Ephesians 5:17

Coverdale Bible (1535)

Wherfore be not ye vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is,

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  • Rom 12:2 : 2 And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde, but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yor mynde, yt ye maye proue, what thinge that good, yt acceptable, & perfecte wil of God is.
  • Col 1:9 : 9 For this cause we also, sence the daye yt we herde of it, ceasse not to praye for you, & desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will, in all wyssdome and spirituall vnderstondinge,
  • 1 Thess 4:1-3 : 1 Fvrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God. 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. 3 For this is the will of God, euen youre sanctifienge, that ye shulde absteyne from whordome,
  • 1 Thess 5:18 : 18 in all thinges be thankfull: for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you.
  • Jer 4:22 : 22 Neuertheles this shall come vpon them, because my people is become foolish, and hath vterly no vnderstondinge. They are the children of foolishnes, and without eny discrecio. To do euell, they haue witt ynough: but to do well, they haue no wi?dome.
  • John 7:17 : 17 Yf eny man wyl do his will, he shal knowe, whether this doctryne be of God, or whether I speake of my self.
  • 1 Pet 4:2 : 2 yt hece forth (as moch tyme as yet remayneth in ye flesh) he shulde not lyue after the lustes of me, but after the wil of God.
  • Col 4:5 : 5 Walke wysely towarde them that are without, and redeme ye tyme.
  • Ps 111:10 : 10 The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wy?dome, a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter: the prayse of it endureth for euer.
  • Job 28:28 : 28 And vnto man he sayde: Beholde, to feare the LORDE, is wy?dome: & to forsake euell, is vnderstondinge.
  • Prov 14:8 : 8 The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.
  • Prov 23:23 : 23 Labor for to get ye treuth: sell not awaye wy?dome, nourtor & vnderstodinge
  • Eph 5:15 : 15 Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly, not as the vnwyse, but as ye wyse,
  • Prov 2:5 : 5 The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.
  • Deut 4:6 : 6 Kepe them now therfore and do them: for that is youre wysdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions, which wha they haue herde all these ordinaunces, shall saye: O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this? and how excellent a people?
  • 1 Kgs 3:9-9 : 9 Geue thy seruaunt therfore an obedient hert, that he maye iudge thy people, & vnderstonde what is good & bad: for who is able to iudge this thy mightie people? 10 This pleased the LORDE well, that Salomon axed soch a peticion. 11 And God sayde vnto him: For so moch as thou axest this, and desyrest not longe lyfe, nether riches, nether ye soules of thine enemies, but vnderstodinge to heare iudgment, 12 beholde, therfore haue I done acordynge to thy wordes. Beholde, I haue geuen the an hert of wy?dome and vnderstondynge, so that soch one as thou hath not bene before the, nether shall ryse vp after the.
  • Ps 119:27 : 27 Make me to vnderstonde the waye of thy commaundemetes, & so shal I talke of thy wonderous workes.

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