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¹ A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

² A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane: but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes.

³ Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde: and what thou deuisest it shall prosper.

⁴ The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake: yea, the vngodly for the day of wrath.

⁵ The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart: and though hande be ioyned in hande, yet they shall not be vnpunished.

⁶ With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen: and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed.

⁷ When a mans wayes please the Lord, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

⁸ Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

⁹ A man deuiseth a way in his heart: but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges.

¹⁰ When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

¹¹ A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement: all the wayghtes of the bagge are his worke.

¹² Wicked doers are an abhomination to the kyng, for a kynges seate shoulde be holden vp with ryghteousnesse.

¹³ Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

¹⁴ The kinges displeasure is a messenger of death: but a wise man wyll pacifie hym.¹⁵ The chearfull countenaunce of the kyng is life: and his louyng fauour is as a cloude of the latter rayne.

¹⁶ To haue wisdome in possession, is better then to haue golde: and to get vnderstandyng, is rather to be chosen then to haue siluer.

¹⁷ The path of the ryghteous is to eschewe euyll, and who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

¹⁸ Pryde goeth before destruction, and an hygh mynde before the fall.

¹⁹ Better it is to be of humble mynde with the lowly, the to deuide the spoyles with the proude.

²⁰ He that handleth a matter wisely obteyneth good: and blessed is he that putteth his trust in the Lorde.

²¹ Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

²² Vnderstandyng is a well of lyfe vnto hym that hath it: as for the chastenyng of fooles it is but foolishnesse.

²³ A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

²⁴ Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

²⁵ There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

²⁶ A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.

²⁷ An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.²⁸ A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

²⁹ A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:³⁰ He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

³¹ Age is a crowne of worshyp, yf it be founde in the way of ryghteousnesse.

³² A patient man is better the one strong: and he that can rule hym selfe, is more worth then he that wynneth a citie.

³³ The lottes are cast into the lappe: but the orderyng therof standeth all in the Lorde.