Textus Receptus Bibles
Bishops Bible 1568
| 9:1 | Wysdome hath buylded her house, and hewen out seuen pillers |
| 9:2 | She hath kylled her victuals, powred out her wine, and prepared her table |
| 9:3 | She hath sent foorth her maydens to crye vpon the highest place of the citie |
| 9:4 | Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said |
| 9:5 | O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you |
| 9:6 | Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng |
| 9:7 | Whoso reproueth a scornefull person, getteth him selfe dishonour: and he that rebuketh the vngodly, stayneth hym selfe |
| 9:8 | Reproue not a scorner, lest he owe thee euyll will: but rebuke a wyse man, and he wyll loue thee |
| 9:9 | Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge |
| 9:10 | The feare of the Lorde is the beginning of wisdome: and the knowledge of holy thinges, is vnderstanding |
| 9:11 | For thorowe me thy dayes shalbe prolonged, and the yeres of thy life shall be many |
| 9:12 | If thou be wise, thy wysdome shal do thy selfe good: but if thou thinkest scorne therof, it shalbe thine owne harme |
| 9:13 | A foolishe retchlesse woman full of wordes, and suche a one as hath no knowledge |
| 9:14 | Sitteth at the doore of her house, and in the hye places of the citie |
| 9:15 | To call such as go by, and that walke straight in their wayes |
| 9:16 | Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith |
| 9:17 | Stolen waters are sweete, & the bread that is priuily eaten, hath a good taste |
| 9:18 | And he doth not consider that they are but dead whiche be there, and that her ghestes are in the deepe of hell |
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.