Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 12:1 | He that loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth correction, is a foole. |
| 12:2 | A good man getteth fauour of the Lord: but the man of wicked immaginations will hee condemne. |
| 12:3 | A man cannot be established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued. |
| 12:4 | A vertuous woman is the crowne of her husband: but she that maketh him ashamed, is as corruption in his bones. |
| 12:5 | The thoughtes of the iust are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceitfull. |
| 12:6 | The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them. |
| 12:7 | God ouerthroweth the wicked, and they are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. |
| 12:8 | A man shall be commended for his wisedome: but the froward of heart shalbe despised. |
| 12:9 | He that is despised, and is his owne seruant, is better then he that boasteth himselfe and lacketh bread. |
| 12:10 | A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the mercies of the wicked are cruell. |
| 12:11 | He that tilleth his lande, shalbe satisfied with bread: but he that followeth the idle, is destitute of vnderstanding. |
| 12:12 | The wicked desireth the net of euils: but the roote of the righteous giueth fruite. |
| 12:13 | The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie. |
| 12:14 | A man shalbe satiate with good things by the fruite of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall God giue vnto him. |
| 12:15 | The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that heareth counsell, is wise. |
| 12:16 | A foole in a day shall be knowen by his anger: but he that couereth shame, is wise. |
| 12:17 | He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite. |
| 12:18 | There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health. |
| 12:19 | The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently. |
| 12:20 | Deceite is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellers of peace shall be ioye. |
| 12:21 | There shall none iniquitie come to the iust: but the wicked are full of euill. |
| 12:22 | The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite. |
| 12:23 | A wise man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of the fooles publisheth foolishnes. |
| 12:24 | The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute. |
| 12:25 | Heauines in the heart of man doeth bring it downe: but a good worde reioyceth it. |
| 12:26 | The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked will deceiue them. |
| 12:27 | The deceitfull man rosteth not, that hee tooke in hunting: but the riches of the diligent man are precious. |
| 12:28 | Life is in the way of righteousnesse, and in that path way there is no death. |
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.