Verse 8

Better is it to consider the ende of a thing then the beginning: The pacient of spirite, is better then the hye minded.

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 14:29 : 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding: but he that is soone displeased, exalteth foolishnesse.
  • Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue neede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wyll of God, ye myght receaue the promise.
  • Jas 5:8 : 8 Be ye also patient therfore, and settle your heartes, for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye.
  • 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the reuelation of Iesus Christe:
  • Luke 21:19 : 19 Possesse ye your soule by patience.
  • Rom 2:7-8 : 7 To them, whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie, and honour, and immortalitie, eternall lyfe. 8 But vnto them that are contentious, & that do not obey the trueth, but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation, and wrath.
  • Prov 16:32 : 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.
  • Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shalbe well fed.
  • Isa 10:24-25 : 24 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God of hoastes: Thou my people that dwellest in Sion, be not afraide for the king of the Assirians: he shall smyte thee with a rod, and shall lyft vp his staffe against thee, as the Egyptians dyd sometime. 25 But very soone after shall my wrath and indignation be fulfilled in the destruction of them:
  • Isa 10:28-34 : 28 He shal come to Aiath, and go thorow towarde Migron, at Michmas shall he lay vp his harnesse. 29 They shall go ouer the foorde, Geba shalbe their resting place, Rhama shalbe afraide, Gibea Saul shall flee away. 30 Lift vp thy voyce O daughter Gallim, geue eare to Laisa thou poore Anathoth. 31 Madmena shall tremble for feare, but the citizens of Gabim are manly. 32 Yet shall he remaine at Nob that day: after that shall he lyft vp his hande against the mount of the daughter Sion the hyll of Hierusalem. 33 But see, the Lord God of hoastes shall breake downe the bough with feare, he shall hewe downe the proude, and fell the high minded. 34 The thickets also of the wood shall he roote out with iron, and Libanus shall haue a fall thorowe the mightie.
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham sayde: Sonne, remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme, receauedst thy pleasure, and lykewyse Lazarus paynes: But nowe is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
  • Prov 15:18 : 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife: but he that is patient stylleth discorde.
  • Ps 126:5-6 : 5 They that sowe in teares: shall reape in ioy. 6 He that goeth foorth on his way, and wepyng beareth pretious seede: shall doubtlesse returning, come againe with a ioyfull noyse, bryngyng his sheaues with hym.
  • Prov 13:10 : 10 Among the proude there is euer strife: but with the well aduised is wisdome.
  • Gal 5:22 : 22 But the fruite of the spirite is, loue, ioye, peace, long sufferyng, gentlenesse, goodnesse, fayth,
  • Eph 4:2 : 2 With all lowlynesse & mekenesse, with long sufferyng, forbearyng one another in loue.
  • 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For what prayse is it, yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes, ye take it paciently? But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong, & take it paciently, then is there thanke with God. 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called, for Christe also suffered for vs, leauyng vs an ensample, that ye should folowe his steppes.
  • 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewise ye younger, submit your selues vnto the elder: Submit your selues euery man one to another, decke your selues inwardly in lowlynes of mynde: For God resisteth the proude, and geueth grace to the humble. 6 Submit your selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he may exalt you when the tyme is come.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Beholde, we count the happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made: For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull.