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The Great Bible 1539
| 15:1 | A Softe answere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger. |
| 15:2 | The tonge of suche as be wyse, vseth knowledge a right, as for a folysh mouth it blabbeth out nothyng, but folyshnesse. |
| 15:3 | The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, beholdyng both the good & badd |
| 15:4 | A wholsome tonge is a tree of lyfe, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde. |
| 15:5 | A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandinge. |
| 15:6 | The house of the ryghteous is full of ryches, but the increase of the vngodly are nye destruccion. |
| 15:7 | A wyse mouth poureth oute knowledge but the herte of the folysh doth not so. |
| 15:8 | The Lord abhorreth the sacrifyce of the vngodly, but the prayer of the ryghteous is acceptable vnto hym. |
| 15:9 | The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacyon vnto the Lord: but whoso foloweth ryghteousnesse, hym he loueth. |
| 15:10 | He that forsaketh the ryght strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, shall dye. |
| 15:11 | The hell with her payne is knowen vnto the Lorde, howe moche more then the hertes of men? |
| 15:12 | A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym nether will he come vnto the wyse. |
| 15:13 | A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an heuy herte compelleth a man to syght. |
| 15:14 | The hert of hym that hath vnderstandyng, doth seke after knowledge, but the mouth of fooles is fedd with foolyshnesse. |
| 15:15 | All the dayes of the poore are myserable, but a quyete hert is as a continual feast. |
| 15:16 | Better is a lytle with the feare of the Lorde, then greate treasure with sorowe. |
| 15:17 | Better is a measse of potage with loue, then a fat oxe with euell will. |
| 15:18 | An angrye man stereth vp stryfe, but he that is pacient, stylleth discorde. |
| 15:19 | The waye of a slouthfull man, is as it were hedged with thornes, but the strete of the ryghteous is well clensed. |
| 15:20 | A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother. |
| 15:21 | A foole reioyseth in foolyshe thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his awne goynges. |
| 15:22 | Unaduysed thoughtes shall come to naught, but where as men are that canne geue councell, there is stedfastnesse. |
| 15:23 | A ioyfull thynge is it, to a man when his counsell is folowed: and very pleasunt is a worde spoken in due season. |
| 15:24 | The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shulde beware of hell beneth. |
| 15:25 | The Lorde will breake downe the house of the proude, but he shall make fast the borders of the widdowe. |
| 15:26 | The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacyons of the wycked, but pure wordes of innocentes are pleasaunt vnto hym. |
| 15:27 | The couetous man roteth vp hys awne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shall lyue. |
| 15:28 | The herte of the ryghtuouse studieth his answere afore. but the wycked mans mouthe spueth out myschefe. |
| 15:29 | The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous. |
| 15:30 | Lyke as the clearnesse of the eyes reioyseth the herte, so doth a good name fede the bones. |
| 15:31 | The eare that harkeneth to the refourmacyon of lyfe, shall dwell amonge the wyse. |
| 15:32 | He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth hys awne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse. |
| 15:33 | The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wysdome, and lowlynes goeth before honoure. |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."