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1 Wyne maketh a man to be scornefull: and stronge dryncke causeth a man to be vnquyete: who so delyteth therin, shall neuer be wyse.
2 The kynge ought to be feared as the roaryng of a lion: who so prouoketh him vnto anger offendeth agenst his awne soule.
3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife: but they that haue pleasure in braulynge are fooles euery one.
4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plowe for colde of the wynter: therfore shall he go a beggyng in sommer, & haue nothynge.
5 Wyse councell in the herte of man is lyke a water in the depe of the earth: and a man that hath vnderstondynge bryngethe it forth.
6 Many there be that wolde be called good doers: but where shall one fynde a true faythfull man.
7 Whoso leadeth a godly and an innocent life: is righteous and happy shall hys chyldren be whom he leaueth behynde him.
8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgment, and loketh well about hym, dryueth awaye all euell.
9 Who can saye, my hert is cleane, I am innocent from synne?
10 To vse two maner of weyghtes, or two maner of measures, both these are abhomynable vnto the Lorde.
11 A childe is knowne by his conuersacion, whether his worckes be pure & ryght.
12 The eare to heare, the eye to se: the Lorde hath made them both.
13 Delyte not thou in slepe, lest thou come vnto pouertye: but open thyne eyes, that thou mayst haue bred ynough.
14 It is naught it is naught (sayeth he that byeth any thynge:) but when he commeth to his awne house, then he boasteth of hys peny worth.
15 A man that hath a mouth of vnderstandynge hathe many precyous stones and costly Iewels.
16 Take hys garment that is suretye for a straunger: and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowne mans sake.
17 Euery man lyketh the breed that is gotten with disceate: but at the last hys mouth shalbe fylled with grauell.
18 Thorowe councell, the thynges that men deuyse go forwarde: and wt discrecion ought warres to be taken in hande.
19 The crafty disceatfull bewrayth secret councell: and to him that custometh flaterynge lyppes ioyne nott thy selfe.
20 Whoso curseth hys father & mother: his lyght shalbe put out in the myddest of darcknes.
21 The heritage that commeth to hastely at the first, shall not be praysed at the ende.
22 Saye not thou: I wyll recompense euell: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall defende the.
23 The Lorde abhorreth two maner of weyghtes, and a false balaunce is an euell thinge.
24 The Lorde ordreth euery mans goinges: howe maye a man then vnderstande hys awne waye?
25 It is a snare for a man to deuoure that which is holy: and after the vowe to turne to thyne awne vse, the thynge thou hast vowed.
26 A wyse king destroyethe the vngodly, and bryngeth the whele ouer them.
27 The lanterne of the Lorde is the breth of man: and goth thorowe all the inwarde partes of the body.
28 Mercye and faythfulnes preserue the kinge: and with louynge kyndnes hys seate is holden vp.
29 The strength of yonge men is theyr worshyppe, and a gray heed is an honour vnto the aged.
30 Woundes dryue, awaye euell, & so do strypes the inwarde partes of the body.