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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 2:1 | My sonne, if thou wilt receyue my wordes, & kepe my commaundementes by the, |
| 2:2 | that thyne eare may herken vnto wisdome, applie thyne hert then to vnderstanding. |
| 2:3 | For if thou cryest after wysdome, & callest for knowledge: |
| 2:4 | if thou sekest after her as after money, & dyggest for her as for treasure: |
| 2:5 | then shalt thou vnderstande the feare of the Lord, & fynde the knowlege of God. |
| 2:6 | For it is the Lord that geueth wysdome, out of hys mouth commeth knowlege & vnderstandyng. |
| 2:7 | He preserueth the welfare of the righteous, & defendeth them that walke innocently: |
| 2:8 | he kepeth them in the right path, & preserueth the waye of his saynctes. |
| 2:9 | Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, iudgement and equite, yea, & euery good path. |
| 2:10 | If wisdome entre into thyne hert, and thy soule delyte in knowlege: |
| 2:11 | then shall counsayl preserue the, & vnderstanding shall kepe the. |
| 2:12 | That thou mayest be delyuered from the euell waye, & from the man that speaketh frowarde thinges |
| 2:13 | From suche as leaue the hye strete, & walke in the wayes of darkenesse: |
| 2:14 | whiche reioyse in doinge euel, and delite in wicked thinges: |
| 2:15 | whose wayes are croked, and their pathes sclaunderous. |
| 2:16 | That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, & frome her that is not thyne owne: whiche geueth swete woordes, |
| 2:17 | forsaketh the housbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. |
| 2:18 | For her house is enclined vnto death, & her pathes vnto hel. |
| 2:19 | Al thei that go in vnto her, come not agayn, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe. |
| 2:20 | That thou mayest walke in the good way, & kepe the pathes of the righteous. |
| 2:21 | For the iust shal dwell in the lande, & the innocentes shall remayne in it: |
| 2:22 | but the vngodly shalbe roted oute of the lande, and the wicked doers shalbe taken out of it. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.