Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son

1These are prouerbes of Salomon. A wyse sonne maketh a glad father, but an vndiscrete sonne is the heuynesse of his mother.

2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

3The LORDE wil not let the soule of the rightuous suffre hoger, but he putteth ye vngodly fro his desyre.

4An ydle hande maketh poore, but a quycke laboringe hande maketh riche.

5Who so gathereth in Sommer, is wyse: but he that is slogish in haruest, bringeth himself to confucion.

6Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous, but ye fore heade of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

7The memoriall of the iust shall haue a good reporte, but the name of the vngodly shal stynke.

8A wyse man wil receaue warnynge, but a foole wil sooner be smytten in the face.

9He that leadeth an innocent life, walketh surely: but who so goeth a wroge waye, shalbe knowne.

10He yt wynketh with his eye, wil do some harme: but he that hath a foolish mouth, shalbe beaten.

11The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

12Euell will stereth vp strife, but loue couereth ye multitude of synnes.

13In ye lippes of him yt hath vnderstodinge a ma shal fynde wysdome, but ye rodde belogeth to ye backe of ye foolish.

14Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

15The rich mas goodes are his stroge holde, but pouerte oppresseth the poore.

16The rightuous laboureth to do good, but the vngodly vseth his increase vnto synne.

17To take hede vnto ye chastenynge of nurtoure, is ye waye of life: but he that refuseth to be refourmed, goeth wroge.

18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

20An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

21The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

22The blessynge of the LORDE maketh rich me, as for carefull trauayle, it doth nothinge therto.

23A foole doth wickedly & maketh but a sporte of it: neuertheles it is wysdome for a man to bewarre of soch.

24The thinge that the vngodly are afrayed of, shal come vpon them, but the rightuous shal haue their desyre.

25The vngodly is like a tempest that passeth ouer & is nomore sene, but the rightuous remayneth sure for euer.

26As vyneger is to the teth, and as smoke is vnto ye eyes, eue so is a slogish personne to them that sende him forth.

27The feare of ye LORDE maketh a loge life, but ye yeares of ye vngodly shal be shortened.

28The pacient abydinge of the rightuous shalbe turned to gladnesse, but the hope of the vngodly shal perish.

29The waye of the LORDE geueth a corage vnto ye godly, but it is a feare for wicked doers.

30The rightuous shal neuer be ouerthrowne, but ye vngodly shal not remayne in the londe.

31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

32The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.