Proverbs 24:30 Cross References - Matthew

³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthful, and by the vineiarde of the feld of the slouthful and by the vyneyeardes of the folish man.

⁸ As I haue sene them that plowe vanity and sowe malicie reape the same.

²⁷ Lo, this is the matter, as we oure selues haue proued by experience. Therfore now that thou hearest it, take better hede to thy selfe.

¹⁷ I will tell the, heare me: I wyll shewe the a thinge, that I know,

²⁵ I haue bene yonge, and now am olde: yet sawe I neuer the righteous forsaken, nor hys sede to seke their bread.

⁴² The righteous will considre this & reioyse, the mouth of all wyckednesse shalbe stopped.

⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest, ⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man. ¹² A dissembling person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth, ¹³ he wyncketh wyth hys eyes, he tokeneth wyth hys fete, he poynteth wyth his fingers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymagining mischefe and frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth dsscord. ¹⁵ Therfore shal his destruccyon come hastely vpon him, sodenly shal he be al to broken, and not be healed. ¹⁶ There be sixe thinges which the Lorde hateth, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, handes that shede innocent bloud, ¹⁸ an hert that goeth about with wicked ymaginacions, fet that be swift in rening to do mischefe, ¹⁹ a false witnes that bringeth vp lies, and such one as soweth dyscord amonge brethren,

³² But who so comitteth aduoutry wyth a womanne, he is a fole, and bringeth hys lyfe to destruccyon.

¹³ In the lyppes of hym that hath vnderstandynge a man shall fynde wysdome, but the rod belongeth to the backe of the folysh.

¹¹ He that tilleth his lande, shal haue plenteousnesse of bread: but he that foloweth ydelnes, is a very foole.

¹ So I turned me, & considred al the violent wrong that is done vnder the sunne: & beholde, the teares of such as were oppressed, & there was no man to comforte them or that wolde deliuer & defende them from the violence of their oppressours. ² Wherfore I iudged those that are dead, to be more happy then such as be alyue: ³ yea, hym that is yet vnborne to be better at ease then they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the sunne. ⁴ Agayn, I sawe that all trauayle and diligence of labour was hated of euery man. This is also a vayn thinge, and a vexacion of mynde. ⁵ The foole foldeth his handes together, and eateth vp hys owne flesh. ⁶ One hand full (sayeth he) is better with rest, then bothe the handes full with labour and trauayle. ⁷ Moreouer, I turned me, & beholde yet another vanitie vnder the Sunne. ⁸ There is one man, no mo but him self alone, hauing neither childe nor brother: yet is there no ende of his carefull trauayle, hys eyes can not be satysfied with ryches, (yet doth he not remembre him selfe, & saye:) For whome do I take such trauayle? For whose pleasure do I thus consume away my lyfe? This is also a vayne & miserable thynge.

¹⁵ These .ij. things also haue I considered in the tyme of vanytye: that the iust man perisheth for hys ryghtuousnes sake, and the vngodly lyued in hys wickednesse.

⁹ All these thynges haue I consydered, and applyed my mynde vnto euerye worcke that is vnder the Sonne: howe one man hath lordshyppe vpon another to hys owne harme. ¹⁰ For I haue oft sene the vngodly broughte to their graues, and fallen downe from the hye & glorious place: in so muche that they were forgotten in the cytye, where they were had in so hye and greate reputacyon. This is also a vayne thynge. ¹¹ Because now that euell worckes are not hastely punyshed the herte of man geueth hym selfe ouer vnto wyckednesse.