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| [1]Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife. |
[1]Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife |
| [2]A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
[2]A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren |
| [3]The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 trieth the hearts. |
[3]As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes |
| [4]A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue. |
[4]A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue |
| [5]Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished. |
[5]Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at [another mans] hurt, shall not be vnpunished |
| [6]Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
[6]Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children |
| [7]Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince. |
[7]Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince |
| [8]A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth. |
[8]A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise |
| [9]He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend. |
[9]Who so couereth a fault, procureth loue: but he that discloseth it, deuideth very frendes |
| [10]A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool. |
[10]One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole |
| [11]An rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
[11]A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym |
| [12]Let a bea robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
[12]It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole [trusting] in his foolishnesse |
| [13]Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
[13]Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house |
| [14]The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out. |
[14]The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with |
| [15]He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇. |
[15]The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent |
| [16]Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding? |
[16]Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto |
| [17]A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
[17]He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother |
| [18]A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour. |
[18]Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole |
| [19]He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
[19]He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction |
| [20]He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil. |
[20]Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe |
| [21]He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy. |
[21]He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy |
| [22]A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
[22]A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones |
| [23]A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice. |
[23]The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement |
| [24]Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
[24]Wisdome [shineth] in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes |
| [25]A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him. |
[25]An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother |
| [26]To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. |
[26]Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly |
| [27]He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment. |
[27]A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite |
| [28]Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding. |
[28]Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent |