Proverbs 4:1-12 Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding

Bishops⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Heare O ye chyldren a fatherly instruction, & take good heede, that ye may learne vnderstanding ² For I haue geuen you a good doctrine, forsake not ye my lawe ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderly beloued of my mother ⁴ He taught me also and sayde vnto me, let thyne heart receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes and thou shalt liue ⁵ Get thee wysdome, and get thee vnderstanding: forget not the wordes of my mouth, and shrinke not from them ⁶ Forsake her not, and she shall preserue thee, loue her, and she shall kepe thee ⁷ The chiefe poynt of wysdome, is to possesse wysdome: and before all thy goodes to get thee vnderstanding ⁸ Make much of her, and she shall promote thee, yea if thou embrace her, she shall bryng thee vnto honour ⁹ She shal beautifie thy head with manyfolde graces, and garnishe thee with a crowne of glory ¹⁰ Heare my sonne, and receaue my wordes, and the yeres of thy life shalbe many ¹¹ I haue shewed thee the way of wysdome, & led thee into the right pathes ¹² So that if thou goest in them, there shall no straitnesse hinder thee: & when thou runnest, thou shalt not fall