Proverbs 4 Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome.

Matthew⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ Heare, O ye children, the fatherly exhortation, and take good hede, that ye maye learne wysdome. ² Yea I shall geue you a good rewarde, if ye wyll not for sake my lawe. ³ For when I my selfe was my fathers deare sonne, and tenderlye beloued of my mother, ⁴ he taughte me also, saiyng: Let thyne herte receaue my wordes, kepe my commaundementes, and thou shalt lyue. ⁵ Get the wysdome, get the vnderstanding forget not the wordes of my mouth, & shrinke not from them. ⁶ Forsake her not, she shall preserue the: loue her, and she shal kepe the. ⁷ The chyefe poynte of wisdom is, that thou be willing to optayne wysdome, and before all thy goodes to gett the vnderstandynge. ⁸ Make muche of her and she shall promote the: Yea if thou embrace her, she shall brynge the vnto honoure. ⁹ She shall make the a gracyous head, and garnyshe the wyth a crowne of glorye. ¹⁰ Heare my sone, and receyue my wordes, that the yeares of thy lyfe maye be many. ¹¹ I wyll shewe the, the waye of wysdome, and leade the in the ryght pathes, ¹² So that if thou goost therin, ther shall not straytenesse hynder the and when thou runnest thou shalte not fall, ¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, let her not go: kepe her, for she is thy lyfe. ¹⁴ Come not in the path of the vngodly, and walke not in the waye of the wycked. ¹⁵ Eschue it, and go not therein: departe a syde, and passe ouer by it. ¹⁶ For they can not slepe, except they haue first done some myschefe: neither take they anye rest, except they haue fyrst done some harme ¹⁷ For they eate the breade of wickednesse, and dryncke the wyne of robberye. ¹⁸ The path of the ryghtuous shyneth as the lyghte, and is euer brighter and brighter vnto the perfecte daye. ¹⁹ But the waye of the vngodly is as the darcknes, wherin men fal, or thei be aware. ²⁰ My sonne, marcke my words, and encline thyne eare vnto my saiynges. ²¹ Let them not depart from thine eyes, kepe them euen in the myddest of thyne herte. ²² For they are lyfe vnto all those that fynde them, and health vnto all their bodyes. ²³ Kepe thyne herte wyth all dilygence, for there vpon hangeth lyfe. ²⁴ Put awaye from the a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of sclander be farre from the. ²⁵ Let thyne eyes beholde the thinge that is righte, and let thine eye liddes loke straight before the. ²⁶ Pondre the path of thy fete, so shal al thy waies be sure. ²⁷ Turne not a side, neither to the righte hande ner to the lefte, but withholde thy fote from euel.