Ephesians 5:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.

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  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde, but be ye chaunged in your shape, by ye renuing of your minde, that ye may proue what is the wyll of God, good, and acceptable, and perfect.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence ye day we hearde, haue not ceassed to pray for you, and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll, in all wisdome & spiritual vnderstandyng,
  • 1 Thess 4:1-3 : 1 Furthermore we besech you brethren, & exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus, that ye encrease more and more, as ye haue receaued of vs, how ye ought to walke and to please God. 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus. 3 For this is the wyll of God, your holynesse, that ye should abstayne from fornication:
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 In all thinges geue thankes. For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 Neuerthelesse, this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolishe, and hath not knowen me: they are the children of foolishnesse, and without any discretion: To do euyll, they haue wit inough: but to do well, they haue no wisdome.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll, he shall knowe of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speake of my selfe.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue, as much tyme as remayneth in ye fleshe, not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walke in wisdome towarde the that are without, redeemyng the tyme.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The beginning of wysdome is the feare of God: all they haue a good vnderstanding that do his commaundements, the praise of it endureth for euer.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayd: To feare the Lorde is wysdome, and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Purchase trueth, wysdome, nurture, and vnderstanding, and sell them not.
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse,
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God.
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Kepe them therfore and do them, for that is your wisdome and vnderstandyng in the syght of the people, that they may heare all these ordinaunces, and say: Surely it is a wise and vnderstandyng people, it is a great nation.
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Geue therfore thy seruaunt an vnderstanding heart to iudge thy people, that I may discerne betweene good & bad: For who is able to iudge this thy so mightie a people? 10 And this pleased the Lorde well that Solomon had desired this thing, 11 And God sayde vnto him: Thou hast not asked for thy selfe long lyfe, neither hast asked riches for thy selfe, nor hast asked the lyfe of thy enemies, but hast asked for thy selfe vnderstanding & discretion in iudgement: 12 Behold, I haue done according to thy wordes, lo I haue geuen thee a wyse & an vnderstanding heart, so that there was none lyke thee before thee, neither after thee shal any aryse lyke vnto thee.
  • Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes: and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes.

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    19Quenche not the spirite.