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The Great Bible 1539
| 3:1 | My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes. |
| 3:2 | For they shall prolonge the dayes & yeres of thy lyfe, and bringe the peace. |
| 3:3 | Let mercy and faythfulnes neuer go from the: bynde them about thy necke, and wryte them in the tables of thyne herte. |
| 3:4 | So shalt thou fynde fauour & good vnderstanding, in the syght of God and men. |
| 3:5 | Put thy trust in God with all thyne herte: and leane not vnto thyne awne witte. |
| 3:6 | In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto hym: & shall order thy goynges. |
| 3:7 | Be not wyse in thyne awne conceate: but feare the Lorde, and departe from euell: |
| 3:8 | so shall thy nauell be whole, and thy bones stronge. |
| 3:9 | Honoure the Lord wt thy substaunce: and with thy firstlinges of all thyne encrease |
| 3:10 | so shall thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse: and thy presses shall flowe ouer with swete wyne. |
| 3:11 | My sonne, despyse not the chastenynge of the Lorde, nether faynte when thou art rebuked of hym. |
| 3:12 | For whom the Lorde loueth, hym he chasteneth, and yet deliteth in him, euen as a father in his awne sonne. |
| 3:13 | Well is him that findeth wysdome, and opteyneth vnderstandinge: |
| 3:14 | for the getting of it is better then any marchaundise of syluer, and the profet of it is better then golde. |
| 3:15 | Wysdome is more worth then precious stones: and all the thinges that thou canst desire are not to be compared vnto her. |
| 3:16 | Upon her ryght hande is longe lyfe, and vpon her left hande is riches and honour. |
| 3:17 | Her wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all her pathes are peaceable. |
| 3:18 | She is a tree of lyfe to them that laye hold vpon her, and blessed is he that kepeth her fast. |
| 3:19 | With wysdome hath the Lorde layed the foundacion of the erth: and thorowe vnderstandinge hath he stablyshed the heauens. |
| 3:20 | Thorowe his wisdome the deapthes breake vp, and the cloudes droppe downe the dew. |
| 3:21 | My sonne, let not these thynges departe, from thyne eyes: but kepe my lawe and my councell, |
| 3:22 | that thou mayest haue the pleasure of longe lyfe and vnderstandynge: for they shalbe lyfe vnto my soule, & grace vnto my mouth. |
| 3:23 | Then shalt thou walke safely in thy waye: and thy fote shall not stomble. |
| 3:24 | If thou slepest, thou shalt nott be afrayed: but shalt take thy rest, and slepe swetely. |
| 3:25 | Thou nedest not to be afrayed of any soden feare, nether for the vyolent russhynge in of the vngodly when it commeth. |
| 3:26 | For the Lorde shall stonde by thy syde, and kepe thy fote, that thou be not taken. |
| 3:27 | Withdrawe no good thinge from them that haue nede, so longe as thyne hand is able to do it. |
| 3:28 | Saye not vnto thy neyghboure: go thy waye, & come agayne, to morowe wyll I geue the: |
| 3:29 | where as thou haste nowe to geue hym. Intende no hurte vnto thy neyghboure, seynge he dothe dwell in reest by the. |
| 3:30 | Stryue not lyghtely with anye man without cause, where as he hathe done the no harme. |
| 3:31 | Folowe not a wicked man, and chose none of hys wayes: |
| 3:32 | for the Lorde abhorreth the frowarde: but hys councell is amonge the ryghteous. |
| 3:33 | The curse of the Lorde is in the house of the vngodly: but he blesseth the dwellynges of the ryghteous. |
| 3:34 | As for the scornefull dothe not he laugh them to scorne? but he geueth grace vnto the lowly. |
| 3:35 | The wise shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promocion that foles shall haue. |
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."