Job 31:9

Bishops' Bible (1568)

If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman, or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore:

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  • Eccl 7:26 : 26 And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.
  • Jer 5:8 : 8 In the desire of vncleanly lust they are become lyke the stoned horse, euery man neyeth at his neighbours wife.
  • Hos 7:4 : 4 All these burne in adulterie, as it were an ouen that the baker heateth when he hath left kneading, tyll the dowe be leauened.
  • Prov 6:25 : 25 Lust not after her beautie in thyne heart, lest thou be taken with her fayre lokes.
  • Prov 7:21 : 21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym.
  • Prov 22:14 : 14 The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall.
  • Judg 16:5 : 5 Unto whom came the lordes of the Philistines, and sayde vnto her: Perswade him, and see wherin his great strength lyeth, and by what meanes we may ouercome him, that we may bynde him, and punishe hym: and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges.
  • 1 Kgs 11:4 : 4 For it came to passe when Solomon was olde, his wyues turned his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of Dauid his father.
  • Neh 13:26 : 26 Dyd not Solomon the king of Israel sinne by these thinges? and yet among many heathen was there no king like him, which was deare vnto his God, & God made hym king ouer all Israel: and yet neuerthelesse outlandishe women caused him to sinne.
  • Job 24:15-16 : 15 The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse, & sayth, There shall no eye see me: and disguiseth his face. 16 In the darke they digge through houses, whiche they marked for them selues in the day time: they knowe not the light.
  • Prov 2:16-19 : 16 That thou mayest be deliuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne, which geueth sweete wordes, 17 Forsaketh the husbande of her youth, & forgetteth the couenaunt of her God. 18 For her house is enclined vnto death, and her pathes vnto hell. 19 All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, neither take they holde of the way of lyfe.
  • Prov 5:3-9 : 3 For the lippes of a straunge woman are a dropping hony combe, and her throte is more glistering then oyle: 4 But at the laste she is as bitter as wormewood, and as sharpe as a two edged sworde. 5 Her feete go downe vnto death, and her steppes pearce thorowe vnto hell. 6 Perchaunce thou wylt ponder the path of her lyfe: so vnstedfast are her wayes that thou canst not know them. 7 Heare me nowe therefore O ye chyldren, and depart not from the wordes of my mouth. 8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house. 9 That thou geue not thy honour vnto other, and thy yeres to the cruell: 10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house. 11 Yea, that thou mourne not at the last, when thou hast spent thy bodye and lustie youth, and then say: 12 Alas, why hated I nurture? why did my heart dispise correction? 13 Wherefore was not I obedient vnto the voyce of my teachers, and hearkened not vnto them that enfourmed me? 14 I was come almost into all misfortune, in the middest of the multitude and congregation. 15 Drinke of the water of thyne owne well, and of the riuers that runne out of thyne owne spring. 16 Let thy welles flowe out abrode, that there may be riuers of waters in the streates: 17 But let them be onlye thyne owne, and not straungers with thee. 18 Let thy well be blessed, and be glad with the wyfe of thy youth. 19 Let her be as the louyng Hinde and pleasaunt Roe: let her breastes alway satisfie thee, and holde thee euer content with her loue. 20 Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger? 21 For euery mans wayes are open in the sight of the Lord, and he pondereth all their goynges. 22 The wickednes of the vngodly shall catche him selfe, and with the snares of his owne sinne shall he be trapped. 23 He shall dye without amendement, and for his great foolishnes he shall go astray.

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    10Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man, and let other men lye with her.

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    25Haue I reioyced because my power was great, and because my hande gat so much?

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    27Hath my heart medled priuyly with any disceite? or did I euer kisse myne owne hande?

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    5If I haue walked in vanitie, or if my feete haue runne to disceaue:

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    7If my steppe hath turned out of the way, & myne heart walked after myne eyes, and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes:

    8Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out.

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    33Haue I kept secrete my sinne, and hyd myne iniquitie, as Adam dyd?

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    29Euen so, whosoeuer goeth in to his neyghbours wife and toucheth her, can not be vngiltie.

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    24That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.

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    26By an harlot a man is brought to beg his bread, and a woman wyll hunte for the pretious life of man.

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    16If I denied the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayte in vayne:

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    8Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

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    20If his loynes haue not blessed me, because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe:

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    38But if case be that my lande crye against me, or that the forowes thereof make any complaynt:

    39If I haue eaten the fruites therof vnpayed for, yea if I haue greeued the soules of the maisters therof:

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    26And I founde that a woman is bitterer then death, the whiche hath cast abrode her heart as a net that men fishe with, and her handes are chaynes: Who so pleaseth God shall escape from her, but the sinner wyll be taken with her.

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    29Haue I euer reioyced at the hurt of myne enemie? or was I euer glad that any harme happened vnto him? Oh, no.

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    12Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them: If any mans wyfe go aside, and trespasse agaynst hym,

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    32But as a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, and taketh other in steede of her husbande.

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    33Thyne eyes shall beholde straunge women, and thyne heart shall vtter lewde thinges:

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    12Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner.

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    20But and if thou hast gone aside from thyne husbande, and art defiled, and some man hath lyen with thee beside thyne husbande:

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    8Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house

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    20Why wylt thou my sonne haue pleasure in a straunge woman, and embrace the bosome of a straunger?

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    25Let not thyne heart wander in her wayes, and be not thou deceaued in her pathes.

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    51Mine eyes breaketh my heart, because of all the daughters of my citie.

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    10And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid:

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    29This is the lawe of gelousie, when a wyfe goeth aside from her husbande, and is defiled:

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    3O God my Lord, if I haue done any such thing: or if there be any wickednesse in my handes.

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    20Such is the way also of a wyfe that breaketh wedlocke, which wypeth her mouth lyke as when she hath eaten, and sayth, as for me I haue done no wickednesse.

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    11The heart of her husbande may safely trust in her, so that he shall fall into no pouertie.

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    14And lay shamefull thynges vnto her charge, and bryng vp an euyll name vpon her, and say, I toke this wyfe, and when I came to her I founde her not a mayde:

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    15If I shoulde say that I woulde iudge after this sort: lo then I shoulde condempne the generation of thy children.

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    16If a man entice a mayde that is not betrouthed, and lye with her, he shall endowe her, and take her to his wyfe.

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    5Let no man beleeue his friende, nor put his confidence in his brother: kepe the doore of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

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    2Woulde God that I had a cottage somewhere farre from folke, that I might leaue my people and go from them, for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort.