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Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she sayth to him:

Who so is simple, let him turne in hither: and as for him that wanteth vnderstanding, she saith to him;

In the lips of him that hath vnderstanding, wisedome is found: but a rod is for the backe of him that is voyd of vnderstanding.

I went by the field of the slouthfull, and by the vineyard of the man voyd of vnderstanding:

And loe, it was all growen ouer with thornes, and nettles had couered the face thereof, and the stone wall therof was broken downe:

Then I saw, and considered it well, I looked vpon it, and receiued instruction.

Yet a little sleepe, a little slumber, a little folding of the handes to sleepe:

So shall thy pouertie come, as one that traueileth, and thy want, as an armed man.

Put not forth thy selfe in the presence of the king, and stand not in the place of great men.

For better it is that it be said vnto thee, Come vp hither; then that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the Prince whom thine eies haue seene.