Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 17:1 | Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife |
| 17:2 | A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren |
| 17:3 | As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes |
| 17:4 | A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue |
| 17:5 | Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at another mans hurt, shall not be vnpunished |
| 17:6 | Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children |
| 17:7 | Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince |
| 17:8 | A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise |
| 17:9 | Who so couereth a fault, procureth loue: but he that discloseth it, deuideth very frendes |
| 17:10 | One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole |
| 17:11 | A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym |
| 17:12 | It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole trusting in his foolishnesse |
| 17:13 | Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house |
| 17:14 | The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with |
| 17:15 | The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent |
| 17:16 | Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto |
| 17:17 | He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother |
| 17:18 | Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole |
| 17:19 | He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction |
| 17:20 | Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe |
| 17:21 | He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy |
| 17:22 | A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones |
| 17:23 | The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement |
| 17:24 | Wisdome shineth in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes |
| 17:25 | An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother |
| 17:26 | Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly |
| 17:27 | A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite |
| 17:28 | Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent |
Bishops Bible 1568
The Bishops' Bible was produced under the authority of the established Church of England in 1568. It was substantially revised in 1572, and the 1602 edition was prescribed as the base text for the King James Bible completed in 1611. The thorough Calvinism of the Geneva Bible offended the Church of England, to which almost all of its bishops subscribed. They associated Calvinism with Presbyterianism, which sought to replace government of the church by bishops with government by lay elders. However, they were aware that the Great Bible of 1539 , which was the only version then legally authorized for use in Anglican worship, was severely deficient, in that much of the Old Testament and Apocrypha was translated from the Latin Vulgate, rather than from the original Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek. In an attempt to replace the objectionable Geneva translation, they circulated one of their own, which became known as the Bishops' Bible.