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¹ These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

² Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.³ The LORDE wil not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hoger, but he putteth ye vngodly fro his desyre.

⁴ An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.

⁵ Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse: but he that is slogish in haruest, bringeth himself to confucion.

⁶ Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous, but ye fore heade of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

⁷ The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal stynke.

⁸ A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

⁹ He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

¹⁰ He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.

¹¹ The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

¹² Euell will stereth vp strife, but loue couereth ye multitude of synnes.

¹³ In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

¹⁴ Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

¹⁵ The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

¹⁶ The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne.

¹⁷ To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

¹⁸ Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

¹⁹ Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

²⁰ An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.²¹ The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

²² The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

²³ A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

²⁴ The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of, shal come vpon them, but the rightuous shal haue their desyre.²⁵ The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer & is nomore sene, but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer.

²⁶ As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.

²⁷ The feare of ye LORDE maketh a loge life, but ye yeares of ye vngodly shal be shortened.²⁸ The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shal perish.

²⁹ The waye of the LORDE geueth a corage vnto ye godly, but it is a feare for wicked doers.³⁰ The rightuous shal neuer be ouerthrowne, but ye vngodly shal not remayne in the londe.

³¹ The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.³² The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.