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Bishops Bible 1568
| 10:1 | A dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment, and maketh it to stinke: Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour, is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse |
| 10:2 | A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande, but a fooles heart vpon his left |
| 10:3 | A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way, yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self |
| 10:4 | If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule, be not negligent then in thine office: for he that can take cure of him selfe, auoydeth great offences |
| 10:5 | Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne, namely, the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes: in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath |
| 10:6 | in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie, and the riche are set downe beneath |
| 10:7 | I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses, and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes |
| 10:8 | But he that diggeth vp a pitte, shall fall therin hym selfe: and who so breaketh downe the hedge, a serpent shall byte hym |
| 10:9 | Who so remoueth stones, shall haue trauayle withall: and he that heweth wood, shalbe hurt therwith |
| 10:10 | When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened, it must be whet agayne, and that with might: Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence |
| 10:11 | A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing |
| 10:12 | The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe |
| 10:13 | The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse |
| 10:14 | A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym |
| 10:15 | The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them, whyle they know not howe to go into the citie |
| 10:16 | Wo be vnto thee O thou lande, whose kyng is but a chylde, and whose princes are early at their bankettes |
| 10:17 | But well is thee O thou lande, whose kyng is come of nobles, and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie, and not for lust |
| 10:18 | Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house |
| 10:19 | Meate maketh men to laugh, and wine maketh them merie: but vnto money are all thinges obedient |
| 10:20 | Wishe the king no euil in thy thought, and speake no hurt of the riche in thy priuie chaumber: for a byrde of the ayre shall betray thy voyce, and with her fethers shall she bewray thy wordes |
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.