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The Bishops' Bible (1568)
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The Gospel of James
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[1]A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde [No book]
[2]A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes [No book]
[3]Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper [No book]
[4]The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath [No book]
[5]The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished [No book]
[6]With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed [No book]
[7]When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes [No book]
[8]Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten [No book]
[9]A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges [No book]
[10]When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement [No book]
[11]A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke [No book]
[12]Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse [No book]
[13]Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue [No book]
[14]The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym [No book]
[15]The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne [No book]
[16]To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer [No book]
[17]The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule [No book]
[18]Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall [No book]
[19]Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude [No book]
[20]He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde [No book]
[21]Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng [No book]
[22]Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse [No book]
[23]A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes [No book]
[24]Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones [No book]
[25]There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death [No book]
[26]A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto [No book]
[27]An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre [No book]
[28]A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes [No book]
[29]A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good [No book]
[30]He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe [No book]
[31]Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse [No book]
[32]A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie [No book]
[33]The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde [No book]
Source: studybible.org
Translation: M.R. James (1924)
Source: www.earlychristianwritings.com
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