Proverbs 24:1-12 ▼

1 Be not thou gelous ouer wicked me, & desyre not thou to be amonge them.

2 For their herte ymagineth to do hurte, & their lippes talke of myschefe.

3 Thorow wysdome an house shalbe buylded, & wt vnderstondinge it shalbe set vp.

4 Thorow discrecion shal ye chabers be fylled wt all costly & pleasaunt riches.

5 A wyse ma is stroge, yee a ma of vnderstodinge is better, the he yt is mightie of stregth.

6 For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.

7 wysdome is an hie thinge, yee eue to ye foole, for he darre not ope his mouth in ye gate.

8 He yt ymagineth myschefe, maye wel be called an vngracious personne.

9 The thoughte of ye foolish is synne, & ye scornefull is an abhominacion vnto me.

10 Yf thou be ouersene & necliget in tyme of nede, the is thy stregth but small.

11 Delyuer the yt go vnto death, & are led awaie to be slaine, & be not necliget therin.

12 Yf thou wilt saye: I knewe not of it. Thynkest thou yt he which made ye hertes, doth not cosidre it? & yt he which regardeth yi soule, seith it not? Shal not he recopence euery man acordinge to his workes?