Bible verses about "business" | Bishops

¹⁰ Thou shalt geue hym, and let it not greeue thine heart to geue vnto hym: Because that for this thyng the Lorde thy God shall blesse thee in all thy workes, and in all that thou puttest thine hande to

¹³⁰ (119:2) The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple

²⁰ In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all

²³ (107:22a) Such as go downe to the sea in ships and folowe their busines in great waters ²⁴ (107:22b) they see the workes of God, and his wonders in the deepe ²⁵ (107:23) For he commaundeth and causeth a stormie winde to arise: and he lifteth vp on high his waues ²⁶ (107:24) [Then] they ascende vp to heauen, and come downe agayne to the deepe: so that their soule melteth away through trouble ²⁷ (107:25) They reele to and fro, and they do stacker like a drunken man: and their wysdome fayleth them ²⁸ (107:26) And they cry vnto god in their trouble: who deliuereth the out of their distresse ²⁹ (107:27) For he maketh the storme to ceasse: so that the waues therof are still ³⁰ (107:28) Then be they glad because they are at rest: and he bringeth them to the hauen where they woulde be

¹ Then came he to Derbe and to Lystra: And beholde, a certayne disciple was there, named Timotheus, a womans sonne which was a Iewesse, and beleued: but his father was a Greke ² Of whom the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium, reported well ³ Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym, and toke & circumcised hym, because of the Iewes, which were in those quarters: for they knewe all, that his father was a Greke ⁴ And as they went through the cities, they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe, that were ordayned of ye Apostles and elders, which were at Hierusalem ⁵ And so were the Churches stablisshed in the fayth, and encreased in number dayly ⁶ Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia, and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the holy ghost to preache the worde in Asia ⁷ They commyng to Mysia, sought to go into Bithynia: but the spirite suffred them not ⁸ And they passyng through Mysia, came downe to Troada ⁹ And a vision appeared to Paul in the nyght: There stoode a man of Macedonia, and prayed hym, saying: Come into Macedonia, and helpe vs ¹⁰ And after he had seene ye visio, immediatly we prepared to go into Macedonia, beyng certified that ye Lorde had called vs, for to preache the Gospel vnto them ¹¹ When we loosed foorth then from Troada, we came with a strayght course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis ¹² And from thence, to Philippos, which is the chiefe citie in the partes of Macedonia, and a free citie: And we were in that citie abydyng certayne dayes ¹³ And on the day of the Sabbothes, we went out of the citie, besydes a ryuer, where prayer was wont to be made: And we sate downe, and spake vnto the women which resorted thyther ¹⁴ And a certayne woman, named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, gaue vs audience: Whose hearte the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spake ¹⁵ And when she was baptized, and her householde, she besought vs, saying: Yf ye haue iudged me to be faythfull to the Lorde, come into my house, and abyde there. And she constrayned vs ¹⁶ And it came to passe, as we went to prayer, a certayne damsell, possessed with a spirite of southsaying met vs: which brought her maisters much vantage with southsaying ¹⁷ The same folowed Paul and vs, and cryed, saying: These men are the seruauntes of the most hye God, which shewe vnto vs the way of saluation ¹⁸ And this dyd she many dayes. But Paul not content, turned about, & sayde to the spirite, I commaunde thee in the name of Iesu Christe, that thou come out of her. And he came out the same houre ¹⁹ And when her maisters sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone, they caught Paul & Silas, and drewe them into the market place, vnto the rulers ²⁰ And brought them to the officers, saying: These men trouble our citie, being Iewes ²¹ And preache ordinaunces, which are not lawfull for vs to receaue, neither to obserue, seeyng we are Romanes ²² And the people ran agaynst them, and the officers rent their clothes, and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes ²³ And when they had beaten them sore, they cast them into pryson, commaundyng the iayler of the pryson to kepe them diligently ²⁴ Which when he had receaued such commaundement, thrust them into the inner pryson, and made their feete fast in the stockes ²⁵ And at mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed, and lauded God. And the prysoners hearde them ²⁶ And sodenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundation of the pryson was shaken, and immediatly all the doores opened, and euery mans bandes were loosed ²⁷ When the keper of the pryson waked out of his sleepe, and sawe the pryson doores open, he drewe out his sworde and woulde haue kylled hym selfe, supposyng that the prysoners had ben fled ²⁸ But Paul cryed with a loude voyce, saying: Do thy selfe no harme, for we are all here ²⁹ Then he called for a lyght, and sprang in, and came tremblyng, and fell downe before Paul and Silas ³⁰ And brought them out, & sayde: Syrs, what must I do to be saued ³¹ And they sayde: beleue on the Lorde Iesus Christe, and thou shalt be saued, and thy householde ³² And they spake vnto hym the worde of the Lorde, and to all that were in his house ³³ And he toke them the same houre of the nyght, and wasshed their woundes, and was baptized hym selfe, & all they of his householde strayghtway ³⁴ And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and ioyed that he with all his householde beleued on God ³⁵ And when it was day, the officers sent the sergeauntes, saying: Let those men go ³⁶ And the keper of the pryson tolde this saying to Paul, the officers haue sent worde to loose you. Nowe therfore, get you hence, and go in peace ³⁷ Then sayde Paul vnto them: They haue beaten vs openly vncondempned, beyng Romanes, and haue cast vs into pryson: and nowe woulde they thrust vs out priuily? Nay veryly, but let them come them selues, and fet vs out ³⁸ And the sergeaunts tolde these wordes vnto the officers, and they feared when they hearde that they were Romanes ³⁹ And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired the to depart out of the citie ⁴⁰ And they went out of the pryson, and entred into the [house] of Lydia, & when they had seene the brethren, they comforted them, and departed

²⁶ God saide: let vs make man in our image, after our lykenesse, and let them haue rule of the fisshe of the sea, & of the foule of the ayre, and of cattell, & of all the earth, and of euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth

²⁰ My sonne marke my wordes, and encline thyne eare vnto my sayinges ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, but kepe them euen in the middest of thyne heart ²² For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes

¹³ And he called his ten seruauntes, & deliuered the ten peeces of money, saying vnto them, Occupie tyl I come

¹ O God, who shall dwell in thy tabernacle? who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll ² Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life: and doth the thyng that is iust, and speaketh the trueth from his heart ³ He that backbyteth not with his tongue: nor doth any euil to his felowe, nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour ⁴ He that dispiseth in his eyes the reprobate: and honoureth them that feare God. (15:5) He that hath sworne to his owne hurt: and yet wyll not go from his oth ⁵ (15:6) He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie: nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent. (15:7) He that doth these thynges: shall neuer at any tyme be remoued

² And the Lord aunswered me, and said: write the vision, and make it plaine vpon tables, that he may run that readeth it

⁷ For the Lorde thy God hath blessed thee in all the workes of thy hande, and knoweth thy walkyng through this great wyldernesse this fourtie yeres, and the Lorde thy God hath ben with thee, so that thou hast lacked nothing

²⁴ No man can serue two maisters. For either he shall hate the one, & loue the other: or els leane to the one, and dispise the other. Ye can not serue God, and mammon

¹⁷ And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede, [do] all in the name of the Lorde Iesus, geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym

¹⁰ Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do, that do with al thy power: for in the graue that thou goest vnto, there is neither worke, counsayle, knowledge, nor wysdome

¹⁸ But remember the Lorde thy God, for it is he whiche geueth thee power to get substaunce, for to make good the promise whiche he sware vnto thy fathers, as appeareth this day