Proverbs 4:7 Cross References - Matthew

⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge.

¹⁶ O be not thou afraied, when one is made ryche, & the glory of hys house increased. ¹⁷ For he shall cary nothynge away wyth hym when he dyeth, neither shall his pompe folowe hym. ¹⁸ Whyle he lyueth, he is counted an happy man: and so long as he is in prosperitie, men speake good of hym. ¹⁹ But when he foloweth his fathers generacion, he shall neuer se light any more. ²⁰ When a man is in honour and hath no vnderstandinge, he is compared vnto the brute beastes, and becommeth lyke vnto them.

¹⁰⁴ Thorow thy commaundementes I gette vnderstandynge, therefore I hate all false wayes.

¹⁶ To haue wysdome in possesstion is better then gold, & to get vnderstanding is more worth then siluer.

⁶ Who so hoordeth vp ryches wyth the disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, and lyke vnto them that seke their own death.

²³ Labour for to get the truth: sell not away wisdome, nurtour and vnderstanding

⁴ I made Gorgious fayre workes. I buylded me houses, & planted vineyardes. ⁵ I made me ortchardes & gardens of pleasure, & planted trees in them of al maner frutes. ⁶ I made poles of water, to water the grene & frutefull trees withall. ⁷ I bought seruauntes and maidens and had a greate housholde, As for catell and shepe, I had more substance of them then all they that were before me in Ierusalem, ⁸ I gathered syluer and gold together, euen a treasure of kynges and landes. I prouyded me syngers and wemen which coulde playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drinckyng cuppes also and glasses. ⁹ Shortly, I was greater and in more worshippe, then all my predecessours in Ierusalem. For wysdome remained with me

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.

¹² For wysdome defendeth as well as money, and the excellent knowledge and wysdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession.

¹⁶ Then sayde I: wysdome is better then strengthe. Neuertheles, a simple mans wysedome is despised, & his wordes are not herde. ¹⁷ A wyse mans counsayl that is folowed in silence, is farre aboue the cryeng of a captayne among fooles. ¹⁸ For wysdome is better then harnesse: but one vnthryft alone destroyeth much good.

⁴⁴ Agayne the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto treasure, hidde in the fielde, the whiche a man fyndeth and hyddeth: and for ioye therof goeth and selleth all that he hathe, and byeth that felde. ⁴⁵ Agayne the kyngedome of heauen is lyke vnto a marchaunt that seketh good pearles, ⁴⁶ whyche when he had founde one precious pearle, went and solde all that he hadde, and bought it.

³⁶ What shall it profite a man, if he shoulde wynne all the worlde, and lowse his owne soule? ³⁷ or els what shall a man geue, to redeme his soule agayne?

⁴² verelye one is nedefull. Marye hath chosen her that good part whiche shall not be taken away from her.

²⁰ But God sayed vnto hym: Thou fole, thys nyghte wyll they fetche awaye thy soule agayne from the. Then whose shall these thinges be which thou haste prouyded?

⁸ Yea I thinke al thinges but losse for that excellent knowledge sake of Christ Iesu my Lord. For whom I haue counted al thinges losse, and do iudge them but dounge, that I myght wynne Christe,