Textus Receptus Bibles
King James Bible 1611
| 12:1 | Whoso loueth instruction, loueth knowledge: but he that hateth reproofe, is brutish. |
| 12:2 | A good man obtaineth fauour of the Lord: but a man of wicked deuices will he condemne. |
| 12:3 | A man shall not bee established by wickednesse: but the roote of the righteous shall not be mooued. |
| 12:4 | A vertuous woman is a crowne to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed, is as rottennesse in his bones. |
| 12:5 | The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. |
| 12:6 | The words of the wicked are to lie in waite for blood: but the mouth of the vpright shall deliuer them. |
| 12:7 | The wicked are ouerthrowen, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. |
| 12:8 | A man shall be commended according to his wisedome: but hee that is of a peruerse heart, shall be despised. |
| 12:9 | Hee that is despised and hath a seruant, is better then he that honoureth himselfe, and lacketh bread. |
| 12:10 | A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruell. |
| 12:11 | Hee that tilleth his land, shall bee satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vaine persons, is void of vnderstanding. |
| 12:12 | The wicked desireth the net of euill men: but the roote of the righteous yeeldeth fruit. |
| 12:13 | The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lippes: but the iust shall come out of trouble. |
| 12:14 | A man shall bee satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompence of a mans hands shall bee rendred vnto him. |
| 12:15 | The way of a foole is right in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsell, is wise. |
| 12:16 | A fooles wrath is presently knowen: but a prudent man couereth shame. |
| 12:17 | He that speaketh trueth, sheweth foorth righteousnesse: but a false witnesse, deceit. |
| 12:18 | There is that speaketh like the pearcings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. |
| 12:19 | The lippe of trueth shall bee established for euer: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
| 12:20 | Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine euill: but to the counsellours of peace, is ioy. |
| 12:21 | There shall no euill happen to the iust: but the wicked shall bee filled with mischiefe. |
| 12:22 | Lying lippes are abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely, are his delight. |
| 12:23 | A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fooles proclaimeth foolishnesse. |
| 12:24 | The hand of the diligent shall beare rule: but the slouthfull shall bee vnder tribute. |
| 12:25 | Heauinesse in the heart of man maketh it stoope: but a good word maketh it glad. |
| 12:26 | The righteous is more excellent then his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. |
| 12:27 | The slouthfull man rosteth not that which he tooke in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. |
| 12:28 | In the way of righteousnesse is life, and in the path-way thereof there is no death. |
King James Bible 1611
The commissioning of the King James Bible took place at a conference at the Hampton Court Palace in London England in 1604. When King James came to the throne he wanted unity and stability in the church and state, but was well aware that the diversity of his constituents had to be considered. There were the Papists who longed for the English church to return to the Roman Catholic fold and the Latin Vulgate. There were Puritans, loyal to the crown but wanting even more distance from Rome. The Puritans used the Geneva Bible which contained footnotes that the king regarded as seditious. The Traditionalists made up of Bishops of the Anglican Church wanted to retain the Bishops Bible.
The king commissioned a new English translation to be made by over fifty scholars representing the Puritans and Traditionalists. They took into consideration: the Tyndale New Testament, the Matthews Bible, the Great Bible and the Geneva Bible. The great revision of the Bible had begun. From 1605 to 1606 the scholars engaged in private research. From 1607 to 1609 the work was assembled. In 1610 the work went to press, and in 1611 the first of the huge (16 inch tall) pulpit folios known today as "The 1611 King James Bible" came off the printing press.