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that oppresseth the poore to increase him selfe, childe: if thou smite him with the rodde, he shall
and giueth vnto the riche, shall surely come to not die. 14 Thou shalt smite him with the rodde,
pouertie. 17 Incline thine eare, and heare the and shalt deliuer his soule from hell. 15 My sonne,
wordes of the wise, and apply thine heart vnto if thine heart be wise, mine heart shall reioyce,
my knowledge. 18 For it shalbe pleasant, if thou and I also. 16 And my reynes shall reioyce, when
keepe them in thy bellie, and if they be directed thy lips speake righteous things. 17 Let not thine
together in thy lippes. 19 That thy confidence heart bee enuious against sinners: but let it bee
may be in the Lord, I haue shewed thee this day: in the feare of the Lord continually. 18 For surely
thou therefore take heede. 20 Haue not I written there is an ende, and thy hope shall not be cut
vnto thee three times in counsels and knowledge, off. 19 O thou my sonne, heare, and bee wise, and
21 That I might shewe thee the assurance of the guide thine heart in the way. 20 Keepe not com-
wordes of trueth to answere the wordes of trueth pany with drunkards, nor with gluttons. 21 For
to them that sende to thee? 22 Robbe not the the drunkard and the glutton shall bee poore, and
poore, because hee is poore, neither oppresse the sleeper shalbe clothed with ragges. 22 Obey
the afflicted in iudgement. 23 For the Lord will thy father that hath begotten thee, and despise
defende their cause, and spoyle the soule of not thy mother when she is olde. 23 Bye the
those that spoyle them. 24 Make no friendship trueth, but sell it not: likewise wisdome, and
with an angrie man, neither goe with the furious instruction, and vnderstanding. 24 The father of
man, 25 Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue the righteous shall greatly reioyce, and hee that
destruction to thy soule. 26 Be not thou of them begetteth a wise childe, shall haue ioy of him.
that touch the hand, nor among them that are 25 Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and
suretie for debts. 27 If thou hast nothing to paye, she that bare thee shall reioyce. 26 My sonne, giue
why causest thou that he should take thy bed mee thine heart, and let thine eyes delite in my
from vnder thee? 28 Thou shalt not remooue wayes. 27 For a whore is as a deepe ditche, and a
the ancient bounds which thy fathers haue made. strange woman is as a narrowe pitte. 28 Also she
29 Thou seest that a diligent man in his businesse lyeth in wait as for a praye, and she increaseth the
standeth before Kings, and standeth not before transgressers among men. 29 To whome is woe?
the base sort. to whome is sorowe? to whom is strife? to whom
23 is murmuring? to whom are woundes without
cause? and to whome is the rednesse of the eyes?
1 When thou sittest to eate with a ruler, con- 30 Euen to them that tarie long at the wine, to
sider diligently what is before thee, 2 And put them that goe, and seeke mixt wine. 31 Looke not
the knife to thy throte, if thou be a man giuen thou vpon the wine, when it is red, and when it
to the appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his deintie sheweth his colour in the cup, or goeth downe
meates: for it is a deceiuable meate. 4 Trauaile pleasantly. 32 In the ende thereof it will bite like a
not too much to be rich: but cease from thy 33
wisdome. 5 Wilt thou cast thine eyes vpon it, serpent, and hurt like a cockatrise. Thine eyes
which is nothing? for riches taketh her to her shall looke vpon strange women, and thine heart
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wings, as an eagle, and flyeth into the heauen. shall speake lewde things. And thou shalt bee
6 Eate thou not the bread of him that hath an euil as one that sleepeth in the middes of the sea, and
eye, neither desire his deintie meates. 7 For as as hee that sleepeth in the toppe of the maste.
though he thought it in his heart, so will hee say 35 They haue stricken mee, shalt thou say, but I
vnto thee, Eate and drinke: but his heart is not was not sicke: they haue beaten mee, but I knew
with thee. 8 Thou shalt vomit thy morsels that not, when I awoke: therefore will I seeke it yet
thou hast eaten, and thou shalt lose thy sweete still.
wordes. 9 Speake not in the eares of a foole:
for hee will despise the wisdome of thy wordes. 24
10 Remooue not the ancient boundes, and enter 1 Be not thou enuious against euill men, nei-
not into the fieldes of the fatherlesse. 11 For he ther desire to be with them. 2 For their heart
that redeemeth them, is mightie: he will defend imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake
their cause against thee. 12 Apply thine heart mischiefe. 3 Through wisdome is an house
to instruction, and thine eares to the wordes of builded, and with vnderstanding it is established.
knowledge. 13 Withhold not correction from the 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers bee filled