Proverbs 5 Cross References - Matthew

¹ O my sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, and bow thyne eare vnto my prudence: ² that thou mayest regarde good councel, and that thy lyppes may kepe nourtoure. ³ For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppynge combe, and her throte is softer then oyle. ⁴ But at the laste she is as bytter as worme wode, and as sharpe as a two edged sweard. ⁵ Her fete go downe vnto death, and her steps pearse thorow vnto hel. ⁶ She regardeth not the path of life, so vnstedfast are her waies, that thou canst not know them. ⁷ Heare me therefore (O my sonne) and departe not from the wordes of my mouth. ⁸ Kepe thy way far from her, and come not nye the dores of her house. ⁹ That thou geue not thyne honoure vnto another, and thy yeares to the cruell. ¹⁰ That other men be not filled wt thy goods & that thy labours come not in a strang house. ¹¹ Yea that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body & goods) ¹² and then say: Alas why hated I nourtoure? why dyd my herte despys correction. ¹³ Wherfore was not I obedyente vnto the voyce of my teachers, & herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? ¹⁴ I am come almoste into all mysfortune, in the middest of the multytude and congregacion. ¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thine owne wel, and of the riuers that runne out of thine owne springes. ¹⁶ Let thy welles flowe out abroad, that ther may be ryuers of water in the stretes: ¹⁷ but let them be only thyne owne, and not strangers wyth the. ¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad wyth the wyfe of thy youth. ¹⁹ Louyng is the hind, & frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alway satisfye the, and holde the euer content wyth her loue. ²⁰ My sonne, why wilt thou haue pleasure in an harlotte, and embrace the bosome of another woman? ²¹ For euery mannes waies are open in the sight of the Lorde, and he pondreth all their goynges. ²² The wyckednesses of the vngodly shal catch him selfe, and with the snares of of his owne synnes shall he be trapped. ²³ Because he wold not be refourmed he shall dye: and for his greate folyshnesse he shalbe destroyed.

⁹ And they sayde: come hyther. And they sayde: camest thou not into soiourne, and wylt thou be nowe a iudge? we wyl suerly deale worse with the than wyth them. And as they preased sore vpon Lot and beganne to breake vp the doore,

⁶⁰ And they blessed Rebecca, & sayd vnto hyr: Thou art oure syster growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seed possesse the gates of theyr enemies.

²³ And Iuda sayde: let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: for I sent the kydd and thou couldest not fynde her. ²⁴ And it came to passe that after .iij. monethes, one tolde Iuda sayinge: Thamar thy daughter in lawe hath played the whoore, & wyth playinge the whoore is become greate wt chylde. ²⁵ And Iuda sayde: brynge her forth & let her be brente. And when they brought her forth, she sent to her father in law saying: by the man vnto whome these thynges pertayne, am I wyth chylde. And sayd also: loke whose are thys seall, bracelet, and staffe. ²⁶ And Iuda knewe them saying: she is more ryghtwes than I, because I gaue her not to Sela my sonne. But he lay with her nomore.

¹³ And he went oute an other daye: & behold, two Hebrues strowe togyther. And he sayd vnto hym that did the wrong: wherfore smytest thou thyne neyghbour? ¹⁴ And he answered: who hathe made the a ruler or a iudge ouer vs? intendest thou to kyll me, as thou kylledst the Egyptian? Then Moyses feared and sayed: of a suretye the thynge is knowen.

²⁷ and when he hath made her drynke the water. If she be defyled and haue trespased agaynst her husband, then shal the cursyng water go in to her and be so bytter, that her bely shal swell and her thygh shall rotte, & she shalbe a curse among her people.

¹ And Israel dwelt in Sittim, and the people beganne to commytte whoredome wyth the daughters of Moab, ² whych called the people vnto the sacrifice of theyr Goddes. And the people ate & worshypped their Goddes, ³ and Israel coupled him selfe vnto Baal Peor. Then the Lorde was angry with Israel, ⁴ and sayed vnto Moses: take al the heades of the people, and hange them vp vnto the Lorde agaynste the sunne, that the wrathe of the Lorde maye turne away from Israel. ⁵ And Moses sayed vnto the iudges of Israel: go and slea those men that ioyned theym selues vnto Baal Peor. ⁶ And behold, one of the children of Israell came & broughte vnto hys brethren, a Madianitish wyfe euen in the syght of Moses & in the sighte of al the multitude of the children of Israel, as they were weppyng in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes.

²³ But and yf ye wyl not do so, behold, ye synne agaynst the Lord: and be sure your synne wyll fynde you out.

²⁹ I would they were wyse and vnderstode thys & woulde consider their later ende.

²⁸ And Israell shal dwel in safety alone. And the eyes of Iacob shall loke vpon a lande of corne & wyne moreouer his heauen shal droppe with dewe.

⁹ and he had .xxx. sonnes, & .xxx. doughters, & sent also hys .xxx. doughters out, & toke .xxx. other in, for hys sonnes. And when Abezan had iudged Israel .vij. yere

⁴ And after that he loued a woman, vpon the ryuer of Sorek, called Dalilah, ⁵ vnto whom came the Lordes of the Philistines, and sayd vnto her: Flatter wyth hym and se wherin hys greate strength lyeth, and by what meane we maye haue power ouer hym, that we may bynde hym, to brynge hym vnder, and we wyll geue euerye man eleuen hundred syluerlynges. ⁶ And Dalilah sayde to Samson. Oh, tell me where thy great strength lyeth, & yf thou were bounde, wherwith men might constraine the.

¹⁵ Then she sayd vnto him: How canst thou say that thou louest me, when thyne hert is not with me: for thou hast mocked me this thre tymes, and haste not tolde, wherin thy great strength lyeth. ¹⁶ And as she laye vpon him with her wordes, contynually vexinge of him, his soule was encombred euen vnto the death. ¹⁷ And he tolde her all his herte, and sayde vnto her: there neuer came raser nor sheres vpon myne head, for I haue bene and abstayner to God euen from my mothers wombe. If myne heare were cut of, my strength woulde go from me, and I shoulde waxe & be lyke all other men. ¹⁸ And when Dalilah sawe that he had tolde her all hys herte, she sent for the Phylystynes, sayinge: come vp yet thys ones, for he hath shewed me all hys herte. Then the Lordes of the Philistines came, and brought the money in their handes. ¹⁹ And she made hym slepe vpon her lappe, and sent for a man, and cut of the seuen lockes of hys head, and beganne to vexe hym. But hys strength was gone from hym. ²⁰ And she sayd the Philistines be vpon the Samson. And he awoke out of hys slepe, and thoughte to go oute as at other tymes before and shake hym selfe, and wiste not that the Lord was departed from hym. ²¹ But the Philistines toke hym and put out his eyes, and brought him doune to Gaza, and bounde hym wyth fetters And he was made to grynde in the pryson house,

⁴ And there came a straunger vnto the ryche man. And he coulde not fynde in hys herte to take of hys owne shepe nor of hys beastes to dresse for the straunger that was come vnto hym. But toke the pore mannes lambe, and dressed it for the man that was come to hym.

¹ Bvt kynge Salomon loued manye outlandysh wemen: the doughter of Pharao: and of the Moabytes, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonytes and Hethites,

⁹ For the eyes of the Lorde beholde all the earthe, to strength the hertes of them that are hole with him. Herin thou hast done folyshly, and therfore from henceforth thou shalt haue warre.

²⁰ And the spirite of God came vpon Zachariah the sonne of Iehoiada the preste, and he stept vp aboue the people and sayde to them. Thus sayth God: why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the Lorde? ye shall therfore not prospere, but as ye haue forsaken hym, so shal he forsake you ²¹ Wherupon they conspired agaynst hym and stoned hym with stones, at the commaundement of the kynge: euen in the courte of the house of the Lord. ²² And so Iehoas the kynge remembred not the kyndenes which Iehoiada his father had done to hym, but slue his sonne. And when he dyed, he sayde: the Lorde se and require a reconynge.

¹⁶ And as the prophet spake to him, he sayde to the prohhete: haue men made the of the kynges councell? cease, leste thou be beaten. And the prophete ceased and sayde: I am sure that God hath taken councell to destroye the, because thou hast done this, and obeyest not my councell.

¹⁰ And when the Lorde speake to Manasseh and to hys people, they attended not to hym. ¹¹ Wherfore the Lorde brought vpon them the Capitaynes of the hoste of the Kynge of Assur, which toke Manasseh in an holde and bounde him with chaynes & caryed hym to Babylon.

¹⁶ But they mocked the messengers of God & despised theyr wordes & mysse vsed his prophetes, vntyll the wrath of the Lord so arose agaynst hys people that it was past remeadie.

²⁶ Dyd not Salomon the king of Israel synne there in? & yet among many Heythen was there no kynge lyke hym, and he was deare vnto hys God, and God made hym kynge ouer al Israel, and yet neuertheles outlandyshe wemen caused hym to synne?

²¹ Is not their dignitie taken awaye with them, they shall dye and not in wysdome.

¹⁶ For thou hast nombred all my goynges, yet be not thou to extreame vpon my synnes.

⁴ Doeth not he se my wayes, and tell all my goynges.

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

¹² But yf they wyl not obeye, they shal go thorowe the swearde, and perysh or euer they be a warre.

¹⁵ He hath grauen & digged vp a pyt, but he shall fall hym selfe into the pitte that he hath made. ¹⁶ For hys vnhappinesse shall come vpon hys owne head, and hys wyckednes shal fal vpon hys owne pate.

¹⁵ As for the Heathen, thei are suncken doune in the pytte that they made: in the same nette which they spred out priuely, is their owne feete taken.

⁴ But the Lorde is in hys holy temple, the Lordes seate is in heauen: He considereth it with hys eyes, hys eye lyddes beholde the chyldren of men.

¹¹ Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe: thou shalte make me full of ioye wyth thy countenaunce. At thy ryght hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore.

³ Thou hast proued & visited myne herte in the night season: thou hast tryed me in the fyre: & hast founde no wickednes in me: for I vtterly purposed that my mouthe shoulde not offende.

² Thou arte the fayrest amonge the chyldren of men, full of grace are thy lyppes, therfore God blesseth the for euer.

¹⁷ Where as thou hatest to be refourmed, and castest my woordes behynde the?

²¹ Their mouthes are softer then butter, & yet haue they battayll in theyr mynde: theyr wordes are smoother then oyle, and yet be they very swerdes.

⁴ I lye wyth my soule among the cruel lions euen among the chyldren of men, whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tonge a sherpe sweard.

²⁶ O geue thankes vnto God the Lorde in the congregacion, for the welles of Israel.

¹⁵ My mouth shall speake of thy righteousnesse and sauyng health all the day longe, for I knowe no ende therof.

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

¹² So I gaue them vp vnto their owne hertes luste, and let them folowe theyr owne ymaginacions.

¹³ With my lippes wil I be tellyng out all the iudgmentes of thy mouth.

⁵⁹ I cal myne owne wayes to remembrance, and turne my fete into thy testimonies.

¹⁶⁸ I kepe thy commaundementes and testimonies, for all my wayes are before the.

³ Lo, chyldren & the frute of the wombe are an heritage & gift, that commeth of the Lorde.

³ Thy wyfe shalbe as the frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house. Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde about thy table.

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. O Lorde, thou searchest me out, and knowest me. ² Thou knowest my doune sittyng and myne vprysinge, thou vnderstandest my thoughtes a farre of. ³ Thou art about my path & about my bed and spyest out all my wayes. ⁴ For lo, there is not a worde in my tonge, but thou, O Lorde knowest it altogether. ⁵ Thou hast fashioned me behynde and before, and layed thyne hande vpon me. ⁶ Such knowlege is to wonderfull and excellent for me, I can not atteyne vnto it. ⁷ Whither shal I go then from thy sprete? or, whyther shall I go then frome thy presence? ⁸ If I clyme vp into heauen, thou art there if I go doune to hel, thou art there also. ⁹ If I take the wynges of the mornynge, & remayne in the vttermost parte of the sea: ¹⁰ Euen there also shall thy hande leade me, and thy right hand shall holde me. ¹¹ If I saye: peraduenture the darkenesse shall couer me, then shall my nyghte be turned to daye. ¹² Yea, the darkenesse is no darkenesse with the, but the nyght is as cleare as the day, the darkenesse and light are both a lyke.

⁷ The feare of the Lord is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despise wysdome & destruccion.

¹⁸ Yea, they themselfes laye wayte one for anothers bloud, & one of them wolde sley another.

²² O ye chyldren, how longe will ye loue chyldyshnesse? how long wil the, scorners delite in scorning & the vnwise be enemies vnto knowlege?

²⁵ but all my counsayls haue ye despysed, & set my corrections at naught.

²⁹ And that because thei hated knowlege, & receyued not the feare of the Lord, ³⁰ but abhorred my counsail, & despised my correction. ³¹ Therfore shal they eate the frutes of their owne way, & be filled with their oune counsayls: ³² for the turning away of the vnwyse shal sley them, & the prosperitie of foles shalbe their owne destruccion.

¹ My sonne, if thou wilt receyue my wordes, & kepe my commaundementes by the,

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes,

¹⁶ That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes, ¹⁷ forsaketh the housbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. ¹⁸ For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel. ¹⁹ Al thei that go in vnto her, come not agayn, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.

²¹ My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe my lawe and my councel:

¹ Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome.

¹⁵ Eschue it, and go not therein: departe a syde, and passe ouer by it.

²⁰ My sonne, marcke my words, and encline thyne eare vnto my saiynges. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte.

²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, so shal al thy waies be sure.

¹⁵ Drinke of the water of thine owne wel, and of the riuers that runne out of thine owne springes.

¹⁸ Let thy well be blessed, and be glad wyth the wyfe of thy youth. ¹⁹ Louyng is the hind, & frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alway satisfye the, and holde the euer content wyth her loue.

²¹ For euery mannes waies are open in the sight of the Lorde, and he pondreth all their goynges.

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,

²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyghtie, a chastening, and nurtour is the waye of lyfe: ²⁴ that they maye kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flattering tong of the harlot:

²⁴ that they maye kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flattering tong of the harlot: ²⁵ that thou lust not after he beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be taken wt her fayre lokes. ²⁶ An harlot will make a man to begge his breade, but a maried woman wyl hunte for the precyous lyfe. ²⁷ May a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brent?

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

²⁸ Or can one go vpon hoate coales, & hys fete not be hurte? ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into hys neyghbours wyfe, and toucheth her can not be vngilty. ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despise a thefe that stealeth to satisfye hys soule, when he is hongry: ³¹ but if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompense with al the good of his house ³² But who so comitteth aduoutry wyth a womanne, he is a fole, and bringeth hys lyfe to destruccyon. ³³ He getteth him selfe also shame & dishonour, such as shal neuer be put out. ³⁴ For the gelousy and wrath of the man wil not be intreated, ³⁵ no though thou woldest offer him greate giftes to make amendes, he wyll not receiue them.

³⁵ no though thou woldest offer him greate giftes to make amendes, he wyll not receiue them.

⁵ that she may kepe the from the starnge woman, and from the harlot which geueth swete wordes,

¹⁰ And beholde, ther met him a woman in an harlots apparel, ¹¹ a dysceatful, wanton & vnstedfast woman: whose fet could not abide in the house, ¹² now is she without, now in the stretes, lurketh in euery corner, ¹³ she caught the yonge man, kyssed hym, & was not ashamed, sayinge: ¹⁴ I had a vowe to paye, & thys daye I perfourme it. ¹⁵ Therfore came I forth to mete the, that I mighte seke thy face, and so I haue founde the. ¹⁶ I haue deckte my bed with couerynges & clothes of Egypte. ¹⁷ My bed haue I made to smell of myrre, Aloes, and Cynamon. ¹⁸ Come let vs lye together, and take our pleasure tyll it be daye lyghte. ¹⁹ For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. ²⁰ He hath taken the bagge of money with hym: who can tell when he commeth home? ²¹ Thus with many swete woordes she ouercome hym, and with her flatteryng lippes she wanne hym.

²¹ Thus with many swete woordes she ouercome hym, and with her flatteryng lippes she wanne hym. ²² Immediatly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter (& lyke as it were to the stockes, where foles are punyshed) ²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: like as if a byrde hasted to the snare not knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lieth therupon.

²³ so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer with her dart: like as if a byrde hasted to the snare not knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lieth therupon. ²⁴ Heare me now therfore (O my sonne) and marke the wordes of my mouth. ²⁵ Let not thyne herte wandre in her wayes, & be not thou disceyued in her pathes.

²⁷ Her house is the waye vnto hell, where men go doune into the chambers of death.

³² Therfore herken vnto me, O ye chyldren, for blessed are they that kepe my wayes. ³³ O geue eare vnto nurtour, be wyse, and refuse it not. ³⁴ Blessed is the man that heareth me, watchynge dayly at my gates, & geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores. ³⁵ For who so findeth me, findeth life and shall obtayne fauour of the Lorde. ³⁶ But who so offendeth agaynste me, hurteth hys owne soule. All they that hate me, are the louers of death.

¹⁸ But they consyder not that death is there, and that her gestes go doune to hell.

²¹ The lyppes of the rightuous fed a whole multitude, but foles shal die in their owne folye.

³ The innocente dealyng of the iust shal leade them, but the vnfaithfulnesse of the despisers shalbe their owne destruccion

⁵ The rightuousnes of the innocent ordereth his way, but the vngodly shall fall in his owne wyckednesse.

¹⁹ Like as righteousnes bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleue vnto euel, bringeth death.

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

¹⁸ He that thynketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie & shame: but who so receaueth correction, shal come to honou

²⁰ He that goeth in the company of wyse men, shalbe wyse: but who so is a companyon of foles, shalbe hurte.

¹⁴ An vnfaythful personne shalbe filled wyth hys owne wayes, but a good man wyl beware of suche.

³² The vngodlye is afrayed of euery parel, but the ryghtuous hath a good hope euen in death.

² A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse. ³ The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, both vpon the good and badde.

⁵ A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shalhaue the more vnderstandyng.

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

²³ The hert of the wyse enfourm his moueth, and amendeth the doctryne in his lyps.

¹⁵ A mouth of vnderstanding is more worth then gold, many precious stones, & costly iewels.

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

¹⁷ My sonne, bow down thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysdome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne:

¹⁷ My sonne, bow down thine eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysdome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne: ¹⁸ for it is a plesaunt thyng if thou kepe it in thyne hert, and practise it in thy mouth: ¹⁹ that thou mayest alwaye put thy truste in the Lorde. ²⁰ Haue not I warned the very oft with counsel & lerning? ²¹ that I might shew the truth andt that thou with the verity myghtest answere them that lay any thynge agaynst the?

²⁷ For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pyt. ²⁸ She lurketh lyke a thefe, and those that be not aware she bryngeth vnto her.

³³ So shall thyne eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, and thyne herte shal muse vpon froward thyngs.

²⁰ Such is the way also of a wife that breaketh wedlocke, which wipeth her mouth like as when she hath eaten, & sayeth. As for me, I haue done no harme.

³ geue not ouer thy substaunce & mynde vnto women, whiche are the destruction euen of kinges.

²⁶ And I founde, that a woman is bytterrer then death: for she is a very angle, her herte is a net, and her handes are cheynes. Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the synner wil be taken wt her.

⁹ Vse thy selfe to lyue ioyfully with thy wyfe whom thou leuest, all the dayes of thy life, which is but vaine, that God hath geuen the vnder the Sunne, all the dayes of thy vanite: for that is thy porcion in this lyfe, of all thy laboure and trauayle that thou takeste vnder the Sunne.

⁹ My beloued is lyke a Roo or a yong hart. Beholde, he standeth behynde oure wall, he loketh in at the wyndow, and pepeth thorow the grate.

¹⁷ vntill the day breake, and till the shadowes be gone. Come agayn preuely (O my beloued) lyke as a Roo or a yong hart vnto the mountaynes.

⁵ Thy two brestes are lyke two twins of yong roes, which fede among the lilies.

¹¹ Thy lyps, O my spouse, drop as the hony combe, yea milcke and hony is vnder thy tonge, and the smel of thy garmentes is lyke the smell of frankyncense. ¹² Thou arte a well kepte garden, O my syster, my spouse, thou art a well kepte waterspringe, a sealed well.

¹⁵ Thou art a well of gardens, a well of lyuyng waters, whyche reune doune from Libanus.

³ Thy two brestes are lyke two twynnes of yong roes:

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

²¹ that they suffred no thurste, when they trauayled in the wyldernesse. He claue the rockes a sonder, and the water gusshed out.

¹⁹ Thyne owne wickednesse shall reproue the, and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the: that thou maiest know and vnderstand, how euyl and hurtful a thinge it is, that thou hast forsaken thy Lorde thy God, and not feared him, sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes.

³¹ The Prophetes teache falsely, and the priestes folowe them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What wyll come thereof at the laste.

¹⁷ For myne eyes beholde all their wayes, and they can not be hyd fro my face, nether can their wycked dedes be kepte close out of my syght.

¹⁰ Euen I the Lorde search out the grounde of the herte, & trye the reynes, and rewarde euery man accordinge to hys wayes, and acordynge to the fruyte of his councels.

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

¹⁹ Thou art the greate and myghtie God, whose name is the Lorde of Hostes, greate in counsel, and infinite in thought. Thine eyes loke vpon all the wayes of mens chyldren, to rewarde euery one after his waye, and according to the frutes of his inuencyons.

⁴ How be it, I sent vnto them my seruauntes al the prophetes: I rose vp earlye, I sent vnto them, and gaue them warninge: O do no such abhominable thinges, & thinges that I hate.

¹¹ Whordome, wine and drockennesse take the herte away. ¹² My people aske councell at their stockes, their staffes must tell them. For an whoryshe minde hath disceyued them, so that they committe fornycacyon agaynst their God. ¹³ They make sacrifices vpon the hye mountaynes, and burne their incense vpon the hylles, yea, amonge the okes, groues & bushes, for there are good shadowes Therfore your doughters are become harlottes, and youre spouses haue broken their wedlocke, ¹⁴ I wyll not punishe youre doughters for beynge defyled, & youre brydes that became whores: seinge the fathers them selues haue medled wt harlottes & offered wt vnthriftes: but the people that will not vnderstand, must be punished.

² They consydre not in their hertes that I remembre all their wickednes. They go aboute with their owne inuencions, but I se them wel ynough.

⁹ straungers haue deuoured his strength, yet he regardeth it not: he waxeth ful of gray hearres: yet will he not know it,

⁴ Be not ye lyke youre forefathers, vnto whom the Prophetes cryed afore tyme, sayinge: Thus sayeth the Lord God of hostes. Turne you from youre euyll wayes, & from your wicked ymaginacyons. But thei wolde not heare, nor regarde me, sayeth the Lorde. ⁵ What is nowe become of your forefathers & the prophetes? are they yet styll aliue? ⁶ But dyd not my wordes and statutes (which I commaunded by my seruauntes the prophetes) touche your forefathers? Vpon this, they gaue aunswere and sayde: lyke as the Lord of hostes deuysed to do vnto vs, accordynge to oure owne wayes & ymagynacyons, euen so hath he dealte wyth vs.

¹¹ Neuertheles they would not take hede, but turned their backes, & stopped their eares, that they should not heare: ¹² yea, they made their hertes as an Adamant stone, least they should hear the law & wordes, whiche the Lorde of hostes sent in his holy spirite by the Prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lorde of hostes was verye wroth at them. ¹³ And thus it is come to passe, that like as he spake, & they woulde not hear: euen so they cryed, and I woulde not heare, (sayeth the Lord of hostes) ¹⁴ but scatered them among al Gentiles, whom they knew not: Thus the lande was made so desolate, that there trauayled no man in it, neyther to, nor for for that pleasaunt lande was vtterly layed waste.

⁶ The law of truth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in hys lippe. He walcked with me in peace & equite, and dyd turne manye one awaye from their synnes. ⁷ For the priestes lippes should be sure knowledge, that men may seke the lawe at his mouth: for he is a messaunger of the lorde of hostes.

¹⁴ And yet ye say: wherfore? Euen because that where as the Lorde made a couenaunt betwixt the & the wyfe of thy youth, thou hast despysed her: Yet is she thyne owne companion and maried wife. ¹⁵ So dyd not the one, and yet had he an excellente spirite. What dyd then the one? He sought the sede promised of God. Therfore loke well to your spirit, and let no man despise the wyfe of his youth.

⁹ And se that ye once thinke not to saye in your selues, we haue Abraham to our father. For I say vnto you, that God is able of these stones rayse vp children vnto Abraham.

¹³ And lead vs not into temptaciou. But delyuer vs from euyll. For thyne is the kingdome and the power, and the glorye for euer Amen.

²³ Yf any man haue eares to heare let hym heare.

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

³⁰ but assone as this thy sonne was come, which hath deuoured thy goodes with harlotes, thou hast for his pleasure kylled the fatted caulfe.

¹⁹ And this is the condempnacion, that light is come into the worlde, and the men loued darknes more then lyght, because their dedes were euyll. ²⁰ For euerye man that euyll doth, hateth the light: nether commeth to the lyghte: lest his dedes shoulde be reproued.

²¹ What fruit had ye then in those thynges, where of ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of those thynges is deathe.

⁴ in the name of oure Lord Iesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, in my spyryte, wyth the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe, ⁵ be delyuered vnto Sathan, for the destruccion of the fleshe, that the spirite maye be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus.

⁹ I wrote vnto you in an Epystle that ye shoulde not companye wyth fornicatours. ¹⁰ And I meant not at al of the fornicatours of this worlde, eyther of the couetous, or of extorsioners, eyther of the ydolaters: for then muste ye nedes haue gone oute of the world.

² Neuerthelesse to avoide fornication, let euery man haue his wyfe: and let euerye woman haue her husbande. ³ Let the man geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence. Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the man. ⁴ The wyfe hath not power ouer her owne bodie, but the husbande. And lykewyse the man hath not power ouer his owne bodye, but the wyfe. ⁵ Withdrawe not your selues one from another, excepte it be wyth consente for a tyme, for to geue your selues to fastinge, and prayer. And afterward come agayne to the same thinge, leste Sathan tempte you for your incontinencye.

⁶ These are ensamples to vs that we should not luste after euyll thinges, as they lusted. ⁷ Neyther be ye worshippers of Images as were some of them accordynge at it is written: The people sate doune to eate and drynke, and rose vp agayne to playe. ⁸ Neyther let vs committe fornicacion as some of them committed fornycacyon, and were destroied in one day .xxiij. thousand.

¹⁹ The dedes of the flesh are manyfeste, which are these aduoutrye, fornicacyon, vncleannes, wantonnes, ²⁰ Idolatrye wytchecrafte, hatred, varyaunce, zele, wrathe stryfe, sedityon, sectes, ²¹ enuiynge, murther, drounkennes, glottonye, and suche lyke: of the whiche I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tymes past, that they whiche commytte suche thynges shall not enheryte the kingdome of God.

⁷ Be not deceyued, God is not mocked. For what soeuer a man soweth, that shal he reape. ⁸ He that soweth in hys fleshe: shall of the fleshe reape corrupcion. But he that soweth in the spyryte, shall of the spyryte reape lyfe euerlastynge.

⁵ For this ye knowe, that no whormonger, other vncleane persone, or couetous person, whyche is the worshypper of Images, hath anye inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God. ⁶ Let no man deceiue you with vayne wordes. For thorowe suche thinges commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbelefe.

¹¹ and haue no fellowshyp wyth the vnfruitfull workes of darckenes: but rather rebuke them.

⁸ He therfore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, whiche hath sente his holye spirite amonge you.

¹² We beseche you brethren, that ye knowe them, whiche laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersight of you in the Lord ¹³ and geue you exhortacyon, that ye haue them the more in loue for theyr workes sake, and be at peace wyth them.

⁹ euen hym whose commynge is by the workynge of Sathan, with all liynge power, signes and wonders: ¹⁰ and in all deceyuablenes of vnryghtuousnes, amonge them that peryshe: because they receyued not the loue of the truethe, that they myght haue bene sayed.

¹² For the word of God is quicke and myghty in operacion, and sharper then anye two edged swerde, and entreth through, euen vnto the diuiding a sonder of the soule and the spirite, and of the ioyntes and the marie, and iudgeth the thoughtes and the ententes of the herte: ¹³ neyther is there anye creature inuisible in the syght of him. For all thinges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

¹⁵ And loked to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no rote of bytternes sprynge vp and trouble, and therebye manye be defyled, ¹⁶ & that there be no fornicator or vncleane person, as Esau whiche for one breakfast solde his byrthright.

²⁵ Se that ye despyse not hym, that speaketh. For yf they escaped not whiche refused hym, that spake on earth: muche more shall we not escape, yf we turne awaye from hym that speaketh from heauen:

⁴ Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes, and let the chambre be vndefyled: for whorekepers and aduouterers God wyll iudge.

⁷ Remembre them whiche haue the ouersyght of you, whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of God. The ende of whose conuersacyon se that ye loke vpon, and folowe theyr faythe.

¹⁹ Wherfore deare brethren, let euerye man be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, and slow to wrath.

¹⁰ namely them that walke after the fleshe in the luste of vncleanes, and despyse the rulars. Presumpteous are they, & stubborne and feare not to speake euyl of them that are in authoritie. ¹¹ When the angels which are greater both in power and might, receiue not of the Lorde railing iudgement agaynste them. ¹² But these as brute beastes naturallye made to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of that they knowe not, and shal perishe thorow their owne destruccion, ¹³ and receiue the reward of vnrightuousnes. They count it pleasure to lyue deliciously for a season. Spottes they are and filthines, liuinge at pleasure, and in disceiueable waies feastinge with you, ¹⁴ hauinge eyes full of aduoutrye, and that can not cease to synne, begilinge vnstable soules. Hertes they haue exercised with couetousues. They are cursed children, ¹⁵ and haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray folowing the waye of Balam the sonne of Bosor, whiche loued the rewarde of vnrightuousnes,

¹⁵ and haue forsaken the ryght waye, and are gone astray folowing the waye of Balam the sonne of Bosor, whiche loued the rewarde of vnrightuousnes, ¹⁶ but was rebuked of hys iniquitye. The tame and dome beaste, speakinge with mannes voice, forbade the folishnes of the Prophete.

¹⁶ but was rebuked of hys iniquitye. The tame and dome beaste, speakinge with mannes voice, forbade the folishnes of the Prophete. ¹⁷ These are welles wythout water, & cloudes caried about of a tempest, to whom the miste of darkenes is reserued for euer.

¹⁷ These are welles wythout water, & cloudes caried about of a tempest, to whom the miste of darkenes is reserued for euer. ¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the swellinge wordes of vanitie, they begyle with wantonnes thorowe the lustes of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, but nowe are wrapped in errours.

¹⁸ For when they haue spoken the swellinge wordes of vanitie, they begyle with wantonnes thorowe the lustes of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, but nowe are wrapped in errours. ¹⁹ They promis them libertie, and are them selues the bonde seruauntes of corrupcyon. For of whomsoeuer a man is ouer come, vnto the same is he in bondage. ²⁰ For yf they, after they haue escaped from the fylthines of the worlde thorowe the knowledge yf the Lord and of the sauiour Iesus Christe, are yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome, then is the latter ende worsse wyth them then the beginninge. ²¹ For it had bene better for them not haue knowen the way of rightuousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the commaundementes geuen vnto them. ²² It is happened to them accordinge to the true prouerbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet againe, and the sowe that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

⁷ euen as Sodome and Gomor, and the cytyes about them (which in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon, and folowed straunge fleshe) are sette forth for an ensample, and suffer the vengeaunce of eternal fyre. ⁸ Likewyse these dremers defyle the flesh, despyse rulars and spake euil of them that are in authorytye. ⁹ Yet Michael the Archangel when he stroue agaynst the deuyl, and dysputed aboute the bodye of Moyses, durste not geue raylyug sentence, but sayed: the Lorde rebuke the. ¹⁰ But these speake euyl of those thynges they know not, and what thynges they knowe naturally as beastes which are wythout reason, in those thynges they corrupte them selues. ¹¹ Wo be vnto them, for they haue folowed the waye of Cayn, and are vtterlye geuen to the errour of Balam for lukers sake, and peryshe in the treason of Core. ¹² These are spottes which of youre kyndnes feast together, wythoute feare, fedyng themselues. Cloudes they are wythout water, caryed aboute of wyndes, and trees wythout frute at gatherynge tyme, twyse dead & plucked vp by rotes. ¹³ They are the ragynge waues of the sea, fomyng out theyr owne shame. They are wandryng starres to whome is reserued the myste of darcknes for euer.

⁷ Let him that hath eares heare, what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacions. To him that ouercommeth, wyl I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe, whyche is in the middes of the Paradyse of God.

¹¹ Let him that hath eares, heare what the spyryte sayth to the congregacyons. He that ouercommeth, shall not be hurte of the second death.

¹⁷ Let him that hath eares, heare what the spyryte sayeth vnto the congregacyons. To hym that ouercommeth will I geue to eate Manna, that is hyd and wyll geue hym a whyte stone, and in the stone a new name wrytten, whiche no man knoweth sauynge he that receiueth it. ¹⁸ And vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Thiatyra wryte. This sayth the sonne of God, which hath hys eyes lyke vnto flame of fyre, whose feete are lyke brasse:

²³ And I will kyl her chyldren wyth death. And all the congregacions shal know, that I am he, whiche searched the reynes and hertes. And I will geue vnto euery one of you according vnto youre workes.

²⁹ Let hym that hath eares, heare what the spyryte sayeth to the congregations.

⁶ Let hym that hath eares, heare what the spyryte sayeth vnto the congregacions.

¹³ Let him that hath eares, heare what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacions.

²² Let him that hath eares, heare what the spyrite sayth vnto the congregacions.

² wt whom haue committed fornicacion the kinges of the earth so that the inhabiters of the earth, are drounken wyth the wyne of her fornicacion. ³ And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in the spirite. And I saw a woman sit vpon a rose colored beaste ful of names of blasphemye, which had .x. hornes. ⁴ And the woman was arayed in purple & rose coloure, and decked wyth golde, precious stones and pearles, and had a cuppe of golde in her hand full of al abominacions and fylthines of her fornicacion. ⁵ And in her forhead was a name wrytten, a mystery, great Babylon the mother of whoredome and abominacions of the earth. ⁶ And I saw the wyfe drounken with the bloude of Saynctes, and with the bloud of the wytnesses of Iesu. And when I saw her, I wondred wyth great maruayle.

⁸ But the fearful and vnbeleuing, & the abhominable, & murtherers, & whoremongers, & sorcerers, & ydolaters, & al lyars shall haue their parte in the lake which burneth wt fyre & brymstone, which is the seconde death.

¹⁵ For without shal be dogges & inchaunters, & whoremongers, and murtherers & Idolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh leasynges.