A Good Name 1A good name is more to be desired then great riches: and louing fauour
2The riche and poore meete together: the Lorde is the maker of them all.
3A wyse man seeth the plague, and hydeth hym selfe: but the foolishe go on still, and are punished.
4By humilitie and the feare of the Lorde,
5Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.
6Teache a chylde what way he should go: for he shall not leaue it when he is olde.
7The ryche ruleth the poore, and the borower is seruaunt to the lender.
8He that soweth wickednes, shal reape wickednes: and the rodde of his anger shall fayle.
9He that hath a bountifull eye, shalbe blessed: for he geueth of his bread to the poore.
10Cast out the scorneful man, and so shal strife go out with hym: yea variaunce and sclaunder shall ceasse.
11Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.
12The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours.
13The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.
14The mouth of straunge women is a deepe pit: wherein he falleth that the Lorde is angrye withall.
15Foolishnes is bounde in the heart of the chylde: and the rodde of correction shall driue it away.
16Who so doth a poore man wrong, to increase his owne Thirty Sayings of the Wise 17Bowe downe thyne eare, and heare the wordes of the wise: applie thy mind vnto my doctrine:
18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:
19That thou mayest put thy trust in the Lorde, I haue shewed thee this day the thing that thou knowest.
20Haue not I warned thee very oft with counsayle and learning,
21That I might make thee knowe the trueth, that thou with the veritie mightest aunswere them that sende vnto thee? Saying 2 22Rob not the poore, because he is poore: and oppresse not the simple in iudgement:
23For the Lorde him selfe wyll defende their cause, and do violence vnto them that haue vsed violence. Saying 3 24Make no frendship with an angrye wylfull man, and walke not with the furious:
25Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule. Saying 4 26Be not thou one of them that binde their hande vpon promise, and are suretie for waightie causes:
27For if thou hast nothing to pay, they shall take away thy bed from vnder thee. Saying 5 28Thou shalt not remoue the auncient lande marke, whiche thy fore elders haue set.
Saying 6 29Seest thou not that they which be diligent in their businesse stande before kinges, & not among the simple people? |