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¹⁵ Loke what a foole taketh in hande, he thynketh it well done: but he that is wyse, wyll be counceled.

⁵ Put thy trust in God with all thyne herte: and leane not vnto thyne awne witte.

¹ Be not thou gelous ouer wycked men, and desyre not to be amonge them. ² For ther herte ymagyneth to do hurte, and theyr lyppes talke of myschefe. ³ Thorow wysdome is an house buyled, and wyth vnderstandynge is it sett vp. ⁴ Thorow discrecion shalt the chambers be fylled with all costly and pleasaunt ryches. ⁵ A wyse man is euer stronge, yee, a man of vnderstanding encreaseth of strength. ⁶ For with discrecyon must warres be taken in hande, & where as are many that can geue councell, there is the victory. ⁷ Wysdom is to hye a thinge for a fole, for he darre not open his mouth in the gate. ⁸ He that ymagyneth myschefe, maye welbe called an vngracious personne. ⁹ The thought of the foolysh is synne, & the scornefull is an abhominacion vnto men. ¹⁰ If thou be ouersene and negligent in tyme of nede, then is thy strength but smal. ¹¹ Deliuer them that go vnto death, & are led awaye to be slayne, & be not neglygent therin yf thou be able to do them good. ¹² If thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thinkest thou that he which made the hertes, doth not considre it? & that he which regardeth thy soule, seeth it not? Shall not be recompence euery man according to his worckes? ¹³ My sonne, thou eatest hony & the swete hony combe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth. ¹⁴ Euen so shall the knowledge of wysdome be vnto thy soule, assone as thou hast gotten it. And thow shalt haue longe dayes, yee, thy hope shall not be in vayne. ¹⁵ Laye no preuy wayte (o wicked man) vpon the house of the ryghteous & disquiete not his restyng place. ¹⁶ For a iust man falleth seuen tymes, & ryseth vp agayne, but the vngodly fall into wyckednes. ¹⁷ Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemye, & lett not thyne herte be glad when he stombleth. ¹⁸ Lest the Lord (when seith it) be angrye, and turne hys wrath from hym vnto the. ¹⁹ Let not thy wrath & gelousy moue the, to folowe the wycked & vngodly. ²⁰ And why? the wicked shall haue no posterite, and the candle of the vngodly shall be put out. ²¹ My sonne, feare thou the Lord & the kynge, & kepe no company wt them that slyde backe from his feare: ²² for theyr destruccion shall come sodenly, & who knoweth the aduersyte that maye come from them both? ²³ These are also the sayenges of the wyse. It is not good, to haue respecte of any persone in iudgement. ²⁴ He that sayeth to the vngodly: thou arte ryghteous hym shall the people curse, yee, the comentie shall abhorre him. ²⁵ But they that rebuke the vngodly, In them doth God delite, & a ryche blessyng shall come vpon them. ²⁶ Euery man shall kysse his lyppes, that geueth a good answere. ²⁷ Fyrst make vp thy worck that is without, & loke well vnto that which thou hast in the felde & then buylde thyne house. ²⁸ Be no false witnesse agaist thy neyghbour & speake no falshode wt thy lyppes. ²⁹ Saye not: I will handle him, euen as he hath dealte wt me, & wyll rewarde euery man accordinge to his dedes. ³⁰ I went by the felde of the slouthfull, & by the vyneiarde of the foolysh man. ³¹ And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thystles, & the stone wall was broken downe. ³² Thys I sawe, & considered it well: I loked vpon it, & toke it for a warnyng. ³³ Yee, slepe on styll a lytle, slombre a lytle, folde thy handes together yet a lytle: ³⁴ so shall pouerte come vnto the as one that trauayleth by the waye, & necessite lyke a weapened man.

⁹ Tell nothinge in to the eares of a foole, for he wyll despyse the wysdome of thy wordes.

¹ The wordes of Kyng Lamuel, & the lesson that hys mother taught hym. ² My sonne (why do ye so) thou sonne of my body: O my deare beloued sonne, ³ geue not ouer thi strength & waies vnto wemen, which are the destruccion euen of kynges. ⁴ O Lamuel, yt is not for kynges, it is not (I saye) for kinges to drinke wyne, nor Princes stronge dryncke ⁵ lest they beynge droncken forgett the lawe, and paruerte the iudgement of all poore mens childerne. ⁶ Geue stronge drincke vnto soch as are condempned to death, and wyne vnto those that mourne: ⁷ that they maye drincke it, and forgett theyr mysery & aduersytie. ⁸ Be thou an aduocate, for the dombe and stande in iudgement thy selfe, to speake for all soch as be socourles in this transitorye worlde. ⁹ Open thy mouth, defende the thynge that is lawfull and ryght, and the cause of the poore and helpelesse. ¹⁰ Who so fyndeth an honest faythfull woman, she is moch more worth then perles. ¹¹ The hert of her husband maye safely trust in her, so that he shall fall in no pouertye. ¹² She will do hym good and not euell, all the dayes of her lyfe. ¹³ She occupyeth woll and flaxe, & laboureth gladly with her handes. ¹⁴ She is lyke a marchauntes shyppe, that bryngeth her vytayles from a farre. ¹⁵ She is vp in the nyght season, to prouyde meate for her housholde, and fode for her maydens. ¹⁶ She consydreth lande, & byeth it, and with the frute of her handes she planteth a vyneyarde. ¹⁷ She gyrdeth her loynes with strength, & courageth her armes. ¹⁸ And yf the perceaue that her houswyferye doth good, her candle goeth not out by nyght. ¹⁹ She layeth her fyngers to the spyndell: and her hande taketh holde of the distaffe. ²⁰ She openeth her hande to the poore, yee she stretcheth forth her handes to soche as haue nede. ²¹ She feareth not that the colde of wynter shall hurte her house, for all her housholde folkes are clothed with skarlett. ²² She maketh her selfe fayre ornamentes, her clothynge is whyte sylke & purple. ²³ Her husband is moch set by in the gates, when he sytteth amonge the rulers of the land. ²⁴ She maketh cloth of sylke and selleth it, & delyuereth gyrdles vnto the marchaunt. ²⁵ Strength and honoure is her clothynge, & in the latter daye she shall reioyse. ²⁶ She openeth her mouth with wysdome, and in her tonge is the lawe of grace. ²⁷ She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde: & eateth not her bred with ydylnes. ²⁸ Her children shall aryse, and call her blessed: & her housband shall make moch of her. ²⁹ Many daughters there be that gather riches together, but thou goest aboue them all. ³⁰ As for fauoure, it is disceatfull, and beutie is a vayne thynge: but a woman that feareth the Lorde, she is worthy to be praysed. ³¹ Geue her of the frute of her handes and let her awne worckes prayse her in the gates.

¹⁷ Lyke as one yron whetteth another, so doth one man comforte another.

¹¹ A foole powreth out hys sprete altogether but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.

⁵ If eny of you lacke wysdome, let hym aske of him that geueth it: euen God, which geueth to all men indifferentlye, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen him.