mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.
5It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement.
6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.
7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
8The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
9Who so is slouthfull in his labour, is the brother of hym that is a waster.
10The name of the Lorde is a strong castell, the righteous runneth vnto it and is in safegarde.
11The rich mans goodes are his strong citie, and as an high wall in his owne conceipt.
12Before destruction the heart of a man is proude: and before honour goeth humilitie.
13He that geueth sentence in a matter before he heare it, the same to hym is folly and shame.
14A good stomacke beareth out sickenesse: but the minde beyng sicke, who shall heale it?
15A wise heart possesseth knowledge, & a prudent eare seeketh vnderstanding.
16A mans gyft maketh an open way, to bryng hym before great men.
17The righteous declareth his owne cause first him selfe, and his neighbour commeth and tryeth hym.
18The lot causeth variaunce to ceasse: and parteth the mightie a sunder.
19Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie, and their contentions are like the barre of a castell.
20A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.
21Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.
23The poore prayeth meekely: but the riche geueth a rough aunswere.
24A man that wyll haue frendes, must shewe hym selfe frendly: and there is a frende whiche is nearer then a brother.
