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¹ He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.

² Where ye rightuous haue the ouer hande, ye people are in prosperite: but where the vngodly beareth rule, there ye people mourne.

³ Who so loueth wy?dome, maketh his father a glad man: but he yt kepeth harlottes, spedeth awaye yt he hath.

⁴ With true iudgment ye kynge setteth vp the londe, but yf he be a man yt taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

⁵ Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.

⁶ The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.

⁷ The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

⁸ Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

⁹ Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

¹⁰ The bloudethyrstie hate the rightuous, but the iust seke his soule.

¹¹ A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

¹² If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

¹³ The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.

¹⁴ The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

¹⁵ The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

¹⁶ When the vngodly come vp, wickednesse increaseth: but the rightuous shall se their fall.

¹⁷ Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.

¹⁸ Where no prophet is, there the people perishe: but well is him that kepeth the lawe.

¹⁹ A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.

²⁰ Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

²¹ He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.

²² An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

²³ After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

²⁴ Who so kepeth company wt a thefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemies, & telleth it not forth.

²⁵ He that feareth men, shal haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, shal come to honor.

²⁶ Many there be that seke ye prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE.

²⁷ The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.