Verse 1
He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.
Verse 2
Where ye rightuous haue the ouer hande, ye people are in prosperite: but where the vngodly beareth rule, there ye people mourne.
Verse 3
Who so loueth wy?dome, maketh his father a glad man: but he yt kepeth harlottes, spedeth awaye yt he hath.
Verse 4
With true iudgment ye kynge setteth vp the londe, but yf he be a man yt taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.
Verse 5
Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.
Verse 6
The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.
Verse 7
The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.
Verse 8
Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.
Verse 9
Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.
Verse 10
The bloudethyrstie hate the rightuous, but the iust seke his soule.
Verse 11
A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.
Verse 12
If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
Verse 13
The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.
Verse 14
The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.
Verse 15
The rodde and correccion mynistre wy?dome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.
Verse 16
When the vngodly come vp, wickednesse increaseth: but the rightuous shall se their fall.
Verse 17
Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.
Verse 18
Where no prophet is, there the people perishe: but well is him that kepeth the lawe.
Verse 19
A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.
Verse 20
Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.
Verse 21
He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.
Verse 22
An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.
Verse 23
After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.
Verse 24
Who so kepeth company wt a thefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemies, & telleth it not forth.
Verse 25
He that feareth men, shal haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, shal come to honor.
Verse 26
Many there be that seke ye prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE.
Verse 27
The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.