Bible verses about "virtue" | Matthew

¹ The Prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid king of Israell: ² too lerne wisdome instruccion, vnderstanding prudence, ³ righteousnesse, iudgement & equite. ⁴ That the very babes might haue wit, and that yongmen might haue knowlege & vnderstanding. ⁵ By hearing, the wyse man shall come by more wysedome: & by experience ⁶ he shalbe more apte to vnderstande a parable, & the interpretacion therof, the wordes of the wise, & the darke speaches of the same. ⁷ The feare of the Lord is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despise wysdome & destruccion. ⁸ My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother: ⁹ for that shall bryng grace vnto thy head, & shall be a cheyne about thy necke. ¹⁰ My sonne, consent not vnto sinners, ¹¹ if they entise the, & say: come with vs, let vs leye wayte for bloud, and lurke preuely for the innocent without a cause: ¹² let vs swalow them vp like the hel, let vs deuour them quicke & whole, as those that go doune into the pyt. ¹³ So shal we finde al maner of costely riches, & fil our houses wt spoiles. ¹⁴ Cast in thy lot among vs, we shall haue all one purse. ¹⁵ My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayn thy fote from their ways. ¹⁶ For their fete runne to euel, & are hasty to shed bloud. ¹⁷ But in vayn is the net laied forth before the byrdes eyes. ¹⁸ Yea, they themselfes laye wayte one for anothers bloud, & one of them wolde sley another. ¹⁹ These are the ways of all suche as be couetous, that one wolde rauish anothers life. ²⁰ Wisdome crieth without, & putteth forth her voyce in the stretes. ²¹ She calleth before the congregacion in the open gates, & sheweth her wordes thorow the citie, saying: ²² O ye chyldren, how longe will ye loue chyldyshnesse? how long wil the, scorners delite in scorning & the vnwise be enemies vnto knowlege? ²³ O turne you vnto my correccion: lo. I wil expres my mynde vnto you, & make you vnderstande my wordes. ²⁴ Seing then that I haue called & ye refused it: I haue stretched out my hand, & no man regarded it, ²⁵ but all my counsayls haue ye despysed, & set my corrections at naught. ²⁶ Therfore shall I also laugh in your destruccion, & mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare cometh vpon you: ²⁷ euen when the thing that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly lyke a storme, & your miseri like a tempest: yea, when trouble & heuinesse commeth vpon you. ²⁸ Then shal they call vpon me, but I will not heare: they shal seke me early, but thei shal not find me: 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. ³³ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwel safely, and haue ynough without any feare of euell.

³⁶ Mayster which is the chief commaundement in the lawe? ³⁷ Iesus sayd to him: Loue the Lord thy God with all thyne herte, and with all thy soule, and with al thy mynd. ³⁸ This is the fyrst and the chiefe commaundement. ³⁹ And there is another lyke vnto thys. Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe.

¹⁵ Moreouer, if thy brother trespase agaynst the, Go and tell hym hys fault betwene hym and the alone. If he heare the, thou hast wonne thy brother. ¹⁶ But if he heare the not, then take yet with the one or two, that in the mouthe of two or thre witnesses, all thynges may be stablished. ¹⁷ If he heare not them, tell it vnto the congregacion. If he heare not the congregacion, take hym as a Heathen man, & as a publican.

³⁰ For we knowe hym that hath sayde: vengeaunce belongeth vnto me. I wyll recompence sayth the lorde. And agayne: the lord shall iudge hys people.

¹⁷ Therfore yf anye man be in Christe, he is a newe creature. Olde thynges are passed awaye, beholde all thynges are become newe. ¹⁸ Neuerthelesse all thynges are of God, whiche hath reconcyled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe, and hath geuen vnto vs the offyce to preache the attonement. ¹⁹ For God was in Christe, and made agrement betwene the worlde and hym selfe, and imputed not theyr synnes vnto them, & hathe committed to vs the preachynge of the atonnement. ²⁰ Nowe then are we messengers in the roume of Christ: euen as thoughe God dyd beseche you thorowe vs: So praye we you in Christes stede, that ye be atone with God, ²¹ for he hath made hym to be synne for vs, whiche knewe no synne, that we by hys meanes should be that ryghtuousnes whiche before God is allowed.

¹ We as healpers therfore exhorte you, that ye receyue not the grace of God in vayne. ² For he sayeth: I haue hearde the in a tyme accepted: and in the day of saluacyon. haue I succoured the. Beholde nowe is that well accepted tyme: behold now is that daye of saluacyon.

²² O cast thy burthen, or care, vpon the Lord he shall norysh the, and not leaue the ryghteous in vnquyetnesse.

¹ Ivdge not, that ye be not iudged. ² For as ye iudge so, shall ye be iudged. And with what measur ye meate, with the same shal it be measured to you agayne.

¹³ forbearing one another, and forgeuing one another, yf anye man haue a quarel to another, euen as Christe forgaue you, euen so do ye.

¹¹ Beth. The hert of her husband may safely trust in her, so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles. ¹² Gimel. She will do him good & not euell all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ Daleth. She occupyeth woll and flax, and laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ He. She is lyke a merchauntes shyppe, that bringeth her vitayles from a farre. ¹⁵ Vau. She is vp in the night season, to prouyde meate for her housholde, and foode for her maydens. ¹⁶ Zain. She considreth lande, & byeth it, & wyth the frute of her handes she planteth a vyneyarde. ¹⁷ Heth. She gyrdeth her loynes with strength, and courageth her armes. ¹⁸ Teth. And if she perceyue that her houswyfrye doth good, her candle goeth not out by night. ¹⁹ Iod. She layeth her fingers to the spyndle, & her hande taketh holde of the rocke. ²⁰ Caph. She openeth her hande to the poore, yea, she stretched forthe her handes too suche as haue nede.

⁹ He that leadeth an innocente lyfe, walketh surelye: but who so goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowne,

² in all humblenes of mynde, and mekenes, and longe sufferynge, forbearinge one another thorowe loue,

⁵ And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge, ⁶ and in knowledge temperancie, and in temperauncie, pacience, in pacience, Godlynes, ⁷ in Godlines brotherly kyndnes, in brotherlye kindnes, loue. ⁸ For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you, that ye neyther shalbe ydle nor vnfruteful in the knowledge of oure Lord Iesu Christe.

⁸ Furthermore brethren, whatsoeuer thynges are true, whatsoeuer thinges are honest, whatsoeuer thinges are iuste, whatsoeuer thinges are pure, whatsoeuer thinges pertaine to loue, whatsoeuer thinges are of honeste report: yf there be anie vertuous thinge yf there be anye laudable thinge,

⁵ And herunto geue al diligence, in youre fayth, mynyster vertue, and in vertue knowledge,