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| [1]He that feareth the Lord will do good, and he that hath the knowledge of the law shall obtain her. |
[1]He that feareth God, wil do good: & who so kepeth the lawe, shall obtayne wysdome. |
| [2]And as a mother shall she meet him, and receive him as a wife married of a virgin. |
[2]As an honorable mother shall she meete hym, and she as his wife maried of a virgin shal receaue him. |
| [3]With the bread of understanding shall she feed him, and give him the water of wisdom to drink. |
[3]With the bread of lyfe and vnderstanding shal she feede him, & geue him the water of wholsome wisdome to drinke. |
| [4]He shall be stayed upon her, and shall not be moved; and shall rely upon her, and shall not be confounded. |
[4]If he be constant in her, he shall not be moued, and if he holde him fast by her, he shall not come to confusion. |
| [5]She shall exalt him above his neighbours, and in the midst of the congregation shall she open his mouth. |
[5]She shall bring him to honour among his neyghbours, and in the middest of the congregation shall she open his mouth: With the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding shall she fyll him, and cloth him with the garment of glorie. |
| [6]He shall find joy and a crown of gladness, and she shall cause him to inherit an everlasting name. |
[6]She shall heape the treasure of myrth and ioye vpon him, and geue him an euerlasting name to heritage. |
| [7]But foolish men shall not attain unto her, and sinners shall not see her. |
[7]Foolishe men will not take holde vpon her, but such as haue vnderstanding, will meete her: Foolishe men shall not see her, for she is farre from pryde and disceyte. |
| [8]For she is far from pride, and men that are liars cannot remember her. |
[8]Men that go about with lyes, will not remember her: but men of trueth shalbe founde in her, and shall prosper euen vnto the beholding of God. |
| [9]Praise is not seemly in the mouth of a sinner, for it was not sent him of the Lord. |
[9]Prayse is not seemely in the mouth of the vngodly, for he is not sent of the Lorde. |
| [10]For praise shall be uttered in wisdom, and the Lord will prosper it. |
[10]But if prayse come of wysdome and be plenteous in a faythfull mouth, then the Lorde will prosper it. |
| [11]Say not thou, It is through the Lord that I fell away: for thou oughtest not to do the things that he hateth. |
[11]Say not thou, it is the Lordes fault that I am gone by: for thou shalt not do the thing that God hateth. |
| [12]Say not thou, He hath caused me to err: for he hath no need of the sinful man. |
[12]Say not thou, he hath caused me to do wrong: for he hath no neede of the vngodly. |
| [13]The Lord hateth all abomination; and they that fear God love it not. |
[13]God hateth al abhomination of errour, and they that feare God will loue none such. |
| [14]He himself made man from the beginning, and left him in the hand of his counsel; |
[14]God made man from the beginning, and left him in the hande of his counsell: He gaue his commaundementes and preceptes. |
| [15]If thou wilt, to keep the commandments, and to perform acceptable faithfulness. |
[15]If thou wilt obserue the commaundementes and kepe acceptable faythfulnesse for euer, they shall preserue thee. |
| [16]He hath set fire and water before thee: stretch forth thy hand unto whether thou wilt. |
[16]He hath set water and fyre before thee, reache out thine hande vnto which thou wilt. |
| [17]Before man is life and death; and whether him liketh shall be given him. |
[17]Before man is lyfe and death, good and euyll: loke what him lyketh, shalbe geuen him. |
| [18]For the wisdom of the Lord is great, and he is mighty in power, and beholdeth all things: |
[18]For the wysdome of God is great and mightie in power, and beholdeth all thinges continually: |
| [19]And his eyes are upon them that fear him, and he knoweth every work of man. |
[19]The eyes of the Lorde are vpon them that feare him, and he knoweth all the workes of man. |
| [20]He hath commanded no man to do wickedly, neither hath he given any man licence to sin. |
[20]He hath commaunded no man to do vngodly, neither hath he geuen any man licence to sinne: for he desireth not a multitude of infidels and vnprofitable children. |