Proverbs 18:1

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Who so hath an earnest desire to wysdome he will sequester him selfe to seeke it, and occupie him selfe in all stedfastnesse & sounde doctrine.

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  • Prov 2:1-6 : 1 My sonne, if thou wylt receaue my wordes, and lay vp my commaundementes within thee, 2 That thou wylt encline thine eares vnto wisdome: applye thine heart then to vnderstandyng. 3 For if thou cryest after wisdome, and cryest for knowledge: 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures: 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lorde, and finde the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lorde geueth wisdome, out of his mouth commeth knowledge and vnderstandyng.
  • Prov 20:3 : 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.
  • Eph 5:15-17 : 15 Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye: not as vnwyse, but as wyse, 16 Redeemyng the time, because ye dayes are euyll. 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise, but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is.
  • Jude 1:19 : 19 These are makers of sectes, fleshlie, hauyng not the spirite.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knoweth his owne soules bitternesse: and the straunger shall not be partaker of his ioy.
  • Prov 20:19 : 19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.
  • Prov 24:21 : 21 My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe from his feare:
  • Prov 26:17 : 17 Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.
  • Jer 15:17 : 17 I dwell not among the scorners, neither is my delight therin: but I dwell alone because of thy hande, for thou hast fylled me with bitternesse.
  • Zech 7:3 : 3 And that they shoulde speake vnto the priestes which were in the house of the Lorde of hoastes, and to the prophetes, saying: should I wepe in the fifth moneth, & abstayne as I haue done nowe certaine yeres?
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He aunswered and sayde vnto them: because it is geuen vnto you, to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heauen, but to them, it is not geuen.
  • Mark 1:35 : 35 And in the mornyng, before day, Iesus, when he was rysen vp, departed, and went out into a solitarie place, and there prayed.
  • Mark 4:11 : 11 And he sayde vnto them: To you it is geuen to knowe the misterie of the kingdome of God: But vnto them that are without, all thynges are done by parables,
  • Rom 1:1 : 1 Paul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe, called to be an Apostle, seuered into the Gospel of God.
  • 2 Cor 6:17 : 17 Wherfore come out fro among them, and separate your selues from them (saith the Lorde) and touche none vncleane thyng, and I wyll receaue you,
  • Prov 17:14 : 14 The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with.
  • Exod 33:16 : 16 For howe shall it be knowen here, that I and thy people haue founde fauour in thy sight, but in that thou goest with vs? If thou goest with vs, shall not I and thy people haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the face of the earth?
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yea in the way of thy iudgementes, O Lord, haue we put our trust in thee: thy name also and the remembraunce of thee, is the thing that our soule longeth for. 9 My soule hath longed for thee all the night, and with my spirite whiche is within me wyll I seeke thee early in the morning: For when thy iudgementes are in the earth, the inhabiters of the worlde shall learne righteousnesse.

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    2A foole hath no delight in vnderstanding: but onlye to vtter the fansies of his owne heart.

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    8He that is wise loueth his owne soule, and kepeth vnderstanding, that he may prosper.

  • Prov 18:15-16
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    15A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.

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    3It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but euery foole wyll be medling.

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    25I applied my minde also vnto knowledge, and to seeke and searche out science, wysdome, and vnderstanding, to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly, and the errour of doting fooles.

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    3The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.

  • Prov 28:11
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    11The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise: but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 13:19-20
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    19When a desire is brought to passe, it deliteth the soule: but fooles count it abhomination to depart from euyll.

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  • Prov 16:28
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    28A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

  • Prov 21:20
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    20In a wise mans house there is a great treasure and oyle: but a foolishe body spendeth vp all.

  • Eccl 1:17-18
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    17Yea, my heart had great experience of wisdome & knowledge: for thervnto I applied my mynde, that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng, what were errour and foolishnesse: and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde.

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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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    21Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge: but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly.

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    15The way of a foole is strayght in his owne eyes: but he that hearkeneth vnto counsayle is wise.

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

  • Prov 14:16-17
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    16A wyse man feareth, and departeth from euyll: but the foole is angry, and counteth hym selfe sure.

    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

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    17Who so goeth by and medleth with other mens strife: he is like one that taketh a dogge by the eares.

  • Prov 14:6-8
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    6A scornfull body seketh wisdome, and fyndeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto hym that wyll vnderstande.

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    18Let no man deceaue him selfe. Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde, let hym be a foole, that he may be wyse.

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    11A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

  • Prov 16:22
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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.