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² It is the glory of God to kepe a thing secrete: but the kynges honour is to searche out a thing.³ The heauen is hye, the earth is deepe: and the kinges heart is vnsearcheable.

⁴ Take the drosse from the siluer, and there shalbe a vessell for the siner.⁵ Take away the vngodly from the kyng: and his seate shalbe stablished with righteousnesse.

⁶ Put not foorth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and preasse not into the place of great men:⁷ For better is it, that it be sayde vnto thee, come vp hyther: then thou to be put lower in the presence of the priuce whom thou seest with thyne eyes.

⁸ Be not hastie to go to lawe: lest haplye thou knowest not what to do when thy neighbour hath confounded thee.⁹ Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another:¹⁰ Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse.

¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.¹² Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.

¹³ As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde.

¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne.

¹⁵ With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.

¹⁶ If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne.

¹⁷ Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee.

¹⁸ Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

¹⁹ The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foote.

²⁰ Who so taketh away a mans garment in the colde weather, is like vineger vpon lime, or lyke hym that singeth songues to an heauie heart.

²¹ If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke:²² For so shalt thou heape coles of fire vpon his head, and the Lorde shall rewarde thee.

²³ The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue.

²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house.

²⁵ Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule.

²⁶ A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted.

²⁷ As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable.

²⁸ He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles.