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  • 1. The prouerbes of Solomon the sonne of Dauid, kyng of Israel:
  • 2. To learne wisdome and instruction, & to perceaue the wordes of vnderstandyng,
  • 3. To receaue the instruction of wisdome, iustice, iudgement, and equitie:
  • 4. To geue wyt vnto the simple, and that the young men myght haue knowledge and vnderstandyng.
  • 5. The wise man wyll geue eare, and wyll come by more wisdome, and he that is endued with vnderstanding shal attayne vnto [wise] counsayles.
  • 6. To vnderstande a parable, and the interpretation therof, the wordes of the wise, and their darke speaches.
  • 7. The feare of the Lorde is the begynnyng of knowledge: but fooles dispise wisdome and instruction.
  • 8. My sonne, heare thy fathers doctrine, & forsake not the lawe of thy mother:
  • 9. For they shalbe an encrease of grace vnto thy head, and [as] a chayne about thy necke.
  • 10. My sonne, if sinners entice thee, consent not vnto them.
  • 11. If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause:
  • 12. Let vs swallowe them vp lyke the graue quicke and whole, as those that go downe into the pit:
  • 13. So shall we finde all maner of costly riches, and fill our houses with spoyles:
  • 14. Cast in thy lot among vs, and let vs all haue one purse.
  • 15. My sonne, walke not thou with them, refrayne thy foote from their wayes.
  • 16. For their feete runne to euyll, and are hasty to shed blood.
  • 17. But [as] in vayne, the nette is layde foorth before the birdes eyes:
  • 18. So these lay wayte for the blood of them, and lye priuily for their liues.
  • 19. Such [are] the wayes of euery one that is greedie of gayne, who taketh away the life of the owner therof.
  • 20. Wisdome cryeth without, and putteth foorth her voyce in the streetes:
  • 21. She calleth before the congregation in the open gates, and sheweth her wordes through the citie, saying:
  • 22. O ye children, howe long wyll ye loue childishnesse? howe long wyll the scorners delite in scornyng, and the vnwise hate knowledge?
  • 23. O turne you at my correction: lo I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you, and make you vnderstande my wordes.
  • 24. Because I haue called, and ye refused, I haue stretched out my hande, and no man regarded:
  • 25. But all my counsels haue ye dispised, and set my correction at naught:
  • 26. Therfore wyll I also laugh at your destruction, and mocke you, when the thyng that ye feare commeth vpon you,
  • 27. Euen when the thyng that ye be afraide of falleth in sodenly like a storme, and your miserie lyke a tempest, yea when trouble and heauinesse commeth vpon you.
  • 28. Then shall they call vpon me, but I wyll not aunswere: they shall seeke me early, but they shall not finde me:
  • 29. And that because they hated knowledge, and did not choose the feare of the Lorde,
  • 30. They woulde none of my counsayle, but dispised all my correction.
  • 31. Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions.
  • 32. For the turnyng away of the vnwise shall slay them, and the prosperitie of fooles shall destroy them.
  • 33. But whoso hearkeneth vnto me, shal dwell safely, and be sure from any feare of euyll.