Proverbs 1:4

Bishops' Bible (1568)

To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.

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  • Prov 8:5 : 5 Take heede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunt, be ye wise in heart O ye fooles.
  • Prov 8:12 : 12 I wysdome dwell with counsell, and finde out knowledge and vnderstanding.
  • Prov 8:17 : 17 I am louing vnto those that loue me: and they that seeke me early, shall finde me.
  • Prov 8:32 : 32 Therefore hearken vnto me: O ye chyldren, blessed are they that kepe my wayes.
  • Prov 9:4-6 : 4 Who so is without knowledge, let him come hither: And to the vnwise she said, 5 O come on your way, eate my bread, and drinke my wine whiche I haue powred out for you. 6 Forsake foolishnes, and ye shall lyue: and see that ye go in the way of vnderstandyng.
  • Eccl 11:9-12:1 : 9 Be glad then (O thou young man) in thy youth, and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes, folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart, and the lust of thyne eyes, but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges. 10 Put away displeasure out of thine heart, and remoue euill from thy body: for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie. 1 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth, or euer the dayes of aduersitie come, and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say, I haue not pleasure in them:
  • Isa 35:8 : 8 There shalbe foote pathes & common streetes, this shalbe called the holy way: no vncleane person shall go through it, for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way, and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghteousnesse, fayth, loue, peace, with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart.
  • Titus 2:6 : 6 Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.
  • Ps 19:7 : 7 The lawe of God is perfect, conuerting the soule: the testimonie of God is sure, and geueth wisdome vnto the simple.
  • Ps 34:11 : 11 Come ye chyldren and hearken vnto me: I will teache you the feare of God.
  • Ps 119:9 : 9 Beth Wherby shall a young man refourme his way: euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde.
  • Ps 119:130 : 130 The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple.
  • Prov 1:22-23 : 22 O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge? 23 O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
  • Prov 2:10-11 : 10 When wisdome entreth into thine heart, and thy soule deliteth in knowledge: 11 Then shall counsayle preserue thee, and vnderstandyng shall kepe thee,
  • Prov 3:21 : 21 My sonne, let not these thinges depart from thyne eyes, but kepe wysdome and vnderstanding:
  • Prov 7:7-9 : 7 And behelde among the simple people and among the chyldren a young man voyde of wyt, 8 Goyng ouer the streate by the corner in the way towarde her house 9 In the twylight of the euening, when it began nowe to be night and darke: 10 And behold there met hym a woman with open tokens of an harlot, onlye her heart was hid: 11 She was full of loude wordes and redye to dallie, whose feete coulde not abide in the house: 12 Nowe is she without, nowe in the streates, and lyeth in wayte at euery corner. 13 She caught hym and kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying: 14 I had a vowe of peace offeringes to pay, and this day I perfourme it: 15 Therefore came I foorth to meete thee, that I might seeke thy face, and so haue I founde thee. 16 I haue deckt my bed with coueringes of tapessarie, and clothes of Egypt. 17 My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre, Aloes, and Cinamon. 18 Come let vs take our fill of loue vntyll the morning, and let vs solace our selues with the pleasures of loue. 19 For the good man is not at home, he is gone farre of. 20 He hath taken the bagge of money with hym, and wyll returne at the appointed solempne feast. 21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym. 22 Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished, 23 So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon. 24 Heare me now therfore O my chylde, and marke the wordes of my mouth:

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    5The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto wise counsayles.

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    7The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.

  • Prov 1:2-3
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    2To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,

    3To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:

  • Prov 2:9-11
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    9Then shalt thou vnderstande righteousnesse, and iudgement, and equitie, yea and euery good path.

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  • Prov 14:18
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  • Prov 2:5-6
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  • Prov 16:21-23
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    21Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

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  • Prov 9:9-10
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    9Geue a discrete man but an occasion, and he wyll be the wyser: teache a righteous man, and he wyll encrease in knowledge.

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  • Prov 2:1-2
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    1My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee,

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  • Prov 5:1-2
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    1My sonne geue heede vnto my wisdome, and bowe thyne eare vnto my prudence:

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    8The wisdome of the circumspect man, is to vnderstande his way: but the foolishnesse of the vnwise, deceaueth.

  • Prov 9:16
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    16Who so is ignoraunt sayeth she let hym come hyther: and to the vnwyse she saith,

  • Prov 4:7
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  • Prov 8:12
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  • Prov 19:25
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    25If thou smytest a scornefull person, the ignoraunt shall take better heede: and if thou reprouest one that hath vnderstanding, he wyll be the wyser.

  • Prov 3:13
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    13Well is hym that findeth wysdome, and getteth vnderstandyng:

  • Prov 1:32
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    32For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.

  • Prov 14:33
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  • Ps 119:130
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    130The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate: geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple.

  • Isa 28:26
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    26God wyll instruct hym to haue discretion, euen his God wyll teache hym.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Prov 13:16
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    16A wise man doth all thynges with discretion: but a foole wyll declare his follie.

  • Prov 21:11
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    11When the scornefull is punished, the ignoraunt take the better heede: and when the wyse is instructed, he wyll receaue vnderstanding.

  • Job 34:2
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    2Heare my wordes O ye wise men, hearken vnto me ye that haue vnderstanding:

  • Job 12:12
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  • Prov 3:21
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  • Prov 12:23
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    23A discrete man doth hyde knowledge: but the heart of fooles blabbeth out foolishnesse.

  • Dan 1:17
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    17As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge and vnderstanding in all learning & wysdome: also he gaue Daniel vnderstanding of all visions and dreames.

  • Prov 22:3
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    3A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.