Proverbs 24:1-14 ▼

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?

13 My sonne, thou eatest hony & ye swete hony cobe, because it is good & swete in thy mouth.

14 Euen so shall ye knowlege of wysdome be vnto yi soule, as soone as thou hast gotte it. And there is good hope, yee yi hope shal not be in vayne.