📖 Proverbs 14
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A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.
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Who so feareth the LORDE, walketh in the right path: & regardeth not him that abhorreth the wayes of the LORDE.
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In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.
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4
Where no oxen are, there the crybb is emptie: but where the oxen laboure, there is moch frute.
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5
A faithfull wytnesse wyl not dyssemble, but a false recorde wil make a lye.
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A scornefull body seketh wy?dome, & fyndeth it not: but knowlege is easy to come by, vnto him that wil vnderstonde.
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Se yt thou medle not with a foole, & do as though thou haddest no knowlege.
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The wy?dome of him that hath vnderstondinge is, to take hede vnto his waye, but the foolishnesse of the vnwyse disceaueth.
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Fooles make but a sporte of synne, but there is fauourable loue amoge the rightuous.
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10
The herte of him that hath vnderstondinge wil nether dispare for eny sorow, ner be to presumptuous for eny sodane ioye.
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11
The houses of the vngodly shalbe ouerthrowne, but the tabernacles of ye righteus shal florishe.
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12
There is a waye, which some men thinke to be right, but the ende therof ledeth vnto death.
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13
The herte is soroufull euen in laughter, and the ende of myrth is heuynesse.
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14
An vnfaithfull personne shal be fylled with his owne wayes, but a good ma wyl bewarre of soch.
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15
An ignoraut body beleueth all thinges, but who so hath vnderstondinge, loketh well to his goinges.
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A wyse man, feareth, and departeth from euell, but a foole goeth on presumptuously.
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An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.
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18
The ignoraut haue foolishnes in possessio, but the wyse are crowned with knowlege.
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The euell shal bowe them selues before ye good, and the vngodly shal wayte at the dores of the rightuous.
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20
The poore is hated euen of his owne neghbours, but the riche hath many frendes.
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Who so despyseth his neghbor, doth amysse: but blessed is he that hath pyte of the poore.
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22
They that ymagin wickednes, shalbe disapoynted: but they that muse vpo good thinges, vnto soch shal happen mercy and faithfulnesse.
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23
Diliget labor bryngeth riches, but where many vayne wordes are, truly there is scarcenesse.
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24
Riches are an ornament vnto the wyse, but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse.
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25
A faithfull wytnesse delyuereth soules, but a lyar dysceaueth them.
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26
The feare of the LORDE is a stroge holde, for vnto his he wyl be a sure defence.
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The feare of the LORDE is a well of life, to auoyde the snares of death.
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28
The increase and prosperite of the comons is the kynges honoure, but the decaye of the people is the confucio of the prynce.
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29
Pacience is a token of wi?dome, but wrath and haistie displeasure is a token of foolishnesse.
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30
A mery herte is the life of the body, but rancoure consumeth awaye the bones.
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31
He that doth a poore man wroge, blasphemeth his maker: but who so hath pitie of the poore, doth honoure vnto God.
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32
The vngodly is afrayed of euery parell, but the rightuous hath a good hope eue in death.
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33
Wy?dome resteth in the herte of him that hath vnderstondinge, and he wyll teach them that are vnlerned.
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34
Rightuousnes setteth vp the people, but wyckednesse bryngeth folke to destruccion.
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35
A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto ye kynge, but one yt is not honest, prouoketh him vnto wrath.