The Reply of the Tongue Is from the LORD

1A man maye well purpose a thinge in his harte, but ye answere of ye tonge cometh of ye LORDE.

2A ma thinketh all his waies to be clene, but it is ye LORDE yt fashioneth ye myndes.

3Commytte thy workes vnto ye LORDE, and loke what thou deuysest, it shal prospere.

4The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake, yee & when he kepeth ye vngodly for ye daye of wrath.

5The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous & proude hertes, there maye nether strength ner power escape.

6With louynge mercy & faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen, and who so feareth ye LORDE eschueth euell.

7When a mans wayes please ye LORDE, he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes.

8Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

9A ma deuyseth a waye in his herte, but it is ye LORDE yt ordreth his goinges.

10When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

11A true measure & a true balauce are ye LORDES, he maketh all weightes.

12It is a greate abhominacio when kynges are wycked, for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp wt righteousnesse.

13Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

14The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death, but a wyse man wyl pacifie him.

15The cherefull countenauce of ye kynge is life, and his louynge fauor is as the euenynge dewe.

16To haue wysdome in possession is better then golde, and to get vnderstondynge, is more worth then syluer.

17The path of ye righteous eschueth euell, & who so loketh well to his wayes, kepeth his owne soule.

18Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion, and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall.

19Better it is to be of humble mynde wt the lowly, then to deuyde ye spoyles wt ye proude.

20He yt handleth a matter wysely, opteyneth good: & blessed is he, yt putteth his trust in ye LORDE.

21Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

22Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him yt hath it, as for ye chastenynge of fooles, it is but foolishnesse.

23The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refreshinge of ye mynde, & health of ye bones.

25There is a waye yt men thinke to be right, but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

26A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.

27An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

28A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

29A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good.

30He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme.

31Age is a crowne of worshipe, yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes.

32A pacient man is better then one that is stroge: and he that can rule him selfe, is more worth then he yt wynneth a cite.

33The lottes are cast in to the lappe, but their fall stodeth in the LORDE.