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If thou haue found hony, eate that is sufficient for thee, least thou be ouerfull, & vomit it.

For thou shalt lay coles vpon his head, and the Lord shall recompense thee.

As the snowe in the sommer, and as the raine in the haruest are not meete, so is honour vnseemely for a foole.

Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.

Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.

As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.

For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.

The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.

And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.

For the transgression of the land there are many princes thereof: but by a man of vnderstanding and knowledge a realme likewise endureth long.

He that increaseth his riches by vsurie and interest, gathereth them for him that will be mercifull vnto the poore.

To haue respect of persons is not good: for that man will transgresse for a piece of bread.

A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

A King that iudgeth the poore in trueth, his throne shalbe established for euer.

For I haue not learned wisedome, nor atteined to the knowledge of holy things.

Remooue farre from me vanitie and lyes: giue me not pouertie, nor riches: feede me with foode conuenient for me,

For three things the earth is moued: yea, for foure it cannot susteine it selfe:

For a seruant when he reigneth, & a foole when he is filled with meate,