Proverbs 24:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 5:17-18 : 17 And the king commaunded them to bring great stones, costly stones, & hewed stones, for the foundatio of the house. 18 And Solomons masons, and the masons of Hiram did hewe them, and the stone squarers: And so they prepared both tymber and stones, for the building of the house.
  • 1 Kgs 6:7 : 7 And the house was built of stone, made perfect alredye before it was brought thyther: so that there was neither hammer nor axe, either any toole of iron heard in the house while it was in buylding.
  • Luke 14:28-30 : 28 For which of you, disposed to buylde a towre, sitteth not downe before, and counteth the cost, whether he haue sufficient to perfourme it? 29 Lest after he hath layde the foundation, and is not able to perfourme it, all that beholde it, begyn to mocke hym, 30 Saying: this man began to buylde, and was not able to make an ende?

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    28 Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

    29 Say not, I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me: and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes.

    30 I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man:

  • Jer 29:5
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    5 Builde you houses to dwell therin, plant you gardens, that you may enioy the fruites therof.

  • Prov 24:3
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    3 Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp.

  • Jer 22:13-14
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    13 Wo worth hym that buyldeth his house with vnrighteousnesse, and his parlours with the good that he hath gotten by violence, which neuer recompenceth his neighbours labour, nor payeth hym his hyre:

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  • Matt 24:17-18
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    17 And let hym which is on the house toppe, not come downe to fet any thyng out of his house:

    18 Neither let hym which is in the fielde, returne backe to fetche his clothes.

  • Deut 28:30
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    30 Thou shalt be betrouthed vnto a wyfe, and another man shall lye with her: Thou shalt buylde an house, and not dwell therein: thou shalt also plant a vineyarde, and shalt not gather the grapes.

  • Job 27:18
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    18 He buyldeth his house as the moth, & as a booth that the watchman maketh.

  • Ps 128:2
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    2 For thou shalt eate the labours of thine handes: thou shalt be happy, and all shall go well with thee.

  • Prov 25:8-9
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    8 Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.

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    23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe, and loke well to thy flockes.

  • Ps 127:1
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    1 A song of high degrees (made) for Solomon. If GOD wyll not buylde the house, they labour in vayne that buylde it: if God kepe not the citie, the watchman waketh in vayne.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1 Wyse women vpholde their house: but a foolishe wyfe plucketh it downe.

  • Prov 5:10
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    10 That other men be not filled with thy vertues, and that thy labours come not in a straunge house.

  • Prov 24:26
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    26 Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere.

  • Prov 25:17
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    17 Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.

  • Prov 24:15
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    15 Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place.

  • Prov 22:28-29
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    28 Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.

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    6 They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne, and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone.

  • Matt 24:44
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    44 Therfore, be ye also redy: for in such an houre as ye thynke not, the sonne of man commeth.

  • Mark 13:15-16
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    15 And let hym that is on ye house toppe, not go downe into the house, neither enter therin, to fetch any thyng out of his house.

    16 And let hym that is in the fielde, not turne backe agayne vnto the thynges which he left behynde hym, for to take his garmente with hym.

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    18 Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe, and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house.

  • Prov 25:24
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    24 It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

  • Deut 8:12
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    12 Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein:

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  • Prov 4:25-26
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    25 Let thyne eyes beholde that thyng that is right, and let thyne eye liddes loke straight before thee.

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    8 When thou buyldest a newe house, thou shalt make a battlement on the roofe, that thou lade not blood vpon thyne house if any man fal from thence.

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    31 At that day, he which is on the house top, and his stuffe in the house, let him not come downe to take it out: And let not him that is in the fielde, turne backe agayne lykewyse, to the thynges that he left behynde.

  • Prov 3:29
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    29 Intende no hurt against thy neyghbour, seing he hopeth to dwell in rest by thee.

  • 2 Chr 24:13
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    13 And so the workmen wrought, and the worke mended through their handes: and they made the house of God as it ought to be, and strengthed it.

  • Prov 5:8
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    8 Kepe thy way farre from her, & come not nigh the doores of her house.

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    6 Euen vnto carpenters and masons, and workers vpon the walles, and for to bye tymber and free stone, to repaire the temple.

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    23 Man goeth foorth to his worke: and to do his seruice vntyll the euening.

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    24 Nowe therfore, builde cities for your children, and foldes for your sheepe, and do that ye haue spoken.

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    9 It is better to dwel in a corner on the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

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    9 That they may prepare me timber enough: For the house whiche I am determined to buylde, shalbe wonderfull great.

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