Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599
| 13:1 | A wise sonne will obey the instruction of his father: but a scorner will heare no rebuke. |
| 13:2 | A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence. |
| 13:3 | Hee that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him. |
| 13:4 | The sluggard lusteth, but his soule hath nought: but the soule of the diligent shall haue plentie. |
| 13:5 | A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame. |
| 13:6 | Righteousnesse preserueth the vpright of life: but wickednes ouerthroweth the sinner. |
| 13:7 | There is that maketh himselfe riche, and hath nothing, and that maketh himselfe poore, hauing great riches. |
| 13:8 | A man will giue his riches for the ransome of his life: but the poore cannot heare ye reproch. |
| 13:9 | The light of the righteous reioyceth: but the candle of the wicked shall be put out. |
| 13:10 | Onely by pride doeth man make contention: but with the well aduised is wisdome. |
| 13:11 | The riches of vanitie shall diminish: but he that gathereth with the hand, shall increase them. |
| 13:12 | The hope that is deferred, is the fainting of the heart: but when the desire commeth, it is as a tree of life. |
| 13:13 | He that despiseth the worde, hee shall be destroyed: but hee that feareth the commandement he shalbe rewarded. |
| 13:14 | The instruction of a wise man is as the welspring of life, to turne away from the snares of death. |
| 13:15 | Good vnderstanding maketh acceptable: but the way of the disobedient is hated. |
| 13:16 | Euery wise man will worke by knowledge: but a foole will spread abroade folly. |
| 13:17 | A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation. |
| 13:18 | Pouertie and shame is to him that refuseth instruction: but hee that regardeth correction, shalbe honoured. |
| 13:19 | A desire accomplished deliteth ye soule: but it is an abomination to fooles to depart from euil. |
| 13:20 | He that walketh with the wise, shalbe wise: but a companion of fooles shalbe afflicted. |
| 13:21 | Affliction followeth sinners: but vnto the righteous God will recompense good. |
| 13:22 | The good man shall giue inheritance vnto his childrens children: and the riches of the sinner is layde vp for the iust. |
| 13:23 | Much foode is in the fielde of the poore: but the fielde is destroyed without discretion. |
| 13:24 | He that spareth his rodde, hateth his sonne: but he that loueth him, chasteneth him betime. |
| 13:25 | The righteous eateth to the contentation of his minde: but the belly of the wicked shall want. |
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.