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¹ He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.

² When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce: but when the wicked beare rule, the people mourne.

³ Who so loueth wisdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth companie with harlottes, spendeth away that he hath.

⁴ With [true] iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande: but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges, he turneth it vpside downe.

⁵ Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

⁶ The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.

⁷ The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.

⁸ Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.

⁹ If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.

¹⁰ The bloodthirstie hate the righteous: but the iust seeke his soule.

¹¹ A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

¹² If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

¹³ The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.

¹⁴ The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.

¹⁵ The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.

¹⁶ When the vngodly are multiplied, wickednesse encreaseth: but the ryghteous shall see their fall.

¹⁷ Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.

¹⁸ When the worde of God is not preached, the people perishe: but well is hym that kepeth the lawe.

¹⁹ A [stubbourne] seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.

²⁰ Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly? there is more hope in a foole then in hym.

²¹ He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.

²² An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.

²⁴ Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth.

²⁵ He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.

²⁶ Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.

²⁷ The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.