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Yf thou be ouersene & necliget in tyme of nede, the is thy stregth but small.

For a iust ma falleth seuen tymes, & ryseth vp agayne, but ye vngodly fall in to wickednes.

But they yt rebuke ye vngodly shalbe comended, & a riche blessinge shal come vpo the.

It is the honor of God to kepe a thinge secrete, but ye kinges honor is to search out a thinge.

but make ye foole an answere to his foolishnesse, lest he be wyse in his owne coceate.

A man of experience discerneth all thinges well, but whoso hyreth a foole, hyreth soch one as wyl take no hede.

And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.

A slaunderers wordes are like flatery, but they pearse ye inwarde partes of ye body.

but wha he speaketh fayre, beleue him not, for there are seuen abhominacios in his herte.

The stone is heuy, and the sonde weightie: but a fooles wrath is heuyer then they both.

Faithfull are the woundes of a louer, but ye kysses of an enemie are disceatfull.

He that is full, abhorreth an hony combe: but vnto him that is hogrie, euery sower thinge is swete.

The herte is glad of a swete oyntment and sauoure, but a stomacke that ca geue good councell, reioyseth a mans neghboure.

Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende se thou forsake not, but go not in to thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble. Better is a frende at hode, then a brother farre of.

The vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him, but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon.

Because of synne ye londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce: but thorow men of vnderstondinge & wy?dome a realme endureth longe.

They that forsake the lawe, prayse ye vngodly; but soch as kepe the lawe, abhorre them.

Wicked men discerne not the thinge yt is right, but they that seke after the LORDE, discusse all thinges.

Whoso kepeth the lawe, is a childe of vnderstondinge: but he yt fedeth ryotous men, shameth his father.

Who so ledeth ye rightuous in to an euell waye, shal fall in to his owne pytt, but ye iust shal haue the good in possession.