Proverbs 23:1-14 ▼

1 When thou syttest at the table to eate wt a lorde, ordre thy self manerly wt ye thinges

2 that are set before ye Measure thine appetite:

3 and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self, be not ouer gredy of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth.

4 Take not ouer greate trauayle and labor to be riche, bewarre of soch a purpose.

5 Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon ye thinge, which sodenly vanisheth awaye? For riches make them selues wynges, and take their flight like an Aegle in to ye ayre.

6 Eate not thou wt ye envyous, and desyre no his meate,

7 for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.

8 Yee ye morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake, and lese those swete wordes.

9 Tel nothinge in to ye eares of a foole, for he wyl despyse the wysdome of thy wordes.

10 Remoue not ye olde lande marke, and come not within ye felde of the fatherlesse:

11 For he yt deliuereth them is mightie, euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the.

12 Applie thine herte vnto lernynge, and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege.

13 Witholde not correccion from ye childe, for yf thou beatest him wt the rodde, he shal not dye therof.

14 Thou smytest him wt the rodde, but thou delyuerest his soule from hell.