The Man of Integrity

1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

2Where no discrecion is, there the soule is not well: and who so is swifte on fote, stombleth hastely.

3Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye, & then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE.

4Riches make many frendes, but the poore is forsake of his owne frendes.

5A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.

6The multitude hageth vpo greate men, & euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes.

7As for the poore, he is hated amonge all his brethren: yee his owne frendes forsake him, & he that geueth credece vnto wordes, getteth nothinge.

8He that is wyse, loueth his owne soule: and who so hath vnderstondinge, shal prospere.

9A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.

10Delicate ease becometh not a foole, moch more vnsemely is it, a bonde man to haue ye rule of prynces.

11A wyse man putteth of displeasure, & it is his honor to let some fautes passe.

12The kynges disfauor is like ye roaringe of a Lyo, but his fredshpe is like the dewe vpo ye grasse.

13An vndiscrete sonne is ye heuynes of his father, & a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house, where thorow it is euer droppynge.

14House & riches maye a ma haue by ye heretage of his elders, but a discrete woma is the gifte of the LORDE.

15Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe, & an ydell soule shal suffer hoger.

16Who so kepeth the comaundemet, kepeth his owne soule: but he yt regardeth not his waye, shal dye.

17He yt hath pitie vpon the poore, ledeth vnto ye LORDE: & loke what he layeth out, it shalbe payed him agayne.

18Chaste yi sonne whyle there is hope, but let not yi soule be moued to slaye hi.

19For greate wrath bryngeth harme, therfore let him go, and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure.

20O geue eare vnto good councell, & be content to be refourmed, that thou mayest bewyse here after.

21There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.

22It is a mans worshipe to do good, & better it is to be a poore ma, then a dyssembler.

23The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life, yee it geueth pleteousnes, without the visitacio of any plage.

24A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome, so yt he can not put it to his mouth.

25Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne, the ignoraut shal take better hede: & yf thou reprouest one yt hath vnderstondinge, he wil be ye wyser.

26He yt hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother, is a shamefull & an vnworthy sonne.

27My sonne, heare nomore the doctrine yt leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge.

28A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.

29Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull, and stripes for fooles backes.