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1 Better is* a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of ∥ sacrifices with strife.

2 A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.

3* The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

5* Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be † unpunished.

6* Children’s children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.

7† Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do † lying lips a prince.

8* A gift is as a † precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.

9* He that covereth a transgression ∥ seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

10∥ A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.

13 Whoso * rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.

15* He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abommation to the Lord.

16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it?

17* A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

18* A man void of † understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.

19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

20† He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

21* He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

22* A merry heart doeth good ∥like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

24* Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.

25* A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

26 Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity.

27* He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of ∥ an excellent spirit.

28* Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding.

[* ] ch. 15. 17.

[∥ ] Or, good cheer

[* ] Ps 26. 2 ch 27 21 Jer. 17. 10. Mal. 3. 3.

[* ] ch. 14. 31.

[† ] Heb. held innocent.

[* ] Ps. 127. 3. & 128. 3.

[† ] Heb. A lip of excellency.

[† ] Heb. a lip of lying.

[* ] ch. 18. 16.

[† ] Heb. stone of grace.

[* ] ch. 10. 12.

[∥ ] Or, procureth.

[∥ ] Or, A reproof aweth more a wise man, than to strike a fool an hundred times

[* ] Rom. 12 17. 1 Thess. 5 15. 1 Pet. 3. 9.

[* ] Ex. 23. 7. ch. 24. 24. Is 5. 23.

[* ] ch. 18. 24.

[* ] ch. 6. 1. & 11. 15.

[† ] Heb. heart.

[† ] Heb. The froward of heart.

[* ] ch. 10. 1

[* ] ch. 12. 25. & 15. 13.

[∥ ] Or, to a medicine.

[* ] Eccles. 2. 14. & 8. 1.

[* ] ch 10. 1. & 15. 20 & 19. 13.

[* ] James 1. 19.

[∥ ] Or, a cool spirit.

[* ] Job 13. 5.