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[1] Better is a drye morsell with quietnesse, then a house full of fat offeryng with strife
[2] A discrete seruaunt shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and shal haue heritage with the brethren
[3] As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes
[4] A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue
[5] Who so scorneth the poore, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad at [another mans] hurt, shall not be vnpunished
[6] Childers children are a crowne of the aged, and the fathers are the honour of the children
[7] Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince
[8] A gyft is as a precious stone vnto hym that hath it: but vnto whom soeuer it turneth, it maketh hym vnwise
[9] Who so couereth a fault, procureth loue: but he that discloseth it, deuideth very frendes
[10] One reproofe more feareth a wise man, then an hundred stripes doth a foole
[11] A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym
[12] It were better to meete a shee beare robbed of her whelpes, then a foole [trusting] in his foolishnesse
[13] Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house
[14] The beginning of strife is, as when a man maketh an issue for water: therfore leaue of before the contention be medled with
[15] The Lorde hateth as well hym that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent
[16] Whereto hath a foole treasure in his hande to bye wisdome, seeing he hath no minde therto
[17] He is a frende that alway loueth, and in aduersitie a man shall knowe who is his brother
[18] Who so promiseth by the hande and is suretie for his neighbour, he is a foole
[19] He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction
[20] Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe
[21] He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy
[22] A mery heart make a lustie age: but a sorowfull minde dryeth vp the bones
[23] The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement
[24] Wisdome [shineth] in the face of hym that hath vnderstanding: but the eyes of fooles wander throughout al landes
[25] An vndiscrete sonne is a griefe vnto his father: and an heauinesse vnto his mother
[26] Certaynely to condempne the iust is not good: nor to strike the gouernours whiche iudge rightly
[27] A wyse man vseth fewe wordes, and a man of vnderstanding is of a pacient spirite
[28] Yea, a very foole when he holdeth his tongue is counted wise: and he that stoppeth his lippes is esteemed prudent
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