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| [1]There shall no euil happen vnto him that feareth God: but when he is in temptation, the Lorde shall deliuer him, & keepe him from euill. |
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| [2]A wyse man hateth not the lawe: but an hypocrite is as a ship in raging water. |
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| [3]A man of vnderstanding geueth credence vnto the lawe of God, and the law is faithfull vnto him. |
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| [4]Be sure of the matter, then talke therof: be first wel instructe, then mayst thou geue aunswere. |
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| [5]The heart of the foolishe, is lyke a cart wheele, and his thoughtes runne about lyke the axeltree. |
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| [6]Lyke as a wylde horse that neyeth vnder euery one that sitteth vpon him, so it is with a scornefull friende. |
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| [7]Why doth one day excell an other, seeing all the dayes of the yere come of the sunne? |
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| [8]The wysdome of the Lorde hath so parted them a sunder, and so hath he ordayned the times and solempne feastes. |
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| [9]Some of them hath he chosen and halowed before other dayes. |
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| [10]And all men are made of the grounde, and out of the earth of Adam: In the multitude of science hath the Lorde sundred them, and made their wayes of diuers fashions. |
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| [11]Some of them hath he blessed, made much of them, halowed them, and claymed them to him selfe: but some of them hath he cursed, brought them low, and put them out of their estate. |
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| [12]Lyke as the claye is in the potters hande, and all the ordering therof at his pleasure: so are men also in the hande of him that made them, so that he may geue them as lyketh him best. |
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| [13]Against euil is good, and against death is lyfe: so is the vngodlie against such as feare God. |
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| [14]Beholde, these are the workes of the hiest, and there are euen two against two, and one set against another. |
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| [15]I am awaked vp last of al, as one that gathereth after in haruest: in the giftes of God and in his blessing I am increased, and haue filled my wine presse, lyke a grape gatherer. |
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| [16]Beholde how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe, but for all such as loue nurture and wysdome. |
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| [17]Heare me, O ye great men of the people, and hearken with your eares ye rulers of the congregation. |
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| [18]Geue not thy sonne, and wyfe, thy brother, and friend, power ouer thee whyle thou liuest: and geue not away thy substaunce & good to another, lest it repent thee, and thou be faine to aske of them againe. |
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| [19]As long as thou lyuest and hast breath let no man chaunge thee. |
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| [20]For better it is thy children to pray thee, then that thou shouldest be faine to loke in their handes. |
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| [21]In all thy workes be excellent, that thy honour be neuer stayned. |
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| [22]At the time when thou shalt ende thy dayes and finishe thy lyfe, distribute thyne inheritaunces. |
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| [23]The fodder, the whippe, and the burthen belongeth vnto the asse: meate, correction, and worke vnto the seruaunt. |
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| [24]If thou set thy seruaunt to labour, thou shalt finde rest: but if thou let him go idle, he shall seeke libertie. |
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| [25]The yoke and the whippe bowe downe the hard necke: but tame thou thy euill seruaunt with bondes and correction. |
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| [26]Sende him to labour, that he go not idle: for idlenesse bringeth much euill. |
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| [27]Set him to worke, for that belongeth vnto him, and becommeth him wel. |
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| [28]If he be not obedient, binde his feete: but do not to much vnto him in any wyse, and without discretion do nothing. |
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| [29]If thou haue a [faithfull] seruaunt, let him be vnto thee as thyne owne soule: entreate him as a brother, for in blood hast thou gotten him: if thou haue a seruaunt holde him as thy selfe, for thou hast neede of him as of thy selfe: |
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| [30]If thou intreatest him euil, and kepest him hard, and makest him to be proude, and to runne away from thee, thou canst not tell what way thou shalt seeke him. |
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