Bible verses about "piercings and tattoos" | Great

¹ The prouerbes of Salomon, the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: ² to learne wisdome, & to perceaue the instruccyon, and to perceaue the wordes of vnderstondynge: & therby to receaue prudence, ³ ryghteousnes, iudgement and equite. ⁴ That the very simple myght haue wyt, and that the yonge men myght haue knowledge and true vnderstanding. ⁵ By hearing the wise man shall come by more wysedome: and he that is endewed wt vnderstanding ⁶ shal optayn wit to perceaue a parable, & the interpretacyon therof, the wordes of the wyse, & the darcke speaches of the same. ⁷ The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome & instruccion. ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine: & forsake not the lawe of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bringe grace vnto thy heed, and shalbe as a cheyne about thy neck. ¹⁰ My sonne, consente not vnto synners, ¹¹ yf they entise the, & saye: come with vs, we will laye wayte for bloude, & lurcke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² we shall swalowe then vp lyke the hell, & deuoure them quycke and hole, as those that go downe into the pyt. ¹³ So shall we fynde all maner of costelye ryches, & fill our houses wt spoyles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs: & let vs haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them: refrayne thy fote from their waye. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euell: & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes: ¹⁸ yee they them selues laye wayte one for anothers bloud & one of them wold sleye another. ¹⁹ These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, the one wold rauysh anothers lyfe. ²⁰ Wisdome cryeth wtout, & putteth forth her voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before the congregacyon in the open gates, & sheweth her wordes thorow the citye, saying: ²² O ye children, how longe wyll ye loue childesshnes? how longe wyll the scorners delyte in scorning, & the vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ I haue called, & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hande: & no man regarded it: ²⁵ but all my councels haue ye despised: & set my correccion at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in youre destruccion, & mocke you, when that thinge that ye feare commeth vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your misery lyke a tempest: yee, when trouble & heuines commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I wyll not heare: they shall seke me early, but they shall not fynde me. ²⁹ And that because they hated knowledge, & receaued not the feare of the Lorde: ³⁰ but abhorred my councell, and despysed all my correccion. 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. ³³ But whoso harkneth vnto me, shall dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.

¹ So heare nowe, O Iacob my seruaunt, and Israel whom I haue chosen. ² For thus sayth the Lord, that made the, fashyoned the, and helped the, euen from thy mothers wombe. Be not afrayed, O Iacob my seruaunt, thou ryghteous, whom I haue chosen. ³ For I shall powre water vpon the drye grounde, & ryuers vpon the thurstye. I shall poure my sprete vpon thy sede, and myne encrease vpon thy stock. ⁴ They shall growe together, lyke as the grasse, and as the wyllowes by the waters syde. ⁵ One shall saye: I am the Lordes. Another shall call hym selfe after the name of Iacob. The thyrde shall subscribe with hys hande vnto the Lorde, and geue him self vnder the name of Israel. ⁶ Thus hath the Lorde spoken: euen the Kynge of Israel, and his redemer, the Lorde of Hostes: I am the fyrst and the last, and without me is there no God. ⁷ Yf any be lyke me, lett hym call forth the thynge paste and openly shewe it, and laye it playne before me what hath chaunsed synce I apoynted the people of the worlde, and what shall be shortly or what shall come to passe, in tyme longe to come, let them shewe thes thynges. ⁸ Be not abashed nor afrayde. For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto, and warned you? Ye can beare me recorde youre selues. Is there any God excepte me? or any maker, that I shulde not knowe hym? ⁹ All caruers of Images are but vayne, & the carued ymages that they loue, can do no good. They must beare recorde them selues, that (seynge they can nether se ner vnderstande) they shalbe confounded. ¹⁰ Who darre them make a God, or fashyon an ymage, that is profytable for nothynge? ¹¹ Beholde, all the felowshyppe of them must be brought to confusyon. And truly all the worke masters of them ar men, they shall all be gathered to gyther, they shall stande, tremble, and be confounded one with a nother. ¹² The smith maketh an axe, and tempereth it with hoate coales, and fashyoneth it with hammers, and worketh wt it with all the strength of hys armes: yee, sometyme he is faynt for very hunger, and so thurstye, that he hath no more power. ¹³ The carpenter (or ymage caruer) taketh measure of the tymbre: and spredeth forth his lyne: he marketh it with some coloure. he playneth it, he ruleth it, and squareth it, and maketh it after the ymage of a man, and according to the bewty of a man: that it maye stande in the temple. ¹⁴ Moreouer, he goeth oute to hewe downe Cedre trees. He bryngeth home Elmes and Okes: and takynge a bolde corage, he seketh out the best tymbre of the wodde. He him selfe hath planted a pyne tree, which the rayne hath swelled, ¹⁵ which wodd serueth for men to burne. Of this he taketh and warmeth hym selfe withall: he maketh afyre of it to bake breade. And afterwarde maketh a God there of, to honoure it: & an Idole to knele before it. ¹⁶ One pece he burneth in the fyre, with another he rosteth flesh, that he maye eate roste his bely full: with the thryde he warmeth him self, and sayeth: Aha, I am well warmed, I haue bene at the fyre. ¹⁷ And of the residue he maketh him a God, & an Idole for him selfe. He kneleth before it, he worshippeth it, he prayeth vnto it, & sayeth: delyuer me, for thou art my God. ¹⁸ Yet men nether consydre ner vnderstande, because theyr eyes are stopped, that they cannot se: and their hertes, that they cannot perceaue. ¹⁹ They pondre not in theyr myndes, for they haue nether knowledge ner vnderstandynge, to thincke thus. I haue brent one pece in the fyre. I haue baked bread with the coles there of, I haue rosted flesh with all, & eaten it: shall I nowe of the resydue make an abhominable Idole, and fall downe before a rotten pece of wood? ²⁰ Thus he doth but lese hys laboure, and hys herte which is disceaued, doth turne hym asyde: so that none of them can haue a fre conscience to thincke: maye not Ierre? ²¹ Consydre thys (O Iacob and Israel) for thou art my seruaunt. I haue made the, that thou myghtest serue me. O Israel, forget me not. ²² As for thyne offences, I haue dryuen them awaye lyke the cloudes, and thy synnes as the myst. Turne the agayne vnto me, for I haue redemed the. ²³ Be glad ye heauens, whom the Lorde hath made for the Lorde hath dealte graciously wt hys people, let all that is here beneth vpon the earth, be ioyfull. Reioyse ye mountaynes and woddes, with all the trees therof: for the Lorde hath redemed Iacob, and wyll shewe hys glory vpon Israel. ²⁴ Thus sayth the Lord thy redemer, euen he that fashyoned the from thy mothers wombe. I the Lorde, do all thynges my selfe alone. I only sprede out the heauens and I only haue layde the foundacyon of the earth by myn awne selfe. ²⁵ I destroye the tokens of witches, and make the Sothsaiers fooles. As for the wyse, I turne them backwarde, and make theyr connyng folyshnesse. ²⁶ He doth set vp the purpose of his seruaunte, and fulfylleth the councell of his messaungers Concernynge Ierusalem, he sayeth: It shalbe inhabited. And of the cyties of Iuda: They shalhe buylded agayne, and I will repayre theyr decayed places. ²⁷ He sayeth to the grounde: be drye. And I will drye vp thy wader floudes. ²⁸ He sayeth of Cyrus. He is myne herdman: so that he shall fulfyll all thynges after my will. He sayeth also of Ierusalem: It shall be buylded, and of the temple: It shalbe fast grounded.

⁵ One shall saye: I am the Lordes. Another shall call hym selfe after the name of Iacob. The thyrde shall subscribe with hys hande vnto the Lorde, and geue him self vnder the name of Israel.

²³ For he that maketh conscience, is dampned yf he eate: because he eateth not of fayth. For whatsoeuer is not of fayth, that same is synne.

²³ I maye do all thynges, but all thynges edifye not.

¹⁶ And hath on hys vesture and on his thygh a name wrytten: Kyng of Kynges, and Lorde of Lordes.

⁹ Lykewise also the wemen, that they araye them selues in comlye apparell wyth shamfastnes and discrete behaueour, not wt broyded heare, ether golde or pearles, or costly araye:

¹⁹ Ether knowe ye not, how that youre bodyes are the temple of the holy ghost, which dwelleth in you, whom ye haue of God, and how that ye are not youre awne?

¹ I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercyfulnes of God, that ye make yor bodies a quycke sacryfice, holy & acceptable vnto God: which is youre resonable seruynge of God

¹ Ye are the children of the Lord your God. Ye shall not cut youre selues, nor make you any baldnes betwene youre eyes for any deed man.

¹⁶ Knowe ye not, that ye are the temple of God, & how that the sprete of God dwelleth in you?

³¹ Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God.

¹⁹ Ether knowe ye not, how that youre bodyes are the temple of the holy ghost, which dwelleth in you, whom ye haue of God, and how that ye are not youre awne? ²⁰ For ye are dearly bought. Therfore glorifye God in youre bodyes, and in youre spretes, which are Goddes.

²⁸ Ye shall not rent youre fleshe for any soules sake, nor printe any markes vpon you: I am the Lorde.