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The Great Bible 1539
| 18:1 | He accompanieth hym selfe with all steadfast & helth some doctryne, that hath a feruent desyre to it and is sequestrate from companye. |
| 18:2 | A foole hath no delyte in vnderstandinge, but onely in those thinges wherin his herte reioyseth. |
| 18:3 | When the vngodly commeth, them commeth also dysdayne, and with the dishonest person commeth shame and dishonour. |
| 18:4 | The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke depe waters, and the well of wysdome is lyke a full streame. |
| 18:5 | It is not good to regarde the personne of the vngodly, or to put backe the ryghteous in iudgement. |
| 18:6 | A fooles lyppes are euer brawelynge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto battayll. |
| 18:7 | A fooles mouth is hys awne destruccyon, and hys lyppes are the snare for hys awne soule |
| 18:8 | The wordes of a sclaunderer are very woundes, and go thorowe vnto the ynmost partes of the body. |
| 18:9 | Who so is slouthfull and slacke in hys laboure, is the brother of him that is a waster. |
| 18:10 | The name of the Lord is a stronge castell, the ryghteous flyeth vnto it, and is in saue garde. |
| 18:11 | But the ryche mans goodes are his stronge holde, ye he taketh them for an hye wall rounde aboute him. |
| 18:12 | After pryde commeth destruccyon, and honour after lowlynes. |
| 18:13 | He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, is a foole, and worthy to be confounded. |
| 18:14 | A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mans disease, but when the sprete is vexed, who maye byde it? |
| 18:15 | A wyse herte laboureth for knowledge and a prudent eare seketh vnderstandynge. |
| 18:16 | Lyberalite bryngeth a man to honoure and worshyppe, and setteth him amonge great men. |
| 18:17 | The righteous declareth his awne cause first him selfe, yf his neyghbour come, he shall finde him. |
| 18:18 | The lott pacifyeth the variaunce, & parteth the myghtye a sunder. |
| 18:19 | A brother though he be greued wt offence, yet is he more worth then a very stronge castell: and they that holde together are lyke the barre of a palace. |
| 18:20 | A mans bely shalbe satisfyed wt the frute of his awne mouth, and with the increase of hys lyppes shall he be fylled. |
| 18:21 | Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tonge: and they that loue it, shall enioye the frute therof. |
| 18:22 | Who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thynge, and receaueth an wholsome benefyte of the Lorde. |
| 18:23 | The poore maketh supplicacyon & praieth mekely: but the riche geueth a rough answere. |
| 18:24 | A man that loueth his frendes wyll be compinable with them: and some frende sticketh faster to a man then his brother. |
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."