Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 11:1 | False balances are an abomination vnto the Lord: but a perfite weight pleaseth him. |
| 11:2 | When pride commeth, then commeth shame: but with the lowly is wisdome. |
| 11:3 | The vprightnes of the iust shall guide them: but the frowardnes of the transgressers shall destroy them. |
| 11:4 | Riches auaile not in the day of wrath: but righteousnes deliuereth from death. |
| 11:5 | The righteousnes of the vpright shall direct his way: but the wicked shall fall in his owne wickednes. |
| 11:6 | The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes. |
| 11:7 | When a wicked man dieth, his hope perisheth, and the hope of the vniust shall perish. |
| 11:8 | The righteous escapeth out of trouble, and the wicked shall come in his steade. |
| 11:9 | An hypocrite with his mouth hurteth his neighbour: but the righteous shall be deliuered by knowledge. |
| 11:10 | In the prosperitie of the righteous the citie reioyceth, and when the wicked perish, there is ioye. |
| 11:11 | By the blessing of the righteous, the citie is exalted: but it is subuerted by the mouth of the wicked. |
| 11:12 | He that despiseth his neighbour, is destitute of wisedome: but a man of vnderstanding will keepe silence. |
| 11:13 | Hee that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth a secret: but hee that is of a faithfull heart concealeth a matter. |
| 11:14 | Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health. |
| 11:15 | Hee shall be sore vexed, that is suretie for a stranger, and he that hateth suretiship, is sure. |
| 11:16 | A gracious woman atteineth honour, and the strong men atteine riches. |
| 11:17 | Hee that is mercifull, rewardeth his owne soule: but he that troubleth his own flesh, is cruel. |
| 11:18 | The wicked worketh a deceitful worke: but hee that soweth righteousnes, shall receiue a sure rewarde. |
| 11:19 | As righteousnes leadeth to life: so hee that followeth euill, seeketh his owne death. |
| 11:20 | They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite. |
| 11:21 | Though hande ioyne in hande, the wicked shall not be vnpunished: but the seede of the righteous shall escape. |
| 11:22 | As a iewell of golde in a swines snoute: so is a faire woman, which lacketh discretion. |
| 11:23 | The desire of the righteous is onely good: but the hope of the wicked is indignation. |
| 11:24 | There is that scattereth, and is more increased: but hee that spareth more then is right, surely commeth to pouertie. |
| 11:25 | The liberall person shall haue plentie: and he that watereth, shall also haue raine. |
| 11:26 | He that withdraweth the corne, the people will curse him: but blessing shalbe vpon the head of him that selleth corne. |
| 11:27 | He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him. |
| 11:28 | He that trusteth in his riches, shall fall: but the righteous shall florish as a leafe. |
| 11:29 | He that troubleth his owne house, shall inherite the winde, and the foole shalbe seruant to the wise in heart. |
| 11:30 | The fruite of the righteous is as a tree of life, and he that winneth soules, is wise. |
| 11:31 | Beholde, the righteous shalbe recompensed in the earth: howe much more the wicked and the sinner? |
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
The Geneva Bible is one of the most influential and historically significant translations of the Bible into English, preceding the King James translation by 51 years. It was the primary Bible of 16th century Protestantism and was the Bible used by William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, John Knox, John Donne, and John Bunyan. The language of the Geneva Bible was more forceful and vigorous and because of this, most readers strongly preferred this version at the time.
The Geneva Bible was produced by a group of English scholars who, fleeing from the reign of Queen Mary, had found refuge in Switzerland. During the reign of Queen Mary, no Bibles were printed in England, the English Bible was no longer used in churches and English Bibles already in churches were removed and burned. Mary was determined to return Britain to Roman Catholicism.
The first English Protestant to die during Mary's turbulent reign was John Rogers in 1555, who had been the editor of the Matthews Bible. At this time, hundreds of Protestants left England and headed for Geneva, a city which under the leadership of Calvin, had become the intellectual and spiritual capital of European Protestants.
One of these exiles was William Whittingham, a fellow of Christ Church at Oxford University, who had been a diplomat, a courtier, was much traveled and skilled in many languages including Greek and Hebrew. He eventually succeeded John Knox as the minister of the English congregation in Geneva. Whittingham went on to publish the 1560 Geneva Bible.
This version is significant because, it came with a variety of scriptural study guides and aids, which included verse citations that allow the reader to cross-reference one verse with numerous relevant verses in the rest of the Bible, introductions to each book of the Bible that acted to summarize all of the material that each book would cover, maps, tables, woodcut illustrations, indices, as well as other included features, all of which would eventually lead to the reputation of the Geneva Bible as history's very first study Bible.