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[1]Hethat seketh vengeaunce, shal find vengeaunce of the Lorde, which shal surely kepe hym his sinnes.
[2]Forgeuethy neyghbour the hurt that he hath done thee, and so shal thy sinnes be forgeuen thee also when thou prayest.
[3]Aman that beareth hatred against another, how dare he desire forgeuenesse of God?
[4]Hethat sheweth no mercie to a man which is like him selfe, how dare he aske forgeuenesse of his sinnes?
[5]Ifhe that is but fleshe, beareth hatred and kepeth it, who will intreate for his sinnes?
[6]Rememberthe ende, and let enmitie passe whiche seketh death and destruction, and abyde thou in the commaundementes.
[7]Rememberthe commaundementes, so shalt thou not be rigorous ouer thy neyghbour: Thinke vpon the couenaunt of the hyghest, and forgeue thy neyghbours ignoraunce.
[8]Bewareof stryfe, and thou shalt make thy sinnes fewer.
[9]Foran angry man kindleth variaunce: and the vngodly disquieteth friendes, and putteth discorde among them that be at peace.
[10]Themore wood there is, the more vehement is the fire, and the mightier that men be, the greater is the wrath: according to his riches his anger increaseth, and the longer the stryfe endureth, the more it burneth.
[11]Andhastie brawling kindleth a fyre, and an hastie stryfe sheddeth blood: A tongue also that beareth false witnesse, bringeth death.
[12]Ifthou blow the sparke it shall burne, yf thou spyt vpon it, it shall go foorth, and both these come out of the mouth.
[13]Thesclaunderer and doubble tongued is cursed: for many one that be friendes, setteth he at variaunce.
[14]Thethirde tongue hath disquieted many one, and dryuen them from one lande to another: Strong cities of the riche hath it broken downe, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men: The strength of the people hath it brought downe, and ben the decay of mightie nations.
[15]Thethirde tongue hath cast out many an honest woman, and robbed them of their labours.
[16]Whoso hearkeneth vnto such, shal neuer finde rest, and neuer dwell safely.
[17]Thestroke of the rod maketh printes in the skinne: but the stroke of the tongue smyteth the bones in sunder.
[18]Therebe many that haue perished with the sworde: but many mo thorow the tongue.
[19]Wellis him that is kept from an euyll tongue, and commeth not in the anger thereof, which draweth not the yoke of such, and is not bounde in the bandes of it.
[20]Forthe yoke therof is of yron, and the bande of it of steele.
[21]Thedeath therof is a very euyl death: hell were better for one, then such a tongue.
[22]Butthe fire of it may not oppresse them that feare God, and the flambe thereof may not burne them.
[23]Suchas forsake the Lorde, shall fall therin, and it shall burne them, and no man shall be able to quenche it: It shall fall vpon them as a lion, and deuour them as a leoparde.
[24]Thouhedgest thy goodes with thornes: why doest thou not rather make doores and barres for thy mouth?
[25]Thouwayest thy gold and siluer: why doest thou not waye thy wordes also vpon thy balaunce, and make a doore, and a barre, and a sure brydell for thy mouth?
[26]Bewarethat thou slide not thy tongue, and so fal before thyne enemies that lay wayte for thee, and thy fal be incurable, euen vnto death.
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