1 Kings 4:32

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And he spake thre thousande prouerbes, & his songes were a thousande & fyue.

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  • Eccl 12:9 : 9 The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables.
  • Song 1:1-9 : 1 Salomons Balettes, called Cantica Canticorum. 2 O that thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse, for yi brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne, 3 & that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure. Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment, therfore do the maydens loue the: 4 yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre. We wil be glad & reioyce in the, we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne: well is them that loue the. 5 I am black (o ye doughters of Ierusale) like as the tentes of the Cedarenes, and as the hanginges of Salomon: 6 but yet am I faire & welfauoured withal. Maruell not at me yt I am so black, & why? ye Sonne hath shyned vpo me. For whan my mothers childre had euell wil at me, they made me ye keper of the vynyarde. Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde, which was not myne owne. 7 Tell me (o thou whom my soule loueth) where thou fedest, where thou restest at the noone daye: lest I go wronge, and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons, 8 Yf thou knowe not yi self (o thou fayrest amoge women) tha go yi waye forth after ye fotesteppes of the shepe, as though thou woldest fede yi goates besyde ye shepherdes tentes. 9 There wil I tary for the (my loue) wt myne hoost & with my charettes, which shalbe no fewer then Pharaos. 10 Then shal thy chekes & thy neck be made fayre, & hanged wt spages & goodly iewels: 11 a neck bande of golde wil we make ye wt syluer bottons. 12 When the kynge sytteth at the table, he shal smell my Nardus: 13 for a bodell of Myrre (o my beloued) lyeth betwixte my brestes. 14 A cluster of grapes of Cypers, or of the vynyardes of Engaddi, art thou vnto me, O my beloued. 15 O how fayre art thou (my loue) how fayre art thou? thou hast doues eyes. 16 O how fayre art thou (my beloued) how well fauored art thou? Oure bed is decte with floures, 17 ye sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre, & oure balkes of Cypresse.
  • Matt 13:35 : 35 yt the thinge might be fulfilled, which was spoke by ye prophet, sayenge: I wil open my mouth in parables, and wil speake out the secretes from the begynnynge of the worlde.
  • Prov 1:1-9 : 1 These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel: 2 to lerne wy?dome nurtoure, vnderstondinge, prudence, 3 rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite. 4 That the very babes might haue wyt, and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge. 5 By hearinge, the wyse ma shal come by more wysdome: and by experience, 6 he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable, and the interpretacion therof: the wordes of the wyse, and the darcke speaches of the same. 7 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome. But fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure. 8 My sonne, heare thy fathers doctryne, and forsake not the lawe of yi mother: 9 for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade, & shalbe a cheyne aboute thy necke. 10 My sonne, cosente not vnto synners, 11 yf they entyse the, and saye: come wyth us, let us laye wayte for bloude, & lurke preuely for the innocet wythout a cause: 12 let us swalowe the vp like ye hell, let us deuoure the quycke and whole, as those that go downe in to the pytt. 13 So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches, and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles. 14 Cast in thy lott amonge us, we shal haue all one purse. 15 My sonne, walke not thou wt them, refrayne yi fote fro their wayes. 16 For their fete rune to euell, & are haistie to shed bloude. 17 But in vayne is ye net layed forth before the byrdes eyes. 18 Yee they the selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude, and one of the wolde slaye another. 19 These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous, that one wolde rauysh anothers life. 20 Wy?dome crieth without, & putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes. 21 She calleth before ye congregacion in ye open gates, and sheweth hir wordes thorow ye cite, sayenge: 22 O ye childre, how loge wil ye loue childyshnesse? how longe wil ye scorners delyte in scornynge, & ye vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege? 23 O turne you vnto my correccion: lo, I wil expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstode my wordes. 24 Seinge then that I haue called, and ye refused it: I haue stretched out my honde, and no ma regarded it, 25 but all my coucels haue ye despysed, and set my correccios at naught. 26 Therfore shal I also laugh in yor destruccion, and mocke you, when ye thinge that ye feare cometh vpon you: 27 euen whe ye thinge that ye be afrayed of, falleth in sodenly like a storme, and yor misery like a tempest: yee wha trouble and heuynesse cometh vpon you. 28 Then shal they call vpo me, but I wil not heare: they shal seke me early, but they shal not fynde me: 29 And yt because they hated knowlege, and receaued not ye feare of ye LORDE, 30 but abhorred my councell, and despysed my correccion. 31 Therfore shal they eate ye frutes of their owne waye, and be fylled wt their owne councels:

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    29 And God gaue Salomon maruelous greate wy?dome and vnderstondinge, and a large hert, as the sonde that lyeth vpon ye See shore:

    30 so that the wy?dome of Salomon was greater then the wy?dome of all the children towarde the south and of all ye Egipcians.

    31 And he was wyser then all men, yee wyser then Ethan the Esrahite, Heman, Chalcal, and Darda, the sonnes of Mahol: and had a greate name amonge all the Heythe on euery syde.

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    33 And he spake of trees, from ye Ceder of Libanus vnto the Isope yt groweth out of ye wall: he talked also of catell, of foules, of wormes, of fishes.

    34 And there came of all nacions to heare ye wy?dome of Salomon, and there came of all the kynges of ye earth, which had herde of his wy?dome.

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    15 And Salomon had thre score thousande & ten that bare burthens, & foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpon the mount,

    16 besyde Salomons chefe officers, which were ordeyned ouer the worke: namely thre thousande and thre hundreth, which ruled ye people that laboured there in the worke.

  • 1 These also are Salomons prouerbes, which the men of Ezechias kinge of Iuda gathered together.

  • 1 These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel:

  • 9 The same preacher was not wyse alone, but taught the people knowlege also: he gaue good hede, sought out the groude and set forth many parables.

  • 5 and foure thousande porters, & foure thousande that songe prayses vnto ye LORDE with instrumentes, which he had made to synge prayse with all.

  • Eccl 2:8-9
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    8 I gathered syluer & golde together, euen a treasure of kynges & londes. I prouided me syngers and wome which coude playe of instrumentes, to make men myrth and pastime. I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses.

    9 (Shortly) I was greater & in more worshipe, then all my predecessours in Ierusale. For wy?dome remayned with me:

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    23 Thus was kynge Salomon greater in riches and wy?dome, then all the kynges vpo earth:

    24 And all the worlde desyred to se Salomon, that they mighte heare the wy?dome which God gaue him in his hert.

  • 1 Salomons Balettes, called Cantica Canticorum.

  • 1 Chr 25:5-7
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    5 All these were the children of Hema the kynges Seer in the wordes of God to lyfte vp the horne: for God gaue Heman fourtene sonnes & thre daughters.

    6 All these were vnder their fathers Assaph Iedithun and Heman, to synge in the house of the LORDE with Cymbales, Psalteries & harpes, acordynge to the office in the house of God besyde the kynge.

    7 And their nombre with their brethren, which were taughte in the songe of the LORDE (euery one hauynge vnderstondinge) was two hundreth & eight and foure score.

  • 4 he taught me also, sayenge: let thine herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue.

  • 1 Kgs 10:3-4
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    3 And Salomon tolde her euerythinge, and the kynge had nothinge in secrete, but he tolde it her.

    4 But whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe all the wy?dome of Salomon, and the house that he had buylded,

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    17 And Salomon nombred all the straungers in the londe of Israel, acordinge to the nombre whan Dauid his father nombred them: and there were founde an hundreth & fiftye thousande, thre thousande and sixe hudreth.

    18 And of the same he made thre score and ten thousande beares of burthens, and foure score thousande hewers vpo ye mount, and thre thousande and sixe hundreth ouerseers, which helde ye people at their worke.

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    22 Thus was kynge Salomon greater then all the kynges vpon earth, in riches and wisdome.

    23 And all the kynges of ye earth desired (to se) Salomons face, and to heare his wysdome, which God had geuen him in his hert.

  • 1 These are the wordes of the Preacher, the sonne of Dauid, kynge of Ierusalem.

  • 2 and tolde out thre score and ten thousande men to beare burthens, and foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpo the mount, and thre thousande and sixe hundreth officers ouer them.

  • 3 And he had seuen hundreth wemen to wyues, and thre hundreth concubynes, and his wyues turned his hert asyde.

  • 7 Whan Hiram herde the wordes of Salomon, he was very glad, and sayde: Praysed be the LORDE this daye, which hath geuen Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this greate people.

  • 4 I made gorgious fayre workes, I buylded me houses, and planted vynyardes:

  • 5 Is not this Dauid, of whom they sunge in the daunce: Saul hath smytte his thousande, but Dauid his ten thousande?

  • 26 And Salomo had fortye thousande cart horses and twolue thousande horsmen.

  • 12 But my vynyarde (o Salomon) geueth the a thousande, and two hundreth to ye kepers of the frute.

  • 16 I comoned wt myne owne herte, sayege: lo, I am come to a greate estate, and haue gotte more wy?dome, the all they yt haue bene before me in Ierusalem. Yee my hert had greate experiece of wy?dome & knowlege,

  • 3 And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe the wy?dome of Salomon, and ye house that he had buylded,

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    22 And Salomon had daylie to his vytayles thirtye quarters of fyne meel, threscore quarters of other meel,

    23 ten fat oxen, and twety small catell, and an hundreth shepe, beside hartes and Roes, and wilde goates, and fat capons, and foules.

  • 1 And Dauid with the chefe captaynes sundered to the offices amonge ye childre of Assaph, Heman & Iedithun ye prophetes with harpes, psalteries & Cymbales, and they were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to their offyce.

  • 8 There are thre score quenes, foure score concubynes, and yonge weme without nombre.

  • 1 My hert is dytinge of a good matter, I speake of that, which I haue made of the kynge:

  • 17 and thre hundreth shyldes of ye best golde, euen thre pounde of golde vpon euery shylde. And the kynge put them in the house of the wod of Libanus.

  • 29 There be thre thinges yt go stiffly, but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all.

  • 4 and Cedre trees innumerable: for they of Zidon & Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre:

  • 12 And of that costly tymber the kynge caused to make pilers in the house of the LORDE, and in ye kinges house, and harpes and Psalteries for the Musicians. There came nomore soch costly tymber, nether was it sene vnto this daye.

  • 9 Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bedsteade of the wodd of Libanus,

  • Eccl 1:12-13
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    12 I myself ye Preacher, beynge kynge of Israel & Ierusale,

    13 applyed my mynde to seke out & search for the knowlege of all thiges yt are done vnder heaue. Soch trauayle & labor hath God geue vnto ye childre of me, to exercyse the selues theri.

  • 10 And she gaue the kynge syxe score hundreth weighte of golde, and very moch spyce, and precious stones. There came neuer so moch spyce thyther, as the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomon.

  • 24 There be foure thinges in the earth, the which are very litle: but in wy?dome they exceade the wyse.