Proverbs 25 These also are the parables of Salomon, which the men of Ezekiah Kynge of Iuda copied out.

Great⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ These also are the parables of Salomon, which the men of Ezekiah Kynge of Iuda copied out. ² It is the honour of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but the kynges honour is to search out a thyng. ³ The heauen is hye, the earth is depe, & the kynges herte is vnsearcheable. ⁴ Take the drosse from the syluer, & there shalbe a cleane vessell therof. ⁵ Take awaye vngodlynesse from the kinge, & his seate shalbe stablished wt ryghteousnes. ⁶ Put not forth thy selfe in the presence of the king, & preace not into the place of greate men. ⁷ Better is it that it be sayde vnto the: come vp hyther, then thou to be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thou seyst wt thyne eyes. ⁸ Be not hastie to go to the lawe, lest happlye thou do some offence after the strife be ended wherby thy neyghbour put the to shame. ⁹ Handle thy matter wt thy neyghbour him selfe, and discouer not another mans secrete: ¹⁰ lest when men heare therof, it turne to thy disshonoure, and least thyne euell name do not ceasse. ¹¹ A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of syluer. ¹² The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewell of golde. ¹³ Lyke as the winter coole in the haruest, so is a faythfull messaunger to them that send him: for he refressheth his masters mynde. ¹⁴ Whoso maketh greate boastes & geueth nothyng, is lyke cloudes & wynde without rayne. ¹⁵ With pacience is a prince pacified, & wt a soft tong is rygorousnes broken. ¹⁶ If thou findest hony, eate so moch as is sufficient for the: lest thou be ouerfull, & perbrake it out agayne. ¹⁷ Withdraw thy foote from thy neyghbours house least he be wery of the, & so abhorre the. ¹⁸ Who so beareth false wytnesse against his neyghboure, he is a very clubb, a swearde, & a sharpe arowe. ¹⁹ The hope that is put in a false man in tyme of neade, is lyke a rotten toth & a slypperi foote. ²⁰ who so taketh awaye a mans garment in the colde wether, is lyke vyneger vpon chalck, or lyke him that syngeth songes to an heuie hart. ²¹ If thyne enemye honger, feade him: yf he thryst, geue him drinke: ²² for so shalt thou heape coales of fyre vpon hys head, and the Lorde shall rewarde the. ²³ The North winde dryueth awaye the rayne, euen so doth an earnest sober countenaunce a backbyters tonge, ²⁴ It is better to syt in a corner vnder the rofe, then with a brauling woman in a wyde house: ²⁵ A good reporte out of a farre countre, is lyke coulde water to a thyrstie soule. ²⁶ A ryghteous man fallynge downe before the vngodly, is lyke a troubled well & a springe that is destroyed. ²⁷ Lyke as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that will search out hye thynges, it shall be to heuy for hym. ²⁸ He that cannot rule hym selfe, is lyke a cyte which is broken downe, & hath no walles.