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¹ My sonne, yf thou wilt receaue my wordes, and kepe my comaundemetes by the,² that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome, applie thine herte then to vnderstodinge.³ For yf thou criest after wy?dome, & callest for knowlege:⁴ yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:⁵ The shalt thou vnderstonde ye feare of the LORDE, and fynde ye knowlege of God.⁶ For it is the LORDE that geueth wy?dome, out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge.⁷ He preserueth ye welfare of the rightuous, and defendeth them yt walke innocently:⁸ he kepeth them in ye right path, and preserueth ye waye of his sayntes.⁹ Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse, iudgment and equite, yee and euery good path.

¹⁰ Yf wy?dome entre in to thine herte, and yi soule delyte in knowlege:¹¹ then shal councell preserue the, and vnderstondinge shal kepe the.¹² That thou mayest be delyuered fro ye euell waye, and from the man yt speaketh frowarde thinges.¹³ From soch as leaue the hye strete, and walke i ye wayes of darcknesse:¹⁴ which reioyse in doynge euell, and delyte i wicked thinges:¹⁵ whose wayes are croked, and their pathes slaunderous.¹⁶ That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman, and from her that is not thine owne: which geueth swete wordes,¹⁷ forsaketh the hu?bande of hir youth, and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God.¹⁸ For hir house is enclyned vnto death, and hir pathes vnto hell.¹⁹ All they that go in vnto her, come not agayne, nether take they holde of the waye of life.²⁰ That thou mayest walke in ye good waye, and kepe the pathes of the rightuous.²¹ For the iust shal dwell in the londe, and the innocentes shal remayne in it:²² but the vngodly shalbe roted out of ye londe, and the wicked doers shalbe taken out of it.