- 1. Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- 2. Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
- 3. A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
- 4. Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
- 5. Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
- 6. The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
- 7. The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
- 8. As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
- 9. As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
- 10. Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
- 11. My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
- 12. A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
- 13. Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
- 14. He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
- 15. A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
- 16. He that hideth her, hideth the winde, & she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
- 17. Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
- 18. He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
- 19. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
- 20. The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied.
- 21. As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
- 22. Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
- 23. Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
- 24. For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
- 25. The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
- 26. The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
- 27. And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
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