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[1]Be not thou enuious to folow wicked men, and desire not to be among them
[2]For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe
[3]Thorowe wysdome is an house buylded, & with vnderstanding is it set vp
[4]Thorowe discretion shall the chaumbers be filled with all costly and pleasaunt riches
[5]A wise man is [euer] strong: yea a man of vnderstanding increaseth strength
[6]For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health
[7]Wysdome is to hye a thyng for a foole: for he dare not open his mouth in the gate
[8]He that imagineth mischiefe, maye well be called an vngratious person
[9]The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men
[10]If thou be faynt in the day of aduersitie, thy strength is small
[11]Deliuer them that are drawen vnto death, and ceasse not to preserue them that are led to be slayne
[12]If thou wylt say, beholde I knewe not of it: doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? And he that kepeth thy soule, knoweth he it not? Shall not he also recompence euery man according to his workes
[13]My sonne, eate thou hony because it is good, and the hony combe, for it is sweete vnto thy mouth
[14]So [sweete] shal the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule when thou hast found it: and there shalbe hope, and thy hope shall not be cut of
[15]Laye no priuie wayte (O wicked man) against the house of the righteous, and spoyle not his resting place
[16]For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, and ryseth vp agayne: but the vngodly fall into mischiefe
[17]Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemie, and let not thyne heart be glad when he stumbleth
[18]Lest the Lorde when he seeth it be angry, and turne his wrath from hym [vnto thee.
[19]Fret not thy selfe because of the malitious, neither be enuious at the wicked
[20]For the wicked shall haue no posteritie, and the candle of the vngodly shalbe put out
[21]My sonne, feare thou the Lorde and the kyng, and kepe no company with them that slide backe [from his feare:
[22]For their destruction shall rise sodainlye: and who knoweth the aduersitie that may come from them both
[23]It is not good to haue respect of any person in iudgement
[24]He that saith to the vngodly thou art righteous, hym shall the people curse, yea the comminaltie shall abhorre him
[25]But they that rebuke [the vngodly] in them doth God delight, and a rych blessing shall come vpon them
[26]Euery man shall kisse his lippes that geueth a good aunswere
[27]Make redie thy worke that is without, and looke well vnto that whiche thou hast in the fielde: and then buylde thyne house
[28]Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes
[29]Say not, I wyll handle hym euen as he hath dealt with me: and wyll rewarde euery man according to his deedes
[30]I went by the fielde of the slouthfull, and by the vineyarde of the foolishe man
[31]And lo, it was all couered with nettles, and stoode full of thornes, and the stone wall was broken downe
[32]This I sawe, and considered it well: I looked vpon it, and toke it for a warning
[33]Yea sleepe on styll [I say] a litle, slumber a litle, folde thy handes together yet a litle
[34]So shall pouertie come vnto thee as one that trauayleth by the way, and necessitie lyke a weaponed man
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