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[1] The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel
[2] To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng
[3] To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie
[4] To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng
[5] The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles
[6] To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches
[7] The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction
[8] My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother
[9] For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke
[10] My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them
[11] If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause
[12] Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit
[13] So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles
[14] Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse
[15] My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes
[16] For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood
[17] But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes
[18] So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues
[19] Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof
[20] Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes
[21] She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying
[22] O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge
[23] O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes
[24] Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded
[25] But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught
[26] Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you
[27] Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you
[28] Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me
[29] And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde
[30] They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction
[31] Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions
[32] For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them
[33] But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll
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