Proverbs 24:17-34 ▼

17 Reioyce not thou at ye fall of thine enemie, and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth.

18 Lest ye LORDE (when he seyth it) be angrie, & turne his wrath from him vnto the.

19 Let not yi wrath & gelousy moue ye, to foolow ye wicked and vngodly.

20 And why? ye wicked hath nothinge to hope for, & ye cadle of the vngodly shall be put out.

21 My sonne, feare thou ye LORDE & ye kinge, & kepe no copany wt ye slaunderous:

22 for their destruccion shal come sodenly, & who knoweth ye fall of the both?

23 These are also ye saieges of ye wyse. It is not good, to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmet.

24 He yt saieth to ye vngodly: thou art rightuous, him shall the people curse, yee ye comotie shal abhorre him.

25 But they yt rebuke ye vngodly shalbe comended, & a riche blessinge shal come vpo the.

26 He maketh him self to be well loued, that geueth a good answere.

27 First make vp yi worke yt is wt out, & loke well vnto yt which thou hast in ye felde, & the buylde thine house.

28 Be no false wytnesse agaynst yi neghbor, & hurte him not wt yi lyppes.

29 Saye not: I wil hadle him, eue as he hath dealte wt me, & wil rewarde euery ma acordinge to his dedes.

30 I wente by ye felde of ye slouthfull, & by ye vynyarde of the foolish ma.

31 And lo, it was all couered wt nettels, & stode full of thistles, & ye stone wall was broke downe.

32 This I sawe, & cosidered it wel: I loked vpo it, & toke it for a warnynge.

33 Yee slepe on still a litle, slobre a litle, folde thine hodes together yet a litle:

34 so shall pouerte come vnto the as one yt trauayleth by ye waye, & necessite like a wapened man.