Ecclesiastes 7:8
The ende of a thinge is better then the begynnynge. The pacient of sprete is better then the hie mynded.
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- Prov 14:29 : 29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.
- Heb 10:36 : 36 For ye haue nede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye mighte receaue the promes.
- Jas 5:8 : 8 Be ye also pacient therfore, and settle youre hertes, for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye.
- 1 Pet 1:13 : 13 Wherfore gyrde op the loynes off youre mynde, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the declarynge of Iesus Christ,
- Luke 21:19 : 19 Holde fast youre soules with pacience.
- Rom 2:7-8 : 7 namely, prayse & honoure, and vncorrupcion, vnto them that with pacience in doinge good, seke euerlastinge life: 8 But vnto them that are contencious & not obedient vnto the trueth, but obeye vnrighteousnes, shal come indignacion and wrath,
- Prov 16:32 : 32 A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.
- Prov 28:25 : 25 He that is of a proude stomacke, stereth vp strife: but he that putteth his trust in ye LORDE, shalbe well fedd.
- Isa 10:24-25 : 24 Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes: Thou my people, that dwellest in Sion, be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians: He shal wagg his staff at the, yee and beate the with the rodd, as the Egiptias dyd sometyme: 25 But soone after, shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies.
- Isa 10:28-34 : 28 He shal come to Aiath, and go thorow toward Migron. But at Machnias shal he muster his hooste, 29 and go ouer ye foorde. Gaba shalbe their restinge place, Rhama shalbe afrayde, Gabea Saul shal fle awaye. 30 The voyce of ye noyse of thy horses (o doughter Gallim) shalbe herde vnto lais and to Anathoth, which also shalbe in trouble. 31 Madmena shal tremble for feare, but the citesyns of Gabim are maly, 32 yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye. After that, shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion, and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem. 33 But se, the LORde God of hoostes shal take awaye the proude from thence, wt feare. He shal hew downe the proude, and fel the hie mynded. 34 The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out wt yron, and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal.
- Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraha saide: Remebre sonne, yt thou hast receaued good in yi life, & contrary wyse Lazarus receaued euell. But now is he comforted, and thou art tormented.
- Prov 15:18 : 18 An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.
- Ps 126:5-6 : 5 Turne oure captiuyte (o LORDE) as the ryuers in the south. 6 They that sowe in teeres, shal reape in ioye. He yt now goeth his waye wepige & beareth forth good sede, shal come agayne with ioye, and brynge his sheaues with him.
- Prov 13:10 : 10 Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.
- Gal 5:22 : 22 But the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, getlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes,
- Eph 4:2 : 2 with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes, and longe sufferinge, forbearinge one another in loue,
- 1 Pet 2:20-21 : 20 For what prayse is it, yf wha ye be buffeted for yor fautes, ye take it paciently? But yf whan ye do well, ye suffre wronge, and take it paciently, that is grace with God. 21 For here vnto are ye called, for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs, leauynge vs an ensample, that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes,
- 1 Pet 5:5-6 : 5 Likewyse ye yoger submytte youre selues vnto the elder. Submytte youre selues euery man one to another, and knyt yor selues together in lowlynes of mynde. For God resisteth the proude, but geueth grace to the humble. 6 Submytte yor selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God, that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come.
- Jas 5:11 : 11 Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of ye paciece of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made. For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull.
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- Eccl 7:9-113 verses77%
9 Be not haistely angrie in yi mynde, for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole.
10 Saye not thou: What is the cause that ye dayes of ye olde tyme were better, then they yt be now? for that were no wyse question.
11 Wy?dome is better then riches, yee moch more worth then the eye sight.
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29 Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.
- Eccl 7:1-55 verses73%
1 A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is better the ye daye of byrth.
2 It is better to go in to an house of mournynge, then in to a bancket house. For there is the ende of all men, and he that is lyuinge, taketh it to herte.
3 It is better to be sory then to laugh, for whe the countenaunce is heuy, the herte is ioyfull.
4 The herte of ye wyse is in the mournynge house, but the hert of the foolish is in the house of myrth.
5 It is better to geue eare to the chastenynge of a wyse man, then to heare the songe of fooles.
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32 A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.
- Prov 16:18-192 verses72%
18 Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.
19 Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.
- Eccl 7:13-153 verses70%
13 Considre the worke of God, how that no man can make the thinge straight, which he maketh croked.
14 Vse well the tyme of prosperite, and remembre the tyme of mysfortune: for God maketh the one by the other, so that a man can fynde nothinge els.
15 These ij. thiges also haue I cosidred in ye tyme of vanite: yt the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake, & the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse.
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6 One handfull (saieth he) is better wt rest, the both ye handes full with labor and trauayle.
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7 Who so doeth wronge, maketh a wyse man to go out of his witt, and destroyeth a gentle hert.
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9 The sight of the eyes is better, then that the soule shulde so departe awaye. Howbeit this is also a vayne thinge and a disquietnesse of mynde.
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3 yee him that is yet vnborne to be better at ease the they both, because he seith not the miserable workes that are done vnder the Sonne.
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1 Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.
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16 Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.
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8 Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
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21 The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first, shal not be praysed at the ende.
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11 Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye haue hearde of ye paciece of Iob, and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made. For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull.
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7 In so moch, that where i so euer thou haddest litle afore, thou shuldest now haue greate abundaunce.
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27 He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.
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13 The herte is soroufull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heuynesse.
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13 The begynnynge of his talkynge is foolishnes, and the last worde of his mouth is greate madnesse.
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14 A good stomacke dryueth awaye a mas disease, but wha ye sprete is vexed, who maye abyde it?
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16 As for the people that haue bene before him, and that come after him, they are innumerable: yet is not their ioye the greater thorow him. This is also a vayne thinge and a vexacion of mynde.
- Ps 37:7-82 verses66%
7 Holde the still in ye LORDE, and abyde pacietly vpon him: but greue not thy self at one that hath prosperite, and lyueth in abhominacion.
8 Leaue of from wrath, let go displeasure, let not thy gelousy moue the also to do euell.
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13 A poore childe beynge wyse, is better then an olde kinge, that doteth, and can not bewarre in tyme to come.
- Prov 25:7-82 verses66%
7 Better it is yt it be sayde vnto ye: come vp hither, then thou to be set downe in ye presence of ye prynce, whom thou seyst with thine eyes.
8 Be not haistie to go to the lawe, lest happlie thou ordre yi self so at ye last, yt thy neghbor put ye to shame.
- Jas 1:3-42 verses66%
3 for as moche as ye knowe, how yt the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience:
4 and let pacience haue her parfect worke, yt ye maye be parfecte aud sounde, lakinge nothinge.
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8 It is better to trust in the LORDE, then to put eny confidence in man.
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17 An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.
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7 The ende of all thiges is at hade.Be ye therfore sober & watch vnto prayers:
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6 A poore man ledynge a godly life, is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes.
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20 O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.
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16 A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.
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12 After pryde cometh destruccio, and honor after lowlynes.
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10 Amonge the proude there is euer strife, but amonge those that do all thinges with aduysement, there is wy?dome.
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17 A wise mans councell that is folowed in sylence, is farre aboue the crienge of a captaine amoge fooles.
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1 Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
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22 A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.
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4 Yf a principall sprete be geue the to beare rule, be not negliget the in thine office: for so shal greate wickednesse be put downe, as it were wt a medecyne.
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18 It is good for the to take holde of this, & not to let yt go out of thy hande. For he yt feareth God shal escape them all.