Proverbs 25 These also are the sayinges of Salomon, which the men of Ezekiah Kynge of Iuda gathered together.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ These also are the sayinges of Salomon, which the men of Ezekiah Kynge of Iuda gathered together. ² It is the honour of God to kepe a thing secret, but the kings honour is to serch out a thing ³ The heauen is hye, the earth is depe, the kings hert is vnsearcheable. ⁴ Take the drosse from the syluer, and ther shalbe a cleane vessel therof. ⁵ Take awaye vngodlynes from the king, & his seat shalbe stablished wt ryghtuousnes ⁶ Put not forth thy self in the presence of the king, & prayse not into the place of great men. ⁷ Better is it that it be sayde vnto the: come vp hyther, then thou to be set doun in the presence of the prince whom thou seist with thine eyes. ⁸ Be not hastye to go to the law, lest happely thou order thy selfe so at the laste, that thy neighbour put the to shame. ⁹ Handle thy mater wt thy neyghbour him self, and dyscouer not an other mans secrete: ¹⁰ lest when men heare therof, it turne to thy dishonoure, and lest thine euell name do not ceasse. ¹¹ A worde speken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a syluer dish. ¹² The correction of the wise is to an obedient eare, a golden cheine & a Iewel of gold. ¹³ Lyke as the wynter coole in the haruest, so is a faithfull messenger to him that sent him, & refresheth his masters mynd. ¹⁴ Whoso maketh great boasts & geueth nothing, is like cloudes & wind without rain. ¹⁵ With pacience may a prince be pacified, & wt a soft tong may rigoriousnes be broken. ¹⁶ If thou findest hony, eate so much as is sufficient forth lest thou be ouerful, & perbrake it out agayne. ¹⁷ Wythdraw thy fote from thy neighbours house, lest he be wery of the, and so abhor the. ¹⁸ Who so beareth false wytnesse agaynst hys neyghboure, he is a verye speare, a swearde, and a sharpe arowe. ¹⁹ The hope of the vngodlye in tyme of neade, is lyke a rotten toth and a slippery fote. ²⁰ Who so singeth a song to a wycked her hert, clotheth him wt rags in the cold & poureth vynegar vpon chalke. ²¹ If thyne enemy honger, fead him: if he thyrst, geue hym drinke: ²² for so shalt thou heape coles of fyre vpon his head, and the Lord shal reward the. ²³ The North wind driueth away the raine, euen so doth an earnest sober countenances backbyters tong. ²⁴ It is better to sit in a corner vnder the rose, then wt a brauling woman in a wide house ²⁵ A good reporte out of a farre contre, is like could water to a thirsty soule. ²⁶ A ryghtuous man falling down before the vngodlye, is like a troubled wel & a spring that is destroyed. ²⁷ Like as it is not good to eate to much hony, euen so he that wil search out hyghe things, it shalbe to heuy for him. ²⁸ He that can not rule him self, is like a city which is broken doune, & hath no walles.