Proverbs 17:2

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren.

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  • Prov 10:5 : 5 Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion.
  • Prov 19:26 : 26 He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.
  • Eccl 4:13 : 13 A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.
  • Gen 24:4-9 : 4 But thou shalt go vnto my countrey, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne Isahac. 5 But the seruaunt sayd vnto hym: peraduenture the woman wyll not agree to come with me vnto this lande, shall I bryng thy sonne againe vnto the land whiche thou cammest out of? 6 To whom Abraham aunswered: beware that thou bring not my sonne thyther agayne. 7 The Lorde God of heauen whiche toke me from my fathers house, & from the land of my kinred, and which spake vnto me, and that sware vnto me, saying, vnto thy seede wyll I geue this lande: he shall sende his angell before thee, and thou shalt take a wyfe vnto my sonne from thence. 8 Neuerthelesse, if the woman wyl not folowe thee, then shalt thou be cleare from this my othe: onlye bring not my sonne thyther agayne. 9 And the seruaunt put his hand vnder the thigh of Abraham his maister, and sware to hym as concernyng yt matter. 10 And the seruaunt toke ten Camelles of the Camelles of his maister, & departed (& had of al maner of goods of his maister with him) and so he arose & went to Mesopotamia, vnto ye citie of Nachor. 11 And made his Camelles to lye downe without the citie by a welles side of water at euen, about the time that women come out to drawe water. 12 And he saide: Lord God of my maister Abraham, I pray thee sende me good speede this day, and shewe mercy vnto my maister Abraham. 13 Lo, I stande here by the well of water, and the daughters of the me of this citie come out to drawe water: 14 Nowe let the damsel to whom I say, stoupe downe thy pitcher I pray thee, that I may drinke: If she say also, drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also: let the same be she that thou hast ordeyned for thy seruaunt Isahac, and thereby shall I knowe that thou hast shewed mercy on my maister. 15 And it came to passe yer he had lefte speakyng, beholde, Rebecca came out, the daughter of Bethuel, sonne to Milcha, the wyfe of Nachor Abrahams brother, and her pytcher vpon her shoulder: 16 The damsel was very fayre to looke vpon, and yet a mayde, and vnknowen of man: and she went downe to the wel, and filled her pitcher, and came vp. 17 And the seruaunt runnyng to meete her, sayde: let me I pray thee drinke a litle water of thy pitcher. 18 And she sayd: drinke my Lorde. And she hasted, and let downe her pytcher vpon her arme, and gaue him drinke. 19 And when she had geuen him drinke, she sayde: I wyll drawe water for thy Camelles also, vntyl they haue dronke ynough. 20 And she poured out her pytcher into the trough hastyly, and ranne agayne vnto the well to draw water and drew for all his Camelles. 21 And the man wondred at her, but held his peace, to witte whether the Lorde had made his iourney prosperous, or not. 22 And as the Camelles had left drinking, the man tooke a golden earring of halfe a sickle wayght, and two bracelettes for her handes, of ten sickles wayght of golde, 23 And sayde: whose daughter art thou? tell me I pray thee: is there rowme in thy fathers house for vs to lodge in? 24 She aunswered hym: I am the daughter of Bethuel the sonne of Milcha whiche she bare vnto Nachor. 25 And said moreouer vnto him, we haue litter and prouender ynough, and also rowme to lodge in. 26 And the man bowed hymselfe, and worshipped the Lorde, 27 And sayde: blessed be the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche hath not left destitute my maister of his mercye and trueth: for when I was on my iourney, the Lorde brought me to my maisters brothers house. 28 And the damsell ranne, and told them of her mothers house these thinges. 29 And Rebecca had a brother called Laban: and he ranne out vnto the man, euen to the well. 30 For assoone as he had seene the earerynges, and the bracelettes in his sisters hande, and hearde the wordes of Rebecca his sister, saying, thus sayde the man vnto me: he went out vnto the man, and lo, he stoode with the Camelles by the well syde, 31 And he sayde: come thou blessed of the Lord, wherfore standest thou without? I haue dressed the house, & rowme for thy Camelles. 32 And then the ma came into the house, and he vnharnessed the Camelles, and brought lytter and prouender for the Camelles, and water to wash his feete, & the mens feete that were with him. 33 And there was set meate before hym to eate: but he sayd, I wyll not eate vntyll I haue sayde myne arande. And he sayd: say on. 34 And he sayde: I am Abrahams seruaunt, 35 And God blessed my maister merueylously, that he is become great, and hath geuen him sheepe and oxen, siluer and golde, men seruauntes, and maydeseruauntes, camelles and asses. 36 And Sara my maisters wyfe bare hym a sonne when she was olde, and vnto him hath he geue all that he hath. 37 And my maister made me sweare, saying: thou shalt not take a wyfe to my sonne amongest the daughters of the Chanaanites, in whose lande I dwell: 38 But thou shalt go vnto my fathers house, and to my kinred, and take a wife vnto my sonne. 39 And I sayde vnto my maister: peraduenture the woman wyll not folowe me. 40 And he answered me: the Lord before whom I walke, wyll sende his angell with thee, and prosper thy iourney, and thou shalt take a wyfe for my sonne of my kinred, and of my fathers house. 41 Then shalt thou be free from this othe made to me, when thou commest to my kinred: and yf they geue not thee one thou shalt be free from this othe made to me. 42 And so I came this day vnto the wel, and sayde: O Lorde the God of my maister Abraham, if it be so nowe that thou makest my iourney whiche I go prosperous, 43 Beholde, I stande by the well of water: and when a virgin commeth foorth to drawe water, and I say to her, Geue me I pray thee a little water of thy pitcher to drinke: 44 And she say to me, Drinke thou, and I wyll also drawe for thy Camelles: let the same be the woman whom the Lorde hath prepared for my maisters sonne. 45 And before I had made an ende of speakyng in myne heart, beholde, Rebecca came foorth, and her pitcher on her shoulder, and she went downe vnto the well, and drewe water, and I sayde vnto her, Geue me drinke I pray thee. 46 And she made haste, and toke downe her pitcher from her shoulder and said: Drinke, and I wyll geue thy Camelles drinke also. So I dranke, and she gaue the Camelles drinke also. 47 And I asked her, saying: whose daughter art thou? She answered: the daughter of Bethuel Nachors sonne, whom Milcha bare vnto hym: and I put the earring vpon her face, and the bracelettes vpon her handes. 48 And I bowed my selfe, and worshipped the Lorde, and blessed the Lorde God of my maister Abraham, whiche had brought me the ryght way, to take my maisters brothers daughter vnto his sonne. 49 Nowe also if he wyll consent to deale mercyfully and truely with my maister, tel me: and if not, tel me also, that I may turne me to the ryght hande, or to the left. 50 Then aunswered Laban and Bethuel, saying: This saying is proceeded euen of the Lorde, we can not therefore say vnto thee eyther good or bad. 51 Beholde, Rebecca is before thee, take her, and go, that she may be thy maisters sonnes wife, euen as god hath sayde. 52 And when Abrahams seruaunt heard theyr wordes, he worshipped the Lord, bowyng hym selfe towarde the earth. 53 And the seruaunt toke foorth iewelles of syluer, and iewelles of golde, and rayment, and gaue them to Rebecca: and to her brother, and to her mother he gaue costly gyftes 54 And they did eate and drinke, both he and the men that were with hym, and taried all night: and when they rose vp in the mornyng, he said: let me depart vnto my maister. 55 Her brother and her mother aunswered: let the damsell abyde with vs, and it be but euen ten dayes, and then shall she go. 56 He sayde vnto them: hynder me not, beholde, the Lorde hath prospered my iourney, sende me away therefore, that I may go to my maister. 57 And they sayde: we wyll call the damsell, and enquire at her mouth. 58 And they called foorth Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: wylt thou go with this man? And she aunswered, I wyll go. 59 So they let Rebecca theyr sister go, and her nurse, & Abrahams seruaunt, and his men. 60 And they blessed Rebecca, and sayde vnto her: thou art our sister, growe into thousande thousandes, and thy seede possesse the gate of his enemies. 61 And Rebecca arose and her damselles, and gat them vp vpon the Camelles, and folowed the man: and the seruaunt toke Rebecca, and went his waye. 62 And Isahac was commyng from the waye of the well of the lyuyng and seeyng me: for he dwelt in the South countrey. 63 And Isahac was gone out to pray in the fielde at the euentide, and he lift vp his eyes, and saw the Camelles commyng. 64 And Rebecca lyft vp her eyes, & when she sawe Isahac, she lyghted of the Camell, 65 (For she said vnto the seruaunt: what man is this, that commeth walkyng against vs in the fielde? And the seruaunt sayd, it is my maister): therfore she toke her vayle and couered her. 66 And the seruaunt tolde Isahac all thinges that he had done. 67 And Isahac brought her into his mother Saraes tent, and toke Rebecca, and she became his wife, and he loued her: and so Isahac receaued comfort after his mother.
  • Prov 29:15 : 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
  • Prov 11:29 : 29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
  • Prov 14:35 : 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

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  • Prov 29:21
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    21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.

  • Prov 14:35
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    35A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng: but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym.

  • Prov 28:7
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    7Who so kepeth the lawe, is a chylde of vnderstanding: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.

  • Prov 15:20
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    20A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother.

  • Prov 17:25
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    25An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Prov 29:15
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    15The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.

  • Prov 3:35
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    35The wyse shall haue honour in possession: but shame is the promotion that fooles shall haue.

  • Prov 10:1
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    1A wyse sonne maketh a glad father: but an vndiscrete sonne is an heauinesse vnto his mother.

  • Eccl 4:13
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    13A poore chylde beyng wise, is better then an olde kyng that doteth, and can not beware in tyme to come.

  • Prov 13:1
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    1A wise sonne wil hearken to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

  • Prov 27:11
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    11My sonne be wyse, and make me a glad heart, that I may make aunswere vnto my rebukers.

  • Prov 29:17
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    17Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.

  • Prov 15:5-6
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    5A foole dispiseth his fathers correction: but he that taketh heede when he is reproued, shall haue the more vnderstandyng.

    6The house of the ryghteous is full of riches: but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble.

  • Prov 17:1
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    1Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife.

  • Prov 19:10
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    10Pleasure is not seemely for a foole: muche lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes.

  • Prov 10:5
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    5Who so gathereth in sommer is wyse: but he that is sluggishe in haruest, bringeth hym selfe to confusion.

  • Prov 17:6
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    6Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children.

  • Deut 21:17-18
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    17But he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for the first borne, and geue hym dowble portion of all that he hath: For he is the first of his strength, and to hym belongeth the ryght of the first borne.

    18If any man haue a sonne that is stubburne and disobedient, that he wyll not hearken vnto the voyce of his father and voyce of his mother, and they haue chastened hym, and he woulde not hearken vnto them:

  • Prov 17:21
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    21He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.

  • Prov 19:13-14
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    13An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father, and a brawlyng wyfe is like the toppe of an house wherthrough it is euer dropping.

    14House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders: but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde.

  • Prov 23:24
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    24The father of the righteous shall greatly reioyce: and he that begetteth a wyse chylde, shall haue ioy of hym.

  • Prov 19:26
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    26He that hurteth his father, or shutteth out his mother, is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne.

  • Prov 12:9
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    9He that is dispised and is yet his owne man, is better then the glorious that lacketh bread.

  • Prov 30:22
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    22A seruaunt that beareth rule, a foole that is full fedde,

  • Prov 13:18
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    18He that thinketh scorne to be refourmed, commeth to pouertie and shame: but who so regardeth correction, shall come to honour.

  • Prov 22:6-7
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    6Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.

    7The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.

  • Prov 23:15
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    15My sonne if thy heart receaue wysdome, my heart also shall reioyce:

  • Luke 12:44
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    44Of a trueth I saye vnto you, that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath.

  • Matt 24:47
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    47Ueryly I say vnto you, that he shall make hym ruler ouer all his goodes.

  • Prov 12:16
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    16A foole vttereth his wrath in all the haste: but a discrete man couereth his owne shame.

  • Prov 12:24
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    24A diligent hande shall beare rule: but the idle shalbe vnder tribute.

  • Prov 29:19
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    19A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

  • Isa 3:6
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    6Yea one shall take a friende of his owne kinrede by the bosome, and say: thou hast clothyng, thou shalt be our head, and stay this ruine with thy hande.

  • Prov 17:3
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    3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

  • 1 Tim 3:4
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    4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauyng chyldren in subiection, with all grauitie.

  • Prov 20:21
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    21The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first, shall not be blessed at the ende.

  • Eccl 7:11
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    11Wysdome with inheritaunce is good, yet better is it with them that without care may beholde the sunne:

  • Prov 19:18
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    18Chasten thy sonne whyle there is hope: and let not thy soule spare for his crying.

  • Eccl 9:17
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    17A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence, is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles.

  • Matt 24:45
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    45Who is a faythfull and wise seruaunt, whom his Lorde hath made ruler ouer his householde, to geue them meate in season.

  • Prov 23:19
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    19My sonne geue eare and be wyse, and set straight thyne heart in the way of the Lorde.

  • Prov 13:22
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    22He that is vertuous leaueth an heritaunce vnto his childers children, & the riches of ye sinner is layde vp for the iust.

  • Gal 4:1
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    1And I say, that the heyre, as long as he is a chylde, differeth nothyng from a seruaut, though he be Lorde of all,

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 17:10
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    10One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole.