Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 22:1 | A Good name is more worth then greate rychesse, and louinge fauoure is better then siluer and golde. |
| 22:2 | The ryche and poore are together: the Lorde is the maker of them all. |
| 22:3 | A wyse man seeth the plage, and hydeth hym selfe: but the folysh go on styll and are punysshed. |
| 22:4 | The ende of lowlynes and the feare of God is ryches, honoure, prosperite, and health. |
| 22:5 | Thornes and snares are in the waye of the frowarde: but he that doeth kepe hys soule, wyll fle from soche. |
| 22:6 | Teache a chylde in hys youth what waye he shulde go: for he shall not leaue it, when he is olde. |
| 22:7 | The ryche ruleth the poore: & the borower is seruaunt to the lender. |
| 22:8 | He that soweth wyckednesse shall reape sorowe: and the rodde of hys crueltye shall peryshe. |
| 22:9 | He that hath a louynge eye shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his breed vnto the poore. |
| 22:10 | Cast out the scornefull man, and so shall stryfe go out wt hym: yee, variaunce & sclaunder shall cease. |
| 22:11 | Whoso delyteth to be of a cleane herte and of gracyous lyppes, the kynge shall be his frende. |
| 22:12 | The eyes of the Lorde preserue knowledge, but as for the wordes of the despytefull, he bringeth them to naught. |
| 22:13 | The slouthfull body sayeth: there is a lyon without, I myght be slayn in the strete. |
| 22:14 | The mouth of an harlot is a depe pyt, wherin he falleth that the Lorde is angrie wyth all. |
| 22:15 | Folyshnes stycketh in the herte of the lad, & the rodd of correccion shall dryue it awaye. |
| 22:16 | Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his awne riches, & geueth vnto the riche to please him, at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe. |
| 22:17 | My sonne, bowe downe thyne eare, and herken vnto the wordes of wysedome, applye thy mynde vnto my doctryne: |
| 22:18 | for thou shalt be excellent yf thou kepe it in thine herte, & practise it in thy mouth: |
| 22:19 | that thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde. I haue shewed the this daye the thynge the thou knowest. |
| 22:20 | Haue not I warned the very oft with councel & learnyng? |
| 22:21 | that I might shew the the truth, and that thou with the verite myghtest answere them that sende vnto the? |
| 22:22 | Se that thou robbe not the poore, because he is weake, & oppresse not the simple in iudgment: |
| 22:23 | for the Lord him selfe will defende their cause, & do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence. |
| 22:24 | Make no frendshype wt an angrye wilfull man, & kepe no company wt the furious: |
| 22:25 | lest thou learne his wayes, & receaue hurte in thy soule. |
| 22:26 | Be not thou one of them that bynde theyr hande vpon promyse, & are suertie for wayghty causes: |
| 22:27 | for yf thou hast nothyng to paye, they shall take awaye thy bed from vnder the. |
| 22:28 | Thou shalt not remoue the lande marcke, which thy fore elders haue sett. |
| 22:29 | Seest thou not, that they which be diligent in theyr busynes, stande before kynges and not amonge the symple people? |
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."