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9 (25:8) Handle thy matter with thy neighbour himselfe, and discouer not thy secrete to another: 10 (25:9) Lest he that heareth it put thee to shame, and thy infamie do not ceasse. 11 (25:10) A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer. 12 (25:11) Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde. 13 (25:12) As the colde of snowe in the tyme of haruest: so is a faythfull messenger to them that sende hym, for he refresheth his maisters mynde. 14 (25:13) Whoso maketh great boastes and geueth nothing, is lyke cloudes and winde without rayne. 15 (25:14) With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken. 16 (25:15) If thou findest honie, eate so muche as is sufficient for thee: lest thou be ouer full, and parbreake it out agayne. 17 (25:16) Withdrawe thy foote from thy neighbours house: lest he be werie of thee, and so hate thee. 18 (25:17) Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe. 19 (25:18) The confidence that is put in an vnfaythfull man in tyme of trouble, is like a broken tooth, and a sliding foote. 20 (25:19) Who so taketh away a mans garment in the colde weather, is like vineger vpon lime, or lyke hym that singeth songues to an heauie heart. 21 (25:20) If thyne enemie hunger, feede hym, if he thirst, geue him drinke: 22 (25:21) For so shalt thou heape coles of fire vpon his head, and the Lorde shall rewarde thee. 23 (25:22) The northwinde dryueth away the rayne: euen so doth an angry countenaunce a backbiters tongue. 24 (25:23) It is better to sit in a corner vpon the house toppe, then with a brawling woman in a wide house. 25 (25:24) Good newes from a straunge countrey, are as colde water to a thirstie soule. 26 (25:25) A righteous man fallyng downe before the vngodly, is like a troubled wel, and a spring that is corrupted. 27 (25:26) As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable. 28 (25:27) He that can not rule him selfe, is like a citie whiche is broken downe and hath no walles. Proverbs 25:9-28, Bishops' Bible of 1568. Public domain.
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