Proverbs 6

Matthew^{(i) 1} My son, if thou be suerty for thy neyghboure, thou hast fastened thyne hand wyth another man: ² yet thou art bound with thyne owne wordes, & taken wt thine owne speache. ³ Therfore, my sonne, do thys discharge thy selfe, for thou art come into thy neyghboures daunger. Go thy way then sone and intreate thy neighbour: ⁴ let not thine eies slepe ner thyne eye lyddes slomber. ⁵ Saue thy selfe as a doo from the hande, and as a byrde from the handes of the fouler. ⁶ Go to the Emmet (thou slogard) consyder her wayes, and lerne to be wise. ⁷ She hath no guide, no teacher, no leader: ⁸ yet in the Sommer she prouideth her meate, and gathereth her foode together in the haruest, ⁹ How longe wilt thou slepe? thou slogysh man? When wylte thou aryse out of thy slepe? ¹⁰ Yea slepe on stil a litle, slomber a lytle, folde thyne handes together yet a lytle, that thou mayest slepe: ¹¹ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauaileth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man. ¹² A dissembling person, a wycked man goeth with a frowarde mouth, ¹³ he wyncketh wyth hys eyes, he tokeneth wyth hys fete, he poynteth wyth his fingers, ¹⁴ he is euer ymagining mischefe and frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth dsscord. ¹⁵ Therfore shal his destruccyon come hastely vpon him, sodenly shal he be al to broken, and not be healed. ¹⁶ There be sixe thinges which the Lorde hateth, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth: ¹⁷ A proude loke, a dyssemblynge tonge, handes that shede innocent bloud, ¹⁸ an hert that goeth about with wicked ymaginacions, fet that be swift in rening to do mischefe, ¹⁹ a false witnes that bringeth vp lies, and such one as soweth dyscord amonge brethren, ²⁰ My son kepe thy fathers commandementes, and forsake not the law of thy mother. ²¹ Put them vp together in thine herte, and bind them about the neck. ²² That they may leade the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art a sleape, and that when thou awakest, thou maiest talke of them ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyghtie, a chastening, and nurtour is the waye of lyfe: ²⁴ that they maye kepe the from the euell woman, and from the flattering tong of the harlot: ²⁵ that thou lust not after he beuty in thine herte, & lest thou be taken wt her fayre lokes. ²⁶ An harlot will make a man to begge his breade, but a maried woman wyl hunte for the precyous lyfe. ²⁷ May a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brent? ²⁸ Or can one go vpon hoate coales, & hys fete not be hurte? ²⁹ Euen so, whosoeuer goeth into hys neyghbours wyfe, and toucheth her can not be vngilty. ³⁰ Men do not vtterly despise a thefe that stealeth to satisfye hys soule, when he is hongry: ³¹ but if he may be gotten, he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche, or els he maketh recompense with al the good of his house ³² But who so comitteth aduoutry wyth a womanne, he is a fole, and bringeth hys lyfe to destruccyon. ³³ He getteth him selfe also shame & dishonour, such as shal neuer be put out. ³⁴ For the gelousy and wrath of the man wil not be intreated, ³⁵ no though thou woldest offer him greate giftes to make amendes, he wyll not receiue them.