Proverbs 24:1-9 ▼

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.