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¹ A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.

² A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

³ The eyes of the LORDE loke in euery place, both vpon ye good and badd.

⁴ A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

⁵ A foole despyseth his fathers correccion, but he yt taketh hede whan he is reproued, shal haue ye more vnderstodinge.

⁶ In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.

⁷ A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

⁸ The LORDE abhorreth ye sacrifice of the vngodly, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto him.

⁹ The waye of the vngodly is an abhominacio vnto ye LORDE, but who so foloweth righteousnes, him he loueth.

¹⁰ He that forsaketh ye right strete, shalbe sore punyshed: & who so hateth correccion, falleth in to death.

¹¹ The hell wt hir payne is knowne vnto the LORDE, how moch more then the hertes of men?

¹² A scornefull body loueth not one yt rebuketh him, nether wil he come amonge ye wyse.

¹³ A mery herte maketh a chearfull countenaunce, but an vnquyet mynde maketh it heuy.

¹⁴ A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

¹⁵ All the dayes of the poore are miserable, but a quyete herte is as a cotynuall feast.

¹⁶ Better is a litle with the feare of the LORDE then greate treasure, for they are not without sorowe.¹⁷ Better is a meace of potage with loue, then a fat oxe wt euell will.

¹⁸ An angrie man stereth vp strife, but he yt is pacient stilleth discorde.

¹⁹ The waye of ye slouthfull is full of thornes, but ye strete of the rightuous is well clensed.

²⁰ A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth his mother.

²¹ A foole reioyseth in foolish thinges, but a wyse man loketh well to his owne goinges.

²² Vnaduysed thoughtes shal come to naught, but where as are men yt can geue councell, there is stedfastnesse.

²³ O how ioyfull a thinge is it, a man to geue a conuenient answere? O how pleasaunt is a worde spoken in due season?

²⁴ The waye of life ledeth vnto heaue, yt a man shulde bewarre of hell beneth.

²⁵ The LORDE wyl breake downe ye house of ye proude, but he shal make fast ye borders of ye wyddowe.

²⁶ The LORDE abhoreth ye ymaginacions of ye wicked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.

²⁷ The couetous man wrutteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes, shal lyue.

²⁸ A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

²⁹ The LORDE is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth ye prayer of the rightuous.

³⁰ Like as ye clearnesse of ye eyes reioyseth ye herte, so doth a good name fede ye bones.

³¹ The eare yt harkeneth vnto wholsome warnynge, and enclyneth therto, shall dwell amonge ye wyse.

³² He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth himself to correccion, is wyse.

³³ The feare of ye LORDE is ye right scyece of wy?dome, and lowlynes goeth before honor.