Textus Receptus Bibles
The Great Bible 1539
| 5:1 | My sonne, geue hede vnto my wysdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence: |
| 5:2 | that thou mayest regarde good councel, and that thy lippes maye kepe knowledge |
| 5:3 | For the lyppes of an harlot are a droppyng hony combe and her throte is more glisterynge them oyle. |
| 5:4 | But at the last she is as bytter as wormwod, and as sharpe as a two edged swerde. |
| 5:5 | Her fete go downe vnto death and her steppes pearse thorowe vnto hell. |
| 5:6 | Parchaunse thou dwellynge with her wylt ponder the path of lyfe? so vnstedfast are her wayes, that thou canst not knowe them. |
| 5:7 | Heare me nowe therfore (O my sonnes) & departe not from the wordes of my mouth. |
| 5:8 | Kepe thy waye farre from her, and come not nye the dores of her house. |
| 5:9 | That thou geue not thy strength vnto other, & thy yeares to the cruell. |
| 5:10 | That other men be not fylled with thy goodes, and that thy laboures come not in a straunge house. |
| 5:11 | Yee that thou mourne not at the last (when thou hast spent thy body and lusty greane youth) |
| 5:12 | and then saye: Alas, why hated I nourtoure: why did my herte despise correccion? |
| 5:13 | Wherfore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and herkened not vnto them that infourmed me? |
| 5:14 | I am come almost into all misfortune, in the myddest of the multitude and congregacion. |
| 5:15 | Drincke of the water, of thyne awne well and of the ryuers that runne out of thyne awne springes. |
| 5:16 | Let thy welles flowe out abroade, that there may he ryuers of water in the stretes: |
| 5:17 | but let them be onely thyne awne, and not straungers with the. |
| 5:18 | Let thy well be blessed and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. |
| 5:19 | Louinge is the hynde, and frendly is the Roo: let her brestes alwaye satisfye the, and holde the euer content with her loue. |
| 5:20 | My sonne, why wylt thou haue pleasure in an harlot, & embrace the bosome, of another woman? |
| 5:21 | For euery mans wayes are open in the syght of the Lorde, and he pondreth all theyr goynges. |
| 5:22 | The wyckednesse of the vngodly shall catch hymselfe, and with the snares of hys awne synnes shall he be trapped. |
| 5:23 | He shall dye without amendement, and for hys greate folyshnesse he shall go astraye. |
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."