin thy greate strength lyeth. ¹⁶ And as she laye vpon him with her wordes continually vexyng of hym, hys soule was encombred euen vnto the death. ¹⁷ And so he tolde her all his hert, & sayd vnto her: there neuer came raser vpon myne heed, for I haue bene an abstayner vnto God, euen from my mothers wombe: therfore whan I am shauen, my strength wyll go from me, and I shall waxe weake, and be lyke all other men. ¹⁸ And when Dalila sawe that he had tolde her all his hert, she sent and called for the lordes of the Philistines, sayeng: come vp yet this once, for he hath shewed me all hys herte. Then the lordes of the Philystines came vp vnto her, & brought the money in their handes. ¹⁹ And she made him slepe vpon her knees & she sent for a man, & he dyd shaue of the seuen lockes of his heed, & beganne to vexe him, & his strength was gone from him. ²⁰ And she sayde: the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And he awoke out of his slepe, & sayd: I wil go out now as at other tymes before, & shake my selfe, & he wist not that the Lorde was departed from him. ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym, and put oute his eyes, & brought hym downe to Azath, and bounde hym with two fetters of brasse. And he dyd grynde in the preson house,

⁴ My soule is among lyons and I lye euen amonge the chyldren of men (that are sett on fyre) whose tethe are speares and arowes, and their tonge a sherp swearde.

²⁴ that they may kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flatteryng tonge of the harlote: ²⁵ that thou lust not after her beauty in thyne herte, and lest thou be taken with her fayre lookes. ²⁶ An harlot wyll make a man to begge his bread, and a woman wyll hunt for the precyous lyfe. ²⁷ Maye a man take fyre in hys bosome and hys clothes not be brent? ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hote coales, and hys fete not be hurte? ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into his neyghbours wyfe, and toucheth her, cannot be vngylty. ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satisfye hys soule, when he is hungry: ³¹ but yf he maye be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as moche, or els he maketh recompense with all the good of hys house. ³² But whoso committeth aduoutry with a woman, he is a foole and bryngeth his lyfe to destruction. ³³ He getteth hym selfe also shame and dishonour, soche as shall neuer be put out. ³⁴ For the gelousy and wrath of the man wyll not be intreated, ³⁵ no though thou woldest offre him great gyftes to make amendes, he will not receaue them.

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.

¹⁸ And he doth not consydre, that they are but deed which be there, and that her gestes are in the depe of hell.

²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pytt. ²⁸ She lurketh lyke a thefe, and bringeth vnto her such men as be full of vyce.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterer then death: for she hath cast abrode, her herte as a nett that men fishe with, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God, shall escape from her: but the synner will be taken with her.

¹² For the worde of God is quycke, and myghty in operacion, and sharper then eny two edged swearde: & entreth through, euen vnto the diuidynge a sonder of the soule and the sprete, and of the ioyntes and the mary: and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the herte:

¹⁵ And loke, that no man be destitute of the grace of god, lest anye roote of bytternes spryng vp and trouble, & therby many be defyled: ¹⁶ that ther be no fornicator, or vncleane person, as Esau whych for one mease of meate solde his byrthryght.

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.

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

¹¹ For why? thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell, nether shalt thou suffre thy holy one to se corrupcion. Thou shalt shewe me the path of lyfe: in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioye, and at thy ryght hande ther is pleasure for euermore.

⁵⁹ I call myne owne wayes to remembraunce, and tourne my fete into thy testimonie

²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, and let all thy wayes be ordred a ryght.

²¹ For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges.

¹² An vngodly person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth ¹³ he wyncketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with hys fete, he poynteth with hys fyngers,

¹⁰ And beholde, there mett hym a woman wt open tokens of an harlot, onely her herte was hyde, ¹¹ She was full of loude wordes, & redy to daly: whose fete coulde not abyde in the house, ¹² nowe is the without, now in the stretes, and layeth abayte in euery corner, ¹³ she caught the yongeman, kyssed hym, and was not ashamed, sayinge: ¹⁴ I had a vowe of peace offerynges to paye, and thys daye I perfourme it. ¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I myght seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with couerynges and clothes of Egypte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of Mirre, Aloes, and Cynamon. ¹⁸ Come lett vs ly together, and take oure pleasure tyll it be daye lyght: and we wyll enioye the pleasures of loue. ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of moneye with hym: And will retourne home at the appoynted solempne feste? ²¹ Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flatterynge lyppes she entysed hym

¹⁹ Lyke as ryghteousnes bryngeth lyfe: euen so to cleue vnto euell, bryngeth death.

²⁰ Soch is the waye also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten and sayeth: As for me. I haue done no harme.

⁹ euen hym whose commynge is after the workynge of Satan, with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders. ¹⁰ and with all deceauablenes of vnryghtwesnes, amonge them that perysshe: because they receaued not the loue of the trueth, that they myght be saued.

²¹ My sonne, let not these thynges departe, from thyne eyes: but kepe my lawe and my councell,

²¹ Let them not departe from thyne eyes: but kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte.

²⁴ Heare me nowe therfore, O my chyldren, and marcke the wordes of my mouth.

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

¹⁷ My sonne, bowe downe thyne eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysedome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne: ¹⁸ for thou shalt be excellent yf thou kepe it in thine herte, & practise it in thy mouth: ¹⁹ that thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde. I haue shewed the this daye the thynge the thou knowest. ²⁰ Haue not I warned the very oft with councel & learnyng? ²¹ that I might shew the the truth, and that thou with the verite myghtest answere them that sende vnto the?

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:

¹⁵ Abhorre it, and go not therin: departe asyde, and passe ouer by it.

²⁷ Maye a man take fyre in hys bosome and hys clothes not be brent? ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hote coales, and hys fete not be hurte?

²⁵ Let not thyne herte wandre in her wayes, and be not thou disceaued in her pathes.

¹³ And leade vs not into temptacyon: but delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kyngdome and the power, and the glorye for euer. Amen.

¹¹ And haue no fellyshyppe with the vnfrutefull workes of darcknes but rather rebuke them.

²³ And Iuda sayde, let her take it to her, lest we be shamed. Beholde I sente the kydd and thou hast not founde her. ²⁴ And it came to passe that after .iij. monethes, one tolde Iuda sayinge: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the whoore, and wyth playinge the whoore is become great with chylde. And Iuda sayde, brynge her forth, that she maye be brente. ²⁵ And when they brought her forth; she sent to her father in lawe sayinge: by the man vnto whome these thynges pertayne, am I with chylde. And sayde also, loke whose are thys seale, bracelet, and thys staffe. ²⁶ And Iuda knewe them and sayde, she hath bene more ryghtwes than I, because I gaue her not to Sela my sonne. And he laye with her nomore.

²⁶ Dyd not Salomon the kyng of Israel synne for soch? and yet among many Heythen was there no kynge lyke him, whych was deare vnto his God, & God made him kynge ouer all Israel, & yet neuertheles, outlandysh wemen caused him to synne?

¹³ They make sacrifyces vpon the hye mountaynes, & burne their incense vpon the hilles, yee, among the okes, groues & bushes, for there are good shadowes. Therfore, youre daughters are become harlottes, and youre spouses haue broken theyr wedlocke, ¹⁴ I wyll not punish youre daughters for beinge defyled, & youre brydes that became whores: seynge the fathers them selues haue medled wt harlottes, & offered wt vnthriftes: but the people that wyll not vnderstande must be punyshed.

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

³ geue not ouer thi strength & waies vnto wemen, which are the destruccion euen of kynges.

⁹ straungers haue deuoured his strength, yet he regardeth it not: he waxeth full of gray heares, yet wyll he not knowe it

³⁰ but assone as this thy sonne was come (which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlotes) thou haste for his pleasure kylled the fatt caulfe.

²⁷ & when he hath made the woman drinke the waters (yf she be defyled & haue trespaced agaynst her husbande:) then shall the cursyd & bytter waters goo into her, & her bely shall swell, & her thye shall rotte, & the woman shalbe a curse amonge her people.

²⁹ O that they were wyse, and vnderstode thys, that they wolde consyder their later ende.

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.

³¹ The prophetes teache falsely, and the preestes receyue gyftes, & my people hath pleasure therin: What wil come therof at the last?

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

⁴ in the name of oure Lord Iesu Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my sprete wt you, with the power of the Lorde Iesus Chryst ⁵ to delyuer hym vnto Satan, for the destruccyon of the flesshe, that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus.

⁴ Wedlocke is to be had in honoure among all men, and the bed vndefyled. As for whore kepers & aduoutrers God shall iudge them.

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.

¹⁵ For wythout shalbe dogges and inchaunters, and whormongers, and mortherers, and ydolaters, & whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges.

⁹ And they sayde: stonde back. And they sayde: he came in as one to sciourne, & wyll he be nowe a iudge? we wyll suerly deale worse with the than with them. And they preased sore vpon the man, euen Lot: & came to breake vp the doore,

¹³ And whan he was gone out another daye: beholde two Hebrues stroue to gether. And he sayde vnto hym that dyd the wronge: wherfore smytest thou thy felowe? ¹⁴ He answered: who made the a man of auctoryte to iudge vs? Speakest thou to kyll me, as thou kylledst the Egyptian? And Moses feared & sayde: of a suertie thys thynge is knowne:

²⁰ And the spyrite of God came vpon Zacharia the sonne of Iehoiada the preast, which stode by the people, & sayde vnto them: Thus sayth God: why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde, that ye cannot prospere? For because ye haue forsaken the Lord, he also hath forsaken you. ²¹ And they conspyred agaynst him, and stoned him with stones at the commaundement of the kynge: euen in the courte of the house of the Lorde. ²² And so Ioas the kynge remembred not the kyndnes which Iehoiada hys father had done to him, but slue his sonne. And when he dyed, he sayd: the Lorde loke vpon it, and requyre it.

¹⁶ And it chaunced, that as the prophete talked with hym the kynge sayde vnto hym: haue men made the of the kynges councell? cease, why wylt thou be beaton? And the prophete ceased and sayde: I am sure that God is mynded to destroye the, because thou hast done this, and agreest not vnto my councell.

¹⁰ And the Lorde spake to Manasse & to hys people, but they wolde not regarde. ¹¹ Wherfore, the Lord brought vpon them the captaynes of the host of the kyng of the Assirians, whych toke Manasse in holde, and bounde hym with chaynes, and caryed hym to Babylon.

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.

¹⁷ Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, & hast cast my wordes behynd the?

²² So folysh was I and ignoraunt, euen as it were a beast before the.

⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion.

²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge?

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

²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion.

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe

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

¹⁸ He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouerte & sname: but whoso regardeth correccion shall come to honoure.

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

⁴ Howebeit, I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes. I rose vp early, I sent vnto them, and gaue them warnyng. O do no soche abhominable thynges, & thynges that I hate.

⁴ Be ye not lyke your forefathers, vnto whom the prophetes cryed afore tyme, sayeng. Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes. Turne you from youre euell wayes, and from youre wycked ymaginacyons. But they wolde not heare ner regarde me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁵ What is now become of youre forefathers and the prophetes? are they yet styll alyue? ⁶ But dyd not my wordes and statutes (which I commaunded by my seruauntes the prophetes) touche youre forefathers? Upon this, they gaue answere and sayde: like as the Lorde of hoostes deuised to do vnto vs, according to oure owne wayes and ymagynacyons, euen so hath he delt with vs.

¹¹ Neuerthelesse, they wolde not take hede, but turned theyr backes, and stopped theyr eares, that they shulde not heare: ¹² yee, they made theyr hertes as an Adamant stone lest they shulde heare the lawe & wordes, which the Lord of hoostes sent in hys holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lord of hoostes was very wroth at them. ¹³ And thus is it come to passe: that lyke as he spake and they wolde not heare: euen so they cryed, and I wolde not heare (sayth the Lord of hoostes) ¹⁴ but scatered them amonge all Gentyles, whom they knewe not. Thus the lande was made so desolate, the there trauayled no man in it nether to, ner fro, for that pleasaunt lande was vtterly layed waste.

¹⁹ And thys is the condemnacion: that lyght is come into the world, and men loued darcknes more then light, because their dedes were euyll. ²⁰ For euery one that euyll doeth, hateth the lyght: nether commeth to the lyght, lest his dedes shuld be reproued.

¹⁸ I wyll aryse, and go to my father, and will saye vnto him: father, I haue synned agaynst heauen, and before the,

⁸ He therfore that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, whych hath sent his holy sprete amonge you.

¹² We beseche you brethren, that ye knowe them whych laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersyght of you in the Lorde, ¹³ & geue you exhortacyon, that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue, for theyr workes sake, and be at peace with them.

⁷ Remember them whych haue the ouersyght of you, whych haue spoken vnto you the worde of God. Whose fayth se that ye folowe, and consider the ende of theyr conuersacyon.

¹ And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people began to committe whoredome with the daughters of Moab, ² which called the people vnto the sacryfyce of theyr goddes. And the people dyd eate, and worshypped theyr goddes, ³ & Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor. And the indignacyon of the Lorde was prouoked agaynst Israel, ⁴ and the Lorde sayde vnto Moses: take all the heades of the people, & hange them vp before the Lorde agaynst the sonne, that the wrath of the Lordes countenaunce maye be tourned awaye from Israel. ⁵ And Moses sayd vnto the iudges of Israel euery one slaye hys men that were ioyned vnto Baal Peor. ⁶ And beholde, one of the chyldren of Israel came and broughte vnto his brethren, a Madianitish wyfe euen in the syghte of Moses, and in the sight of all the multitude of the children of Israel, that wepte before the dore of the tabernacle of witnesse.

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but whoso is a companyon of fooles, shalbe hurte.

¹¹ Whordome, wyne & dronckenesse taketh the herte awaye. ¹² My people aske councell at their stockes, their staffe must tell them. For an whoryshe mynde hath desceyued them so that they committe fornicacion agaynst theyr God.

⁶ These weare ensamples to vs that we shuld not lust after euyll thynges, as they lusted. ⁷ And that ye shuld not be worshyppers of ymages, as were some of them, accordynge as it is wrytten: The people sate downe to eate & drincke, & rose vp to playe. ⁸ Nether let vs be defyled wt fornicacyon, as some of them were defyled wyth fornicacyon, & fell in one daye .xxiij. thousand.

¹⁰ but chefely them that walcke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes, and despyse auctoryte. Presumpteous are they, and stubborne, whych feare not to speake euyll of them that excell in worshippe. ¹¹ When the angels which are greater both in power & might, receaue not of the Lord rayling iudgment agaynst them selues. ¹² But these as brute beastes, naturally brought forth to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thinges that they vnderstande not, & shall perisshe in their awne destruccion, ¹³ & receaue the rewarde of vnryghtwesnes. They count it pleasure to lyue delyciously for a season. Spottes they are & fylthynes: which lyue at pleasure in their owne disceauable wayes, feastinge & scorninge you: ¹⁴ hauinge eyes full of aduoutrie, and the cannot cease from synne: begyling vnstable soules. Hertes they haue excercysed with robrie. They are cursed chyldren ¹⁵ which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astraye folowynge the waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnryghtewesnes: ¹⁶ but was rebuked of hys iniquitie. The tame and domme beast, speakynge with mannes voyce, forbade the madnesse of the Prophete. ¹⁷ These are welles without water: cloudes that are, caried with a tempest, to whom the myst of darcknes is reserued for euer. ¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the greate swelling wordes of vanytie, they entyse thorow lustes in the volupteousnes of the flesh, them that were cleane escaped: euen them that now lyue in erroure:

⁷ euen as Sodome & Gomore, and the cytyes aboute them (which in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon, and folowed straunge flesshe) are set forth for an ensample, & suffre the payne of eternall fyre. ⁸ Lykewyse, these beyng disceaued by dreames, defile the flesshe, despise rulars & speake euyll of them that are in aucthorite. ⁹ Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuyll, & disputed about the body, of Moses, durst not geue raylinge sentence, but sayde, the Lorde rebuke the. ¹⁰ But these speake euyll of those thynges whych they knowe not: and what thynges they knowe naturaly (as beastes which are wythout reason) in those thinges they corrupte them selues. ¹¹ Wo be vnto them, for they haue folowed the waye of Cain, & are vtterly geuen to the erroure of Balam for lukers sake & perisshe in the treason of Core. ¹² These are spottes which of your kidnes feast together, wt out feare, lyuinge lawlesse, and after ther awne pleasure. Cloudes they are with out water, caryed about of windes, trees wt out frute at geatheringe time withered, twyse deed, & plucked vp by the rotes. ¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the see, fomynge out their awne shame. They are wandrynge sterres, to whom is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer.

¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. ¹⁹ Louinge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfye the, and holde the euer content with her loue.

² Neuerthelesse, to a voyde whordome let euery man haue hys wyfe: and let euery woman haue her husbande. ³ Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence. Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande. ⁴ The wyfe hath not power of her awne body: but the husbande. And lykewyse the husbande hath not power of his awne body: but the wyfe. ⁵ Wythdrawe not youre selues one from another, except it be with consent for a tyme, for to geue youre selues to fastynge and prayer. And afterwarde come together agayne, lest Satan tempte you for youre incontinencie.

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: Thou art oure syster, growe into thousande thousandes and thy seed possesse the gate of theyr enemyes.

²⁸ Israel then shall dwell in safetye, & alone. And the eye of Iacob shalbe vpon a lande of corne and wyne, and hys heauens shall droppe the dewe.

⁹ & he had .xxx. sonnes and .xxx. daughters, whom he sent out, and toke .xxx. other in, for his sonnes. And when Abezan had iudged Israel .vii. yere,

²⁶ Geue thankes O Israell, vnto God the Lorde in the congregacions from the grounde of the hart.

³ It is but lost laboure that ye haste to ryse vp early, and so late take rest, and eate the breade of carefulnesse: for so he gyueth hys beloued sleape.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house.

²¹ that they suffred no thurst, he lead them thorow the wildernes, and caused the waters to flowe out vnto them from out of the rocke. He claue the rocke a sonder, and the water gusshed out.

⁹ Use thy self to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest, all the dayes of thy lyfe which is but vayne, that God geueth the vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanite: for that is thy porcion in this lyfe, of al thy laboure and trauyle that thou takest vnder the Sunne.

¹² A garden well locked is my syster, my spouse, a garden well locked, and a sealed well.

¹⁵ a well of gardens, a well of lyuinge waters, which renne downe from Libanus.

¹⁴ And yet ye saye: wherfore? Euen because that where as the Lorde made a couenaunt betwixte the and the wyfe of thy youth, thou hast despysed. Yet is she thyne awne companyon and maryed wyfe. ¹⁵ So dyd not the one, and yet had he an excellent sprete. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to your sprete, and let no man despyse the wyfe of his youth.

⁴ And there cam a straunger vnto the ryche man. And he coulde not fynde in hys heart to take of hys awne shepe, and of hys awne oxen, to dresse for the straunger that was come vnto hym. But toke the poore mannes shepe, and dressed it for the man that was come to him:

¹⁵ Drincke of the water, of thyne awne well and of the ryuers that runne out of thyne awne springes.

⁹ My beloued, is lyke a Roo or a yonge hart. Beholde, he standeth behynde our wall, he loketh in at the wyndowe, and pepeth thorowe the grate.

¹⁷ vntyll the daye breake, and tyll the shadowes be gone. Come agayne (O my beloued) and be lyke as a Roo or a yonge hart vpon the wyde mountaynes.

⁵ Thy two brestes are lyke two twyns of younge roes, which fede amonge roses.

³ Thy two brestes are lyke two twyns of yonge roes.

¹⁴ O get the awaye, my loue, and be as a roo or a yong hert vpon the swete smellynge mountaynes.

¹ But kynge Salomon loued many outelandishe wemen: and the daughter of Pharao: and wemen of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonites, and Hethites.

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.

¹⁴ The mouth of an harlot is a depe pyt, wherin he falleth that the Lorde is angrie wyth all.

³³ So shall thine eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, & thyne herte shall muse vpon frowarde thynges.

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the erth, to strength them that are of perfecte hert towarde him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from hensforth thou shalt haue warre.

¹⁶ For now thou nombrest all my goinges, yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes.

⁴ Doth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goinges?

²¹ And why? his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man, and he seyth all hys goynges.

⁴ The Lorde is in hys holy temple the Lordes seat is in heauen? Hys eyes consydre & hys eye lyddes tryeth the chyldren of men.

³ Thou hast proued & visyted myne herte in the nyght season: thou haste tryed me and shalt fynde no wyckednesse in me: for I am vtterly purposed, that my mouth shall not offende.

¹⁶⁸ I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonyes, for all my wayes are before the.

¹ To the chaunter, a psalme of Dauid. O lorde, thou hast searched me out, and knowen me. ² Thou knowest my downe syttinge and myne vprysing: thou vnderstandest my thoughtes longe before. ³ Thou art about my path, and about my bedd: & spyest out all my wayes. ⁴ For lo, there is not a worde in my tonge, but thou, O Lorde knowest it all together. ⁵ Thou hast fassyoned me behynde and before, and layed thyne hande vpon me. ⁶ Soch knowledge is to wonderfull & excellent for me: I can not attayne vnto it. ⁷ Whyther shall I go then from thy sprete? or whither shall I go then from thy presence? ⁸ If I clyme vp into heauen, thou art ther: yf I go downe to hell thou, art there also. ⁹ If I take the wynges of the mornynge, & remayne in the vttermost partes of the see. ¹⁰ Euen ther also shall thy hande lead me: and thy right hande shall holde me ¹¹ If I saye: paraduenture the darcknesse shall couer me, then shall my nyght be turned to daye. ¹² Yee, the darcknes is no darcknes with the: but the night is all cleare as the daye, the darcknes & lyght (to the) are both a lyke.

³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, beholdyng both the good & badd

¹⁷ For myne eyes beholde al theyr wayes, and they cannot be hyd fro my face, nether can theyr wycked dedes be kepte close out of my syghte.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the herte, and trye the reynes, & rewarde euery man accordynge to his wayes, and accordynge to the frute of his workes.

²⁴ Maye eny man hyde hym self so, that I shall not se hym? sayeth the Lorde. Do not I fulfyll heauen and earth? sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁹ Thou art the greate and mightye God, whose name is the Lorde of hoostes: greate in councell, and excellent in worcke. Thyne eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren, to reward euery one after his waye: & according to the frutes of his inuencions.

² They considre not in their hertes that I remembre all their wickednes. Nowie ther awne inuentyons haue beset them whych, I se well ynough.

¹³ nether is ther eny creature that is not manifest in the syght of him: But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

¹⁸ And vnto the messenger of the congregacyon of Thyatira wryte. Thys sayth the sonne of God, which hath eyes lyke vnto a flamme of fyre, & hys fete are lyke brasse:

²³ And I wyll kyll her chyldren with deeth. And all the congregacyons shall knowe, that I am he which searcheth the reynes & hertes. And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys workes.

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.

¹⁵ He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte, & is fallen hym selfe into the destruccyon that he made (for other.) ¹⁶ For his trauayll shall come vpon his awne head & his wickednes shall fall vpon hys awne pate.

¹⁵ The Heithen are suncken downe in the pytte that they made: in the same nett which they hydd pryuely, is their awne foote taken.

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: ³² for the turnynge awaye of the vnwyse shall sleye them, and the prosperytie of fooles shalbe their awne destruccyon.

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.

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.

⁹ I wrote vnto you in a pistle, that ye shuld not company wyth fornicatours. ¹⁰ And I meant not at all of the fornicatours of this world, ether of the coueteous, or extorsyoners, ether the ydolaters: for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the world.

¹⁹ The dedes of the flesshe are manyfeste, which are these: aduoutery, fornicacion, vnclennes, wantannes, ²⁰ worshypping of ymages, witchcraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, wrathe, stryfe, sedicyons, sectes, ²¹ enuyinge, murther, dronkennes, glottonye, and soche lyke: of the which I tell you before as I haue told you in tyme past, that they which commyt soch thinges shall not be inheritours of the kyngdome of God.

⁷ Be not deceaued, God is not mocked. For whatsoeuer a man soweth, that shall he also reape. ⁸ For he that soweth in his flesshe, shall of the flesshe reape corrupcyon. But he that soweth in the sprete, shall of the sprete reape lyfe euerlastynge.

⁵ For thys ye knowe that no whormonger, ether vncleane person, or coueteous person, (which is a worshypper of ymages) hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Chryst and of God. ⁶ Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes. For because of soche thynges commeth the wrath of God, vpon the chyldren of disobedience.

²¹ It is not their royaltye gone awaye with them: they shal dye trulye, and not in wysdome.

¹² But yf they wyll not herken, they shall go thorow the swearde, and perysh or euer they be aware.

¹² But my people wold not heare my voyce, and Israel wolde not obey me.

¹⁴ A backslydynge hert shalbe fylled wt his awne wayes, but a good man shall lyue of his frutes.

³² The vngodly is cast awaye for hys iniquitye, but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death.

¹⁵ which haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astraye folowynge the waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnryghtewesnes: ¹⁶ but was rebuked of hys iniquitie. The tame and domme beast, speakynge with mannes voyce, forbade the madnesse of the Prophete. ¹⁷ These are welles without water: cloudes that are, caried with a tempest, to whom the myst of darcknes is reserued for euer. ¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the greate swelling wordes of vanytie, they entyse thorow lustes in the volupteousnes of the flesh, them that were cleane escaped: euen them that now lyue in erroure: 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. ²⁰ For yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesu Christ) are yet tangled againe therin, and ouercome then is the latter ende worse wyth them then the begynninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them, not to haue knowne the waye of ryghteousnes, then after they haue knowen it, to turne from the holy commaundement that was geuen vnto them: ²² But the same is happened vnto them that is vsed to be spoken by the true prouerbe. The dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow that was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.