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| [1]Be not jealous over the wife of thy bosom, and teach her not an evil lesson against thyself. |
[1]Be not ielous ouer the wife of thy bosome, that she shew not some shrewd poynt, lest thou teache her an euil lesson against thy selfe. |
| [2]Give not thy soul unto a woman to set her foot upon thy substance. |
[2]Geue not the power of thy lyfe vnto a woman, lest she come in thy strength, and so thou be confounded. |
| [3]Meet not with an harlot, lest thou fall into her snares. |
[3]Loke not vpon a woman that is desyrous of many men, lest thou fall into her snares. |
| [4]Use not much the company of a woman that is a singer, lest thou be taken with her attempts. |
[4]Use not the companie of a woman that is a player & a dauncer, & heare her not, lest thou perishe thorow her entising. |
| [5]Gaze not on a maid, that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her. |
[5]Behold not a mayden, that thou be not hurt in her beautie. |
| [6]Give not thy soul unto harlots, that thou lose not thine inheritance. |
[6]Cast not thy minde vpon harlots in any maner of thing, lest thou destroy both thy selfe and thyne heritage. |
| [7]Look not round about thee in the streets of the city, neither wander thou in the solitary place thereof. |
[7]Go not about gasing in euery lane of the citie, neither wander thou abrode in the streetes therof. |
| [8]Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman, and look not upon another's beauty; for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman; for herewith love is kindled as a fire. |
[8]Turne away thy face from a beautifull woman, and loke not vpon the fayrnesse of other: Many a man hath ben deceaued thorowe the beautie of women, for thorow it the desire is kindled as it were a fire. |
| [9]Sit not at all with another man's wife, nor sit down with her in thine arms, and spend not thy money with her at the wine; lest thine heart incline unto her, and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction. |
[9]An adulterous woman shalbe troden vnder foote as myre, of euery one that goeth by the way. |
| [10]Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure. |
[10]Many a man wondering at the beautie of a straunge woman, hath ben cast out: for her wordes kyndle as a fyre. |
| [11]Envy not the glory of a sinner: for thou knowest not what shall be his end. |
[11]Sit not with an other mans wife by any meanes, lye not with her vpon the bed, make no wordes with her at the wine: lest thyne heart consent vnto her, and so thou with thy blood fall into destruction. |
| [12]Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in; but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave. |
[12]Forsake not an olde friende, for the new shall not be lyke him: A newe friende is newe wine, let hym be olde and thou shalt drinke hym with pleasure. |
| [13]Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill; so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death: and if thou come unto him, make no fault, lest he take away thy life presently: remember that thou goest in the midst of snares, and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city. |
[13]Desire not the honour and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what destruction is for to come vpon hym. |
| [14]As near as thou canst, guess at thy neighbour, and consult with the wise. |
[14]Delyte not thou in the thing that the vngodly haue pleasure in, beyng sure that the vngodly shall not be accepted vntill their graue. |
| [15]Let thy talk be with the wise, and all thy communication in the law of the most High. |
[15]Kepe thee from the man that hath power to slay, so needest thou not to be afrayde of death: And yf thou commest vnto hym, make no fault, lest he happen to take away thy lyfe: Remember that thou goest in the middest of snares, and vpon the bulworkes of thy citie. |
| [16]And let just men eat and drink with thee; and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord. |
[16]Beware of thy neyghbour as nye as thou canst, and meddle with such as be wyse and haue vnderstanding. |
| [17]For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended: and the wise ruler of the people for his speech. |
[17]Let iust men be thy gestes, let thy mirth be in the feare of God. |
| [18]A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city; and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated. |
[18]Let the remembraunce of God be in thy mynde, and let all thy talking be in the commaundementes of the hyghest. |
| [19]In the handes of craftes men shall the workes be commaunded: so shall the princes of the people in the wysdome of their talking. |
| [20]A man full of wordes is perilous in his citie: and he that is rashe in his talking, shalbe abhorred. |