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The Great Bible 1539
| 17:1 | Better is a drye morsell wyth quyetnesse, then a house full of fatt offringe with stryfe. |
| 17:2 | A discrete seruaunt shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysdome, and shall haue lyke heritage with the brethren. |
| 17:3 | Lyke as syluer is tryed in the fyre, and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes. |
| 17:4 | A wycked body gyueth audience to false lyppes, & a frowarde personne geueth eare to a disceatfull tonge. |
| 17:5 | Who so laugheth the poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad of another mans hurte, shall not be vnpunyshed. |
| 17:6 | Chylders chyldren are a worshyppe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honoure of the chyldren. |
| 17:7 | Speach of auctorytie becommeth not a foole, moche lesse a lyinge mouth then besemeth a prince. |
| 17:8 | A rewarde is as a precious stone vnto him that hath it: but vnto whomsoeuer it turneth it maketh him vnwise. |
| 17:9 | Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he that discloseth the faute, setteth the prynce agaynst him selfe. |
| 17:10 | One reprofe onely doth more good to hym that hath vnderstandynge, then an .C. strypes vnto a foole. |
| 17:11 | A sedycious personne seketh myschefe, & therfore is a cruell messaunger sent agaynst him. |
| 17:12 | It were better to come agaynst a she Beare robbed of her whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes. |
| 17:13 | Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shall not departe from his house. |
| 17:14 | The beginninge of stryfe is as when a man maketh an Issue for water, therfore or the metynge be leaue of contencyon. |
| 17:15 | The Lorde hateth as well him that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent. |
| 17:16 | What helpeth it to geue a foole treasure in hys hande, where as he hath no mynde to bye wysdome? |
| 17:17 | He is a frende that all waye loueth, and in aduersyte a man shall knowe who is hys brother. |
| 17:18 | Who so promyseth by the hande, and is suertye for his neyghboure, he is a foole. |
| 17:19 | He that delyteth in synne loueth stryfe: and who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall. |
| 17:20 | Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he that hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shall fall into myschefe. |
| 17:21 | He that begettith a fole begettith his sorowe, & the father of a foole can haue no ioye. |
| 17:22 | A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mynde dryeth vp the bones. |
| 17:23 | The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wreste the wayes of iudgement. |
| 17:24 | Wysdome shyneth in the face of him that hath vnderstandynge, but the eyes of fooles wandre thorowe out all landes. |
| 17:25 | An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto hys father, and an heuynesse vnto hys mother. |
| 17:26 | To punyshe the innocent, and to smite the prynces that geue true iudgement, are both euell. |
| 17:27 | A wyse man, vseth fewe wordes, and he is a man of vnderstandynge, that maketh moch of hys sprete. |
| 17:28 | Yee a very foole (when he holdeth hys tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstandynge, when he shutteth hys lyppes. |
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."