Verse 1
A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.
Verse 2
A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.
Verse 3
Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.
Verse 4
The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath.
Verse 5
The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.
Verse 6
With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.
Verse 7
When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.
Verse 8
Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.
Verse 9
A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.
Verse 10
When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.
Verse 11
A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.
Verse 12
It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.
Verse 13
Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.
Verse 14
The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.
Verse 15
The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.
Verse 16
To haue wy?dome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.
Verse 17
The path of ye righteous eschueth euell, & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.
Verse 18
Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.
Verse 19
Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.
Verse 20
He yt handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, yt putteth his trust in ye LORDE.
Verse 21
Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.
Verse 22
Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.
Verse 23
The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.
Verse 24
Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.
Verse 25
There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.
Verse 26
A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.
Verse 27
An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.
Verse 28
A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.
Verse 29
A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good.
Verse 30
He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme.
Verse 31
Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.
Verse 32
A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.
Verse 33
The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall stodeth in the LORDE.