Matthew(i)
1 A soft answere putteth downe displeasure. but frowarde words prouoke vnto anger.
2 A wise tonge commendeth knowledg, a folysh mouth blabbeth oute no thynge but folyshnesse.
3 The eyes of the Lord loke on euery place, both vpon the good and badde.
4 A wholsome tonge is a tree of lyfe but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.
5 A foole despyseth hys fathers correccyon, but he that taketh hede whan he is reproued shalhaue the more vnderstandyng.
6 In the house of the ryghtuous are greate rytches, but in the increase of the vngodlye ther is mysorder.
7 A wyse mouth poureth out knowledge, but the herte of the folysh doth not so.
8 The Lorde aborreth the sacryfyce of the vngodlye, but the prayer of the rightuous is acceptable vnto hym.
9 The waye of the vngodlye is an abhomynacyon vnto the Lorde, but who so foloweth rightuousnesse, hym he loueth.
10 He that forsaketh the ryghte strete, shalbe sore punyshed: and who so hateth correccyon, falleth into death.
11 The hell wyth her payne is knowne vnto the Lorde, howe muche more then, the hertes of men?
12 A scorneful body loueth not one that rebuketh hym, nether wyll he come amonge the wyse.
13 A mery hert maketh a chearful countinance but an vnquiet mynd maketh it heuy.
14 A wise hert wil seke after knowledge, but the mouth of foles medleth with folishnesse.
15 All the dayes of the pore are myserable, but a quyet herte is as a continnual feaste.
16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lord then great tresure, for they are not without sorowe.
17 Better is a messe of potage with loue, then a far oxe wyth euel wyll.
18 An angry man stereth vp strife, but he that is pacient stilleth discord.
19 The way of the slouthful is ful of thornes, but the strete of the rightuous is wel cleansed.
20 A wyse son maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete body shameth hys mother.
21 A foole reioiseth in folyshe thynges but awyse man loketh wel to hys own goinges.
22 Vnaduised thoughts shal come to naught but wher as men are that can geue councel, ther is stedfastnes.
23 O howe ioyfull a thing is it, a man to geue a conuenyente answere? O how pleasaunt is a word spoken in due season.
24 The waye of lyfe leadeth vnto heauen, that a man shoulde beware of hell beneth.
25 The Lord wyl breake downe the house of the proud, but he shal make fast the borders of the widdowe,
26 The Lorde abhorreth the ymaginacons of the wycked, but pure wordes are pleasaunt vnto him.
27 The couetous man roteth vp his owne house, but who so hateth rewardes shall liue.
28 A ryghtuous man museth in hys mynde howe to do good, but the mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, howe he may do harme,
29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly, but he heareth the praier of the rightuous.
30 Lyke as the clearenesse of the eyes reioiseth the herte so doth a good name fede the bones.
31 The eare that herkeneth vnto wholsome warnnynge, and enclyneth therto, shal dwell amonge the wyse.
32 He that refuseth to be refourmed, despyseth his owne soule: but he that submytteth hym selfe to correccyon, is wyse.
33 The feare of the Lord is the righte scyence of wysdome, and lowlines goeth before honure.