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| [1]A labouring man that is geuen vnto drunckennes, shall not be rich: and he that maketh not much of small thinges, shall fall by litle and litle. |
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| [2]Wine and women make wyse men runagates, and put men of vnderstanding to reproofe: |
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| [3]And he that companieth adulterers, shal become an impudent man: mothes and wormes shal haue him to heritage, yea he shal be set vp to a great example, and his soule shalbe rooted out of the number. |
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| [4]He that is hastie to geue credence, is light minded, & doth against him selfe. |
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| [5]Who so reioyceth in wickednesse, shalbe punished: but he that resisteth pleasures, crowneth his owne soule: he that refraineth his tongue, may lyue with a troublesome man: he that hateth to be refourmed, his lyfe shalbe shortened: & he that abhorreth babling of wordes, quencheth wickednesse. |
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| [6]He that offendeth against his owne soule, shall repent it: and he that reioyceth in wickednes, shalbe punished. |
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| [7]Rehearse not a wicked and churlishe worde twyse, and thou shalt not be hindered. |
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| [8]Shewe thy secretes neither to friende nor foe: and if thou hast offended, tell it not out. |
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| [9]For he shall hearken vnto thee, and marke thee: and when he findeth oportunitie, he shall hate thee, and so shall he be alway about thee. |
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| [10]If thou hast heard a worde against thy neighbour, let it be dead within thee: and be sure thou shalt haue no harme thereby. |
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| [11]A foole trauayleth with a worde, lyke as a woman that is payned with bearing of a childe. |
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| [12]Lyke as an arrowe shotte in a thigh of flesshe, so is a worde in a fooles heart. |
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| [13]Tell thy friende his fault, lest he be ignoraunt, and say, I haue not done it: or if he haue spoken, that he do it no more. |
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| [14]Reproue thy neighbour, that he keepe his tongue: and if he haue spoken, that he say it no more. |
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| [15]Tell thy neighbour his fault, for oft times an offence is made: and geue not credence to euery worde. |
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| [16]A man falleth sometime with his tongue, but not with his wil: for what is he that hath not offended in his tongue? |
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| [17]Geue thy neighbour warning before thou threaten him: and geue place vnto the lawe of the Lorde. |
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| [18]The feare of the Lorde is the first degree to be receaued of him: & wysdome obtayneth his loue. |
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| [19]The knowledge of the commaundementes of the Lorde, is the doctrine of lyfe: and they that obey him, shall receaue the fruite of immortalitie. |
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| [20]The feare of God is all wysdome: and he that is a righteous man keepeth the lawe. |
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| [21]If a seruaunt say vnto his maister, I wyll not do as it pleaseth thee: though afterwarde he do it, he shall displease him that nourisheth him. |
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| [22]As for the doctrine of wickednes, it is no wysdome, & the prudence of sinners is no good vnderstanding: it is but wickednes, and abhomination, and a blaspheming of wysdome. |
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| [23]A simple man of small vnderstanding that feareth God, is better the one that hath much wysdome, and transgresseth the lawe of the highest. |
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| [24]A craftie suttle man can be wyse, but he is vnrighteous, and with giftes he wrasteth the open and manifest lawe: againe, there is that is wise and iudgeth righteously. |
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| [25]A wicked man can behaue him selfe humbly, and can ducke with his head, and yet is he but a deceauer within: He hydeth his face, and disguiseth it, and because he shoulde not be knowen, he preuenteth thee. |
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| [26]And though he be so weake that he can do thee no harme, yet when he may finde oportunitie, he shall do some euill. |
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| [27]A man may be knowen by his face, and one that hath vnderstanding may be perceaued by the looke of his countenaunce. |
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| [28]A mans garment, laughter, and going, declare what he is. |
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