The Flourishing of the Righteous

1He that is stiffnecked & wyll not be refourmed, shal sodenly be destroyed wt out eny helpe.

2Where ye rightuous haue the ouer hande, ye people are in prosperite: but where the vngodly beareth rule, there ye people mourne.

3Who so loueth wysdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he yt kepeth harlottes, spedeth awaye yt he hath.

4With true iudgment ye kynge setteth vp the londe, but yf he be a man yt taketh giftes, he turneth it vpsyde downe.

5Who so flatreth his neghbor, layeth a nette for his fete.

6The synne of ye wicked is his owne snare, but ye righteous shal be glad and reioyse.

7The righteous considreth the cause of the poore, but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge.

8Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye, but wyse men set it vp agayne.

9Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole (whether he deale with him frendly or roughly) he getteth no rest.

10The bloudethyrstie hate the rightuous, but the iust seke his soule.

11A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether, but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde.

12If a prynce delyte in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.

13The poore and the lender mete together, the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes.

14The seate of the kinge yt faithfully iudgeth the poore, shal continue sure for euermore.

15The rodde and correccion mynistre wysdome, but yf a childe be not loked vnto, he bryngeth his mother to shame.

16When the vngodly come vp, wickednesse increaseth: but the rightuous shall se their fall.

17Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion, and he shal comforte the, yee he shal do the good at thine hert.

18Where no prophet is, there the people perishe: but well is him that kepeth the lawe.

19A seruaut wil not be the better for wordes, for though he vnderstonde, yet wil he not regarde them.

20Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed, thou mayest trust a foole more then him.

21He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe, shal make him his master at length.

22An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

23After pryde commeth a fall, but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe.

24Who so kepeth company wt a thefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemies, & telleth it not forth.

25He that feareth men, shal haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE, shal come to honor.

26Many there be that seke ye prynces fauoure, but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE.

27The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.