For want, and desire of riches, many commit sin. 4. from which the fear of God preserveth. 6. Temptation proveth, Who is just, 12. constant, and modest. 17. Friends are bound to secrecy, 25. and fidelity.For want, and desire of riches, manie committe sinne. 4. from which the feare of God preserueth. 6. Tentation proueth, Who is iust, 12. constant, and modest. 17. Freindes are bond to secresie, 25. and fidelitie.✦
Through poverty many have offended: and he that seeketh to be made rich, turneth away his eye.THROVGH pouertie manie haue offended: and he that seeketh to be made rich, turneth away his eie.✦Propter inopiam multi deliquerunt : et qui quærit locupletari avertit oculum suum.
2As a stake is fastened in the midst of stones compact together, so also in the midst of selling and buying, sin shall be angustiabitur: hemmed in, pressed hard, confined into a narrow place.As a stake is fastened in the middes of stones compact together, so also in the middes of selling and buying, sinne shal be straytened.Sicut in medio compaginis lapidum palus figitur, sic et inter medium venditionis et emptionis angustiabitur peccatum :
3Sin shall be destroyed with the sinner.Sinne shal be destroyed with the sinner.conteretur cum delinquente delictum.
4If thou hold not thyself instanter: at once, immediately; urgently, perseveringly, with insistent constancy in the fear of our Lord, thy house shall quickly be subvertetur: undermined by ideas; overthrown, overturned, ruined.If thou hold not thy self instantly in the feare of our Lord, thy house shal quickly be subuerted.✦Si non in timore Domini tenueris te instanter, cito subvertetur domus tua.
5As in the shaking of a sieve the dust will remain: so the perplexity of a man in his cogitatu: thought, pondering, the working of the mind.As in the shaking of a sieue the dust wil remaine: so the perplexitie of a man in his cogitation.✦Sicut in percussura cribri remanebit pulvis, sic aporia hominis in cogitatu illius.
6The furnace tryeth the potters' vessels, and the temptation of tribulation just men.The fornace tryeth the potters vessels, and the tentation of tribulation iust men.✦Vasa figuli probat fornax, et homines justos tentatio tribulationis.
7As the husbandry about a tree sheweth the fruit thereof, so a word out of the thought of the heart of man.As the husbandrie about a tree sheweth the fruite thereof, so a word out of the thought of the hart of man.✦Sicut rusticatio de ligno ostendit fructum illius, sic verbum ex cogitatu cordis hominis.
8Praise not a man before full discourse, for this is the trial of men.Prayse not a man before ful discourse, for this is the trial of men.✦Ante sermonem non laudes virum : hæc enim tentatio est hominum.
9If thou follow justice, thou shalt apprehend it: and shalt put it on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwell with it: and it shall protect thee for ever, and in the day of agnitionis: acknowledgement, recognition, open confession thou shalt find steadfastness.If thou folow iustice, thou shalt apprehend it: and shalt put it on as a long robe of honour, and thou shalt dwel with it: and it shal protect thee for euer, and in the day of knowleging thou shalt finde stedfastnes.✦Si sequaris justitiam, apprehendes illam, et indues quasi poderem honoris : et inhabitabis cum ea, et proteget te in sempiternum, et in die agnitionis invenies firmamentum.
10The fowls flock together to their like: and truth shall return to them, that work it.The foules flocke together to their like: and truth shal returne to them, that worke it.✦Volatilia ad sibi similia conveniunt : et veritas ad eos qui operantur illam revertetur.
11The lion always lieth in wait for a prey: so sins for them that work iniquities.The lion alwayes lyeth in wayte for a pray: so sinnes for them that worke iniquities.✦Leo venationi insidiatur semper : sic peccata operantibus iniquitates.
12A holy man continueth in wisdom as the sun: for a fool is changed as the moon.A holie man continueth in wildom as the sunne: for a foole is changed as the moone.✦Homo sanctus in sapientia manet sicut sol : nam stultus sicut luna mutatur.
13In the midst of the unwise keep the word till his time: but in the midst of deep considerers be continually.In the middes of the vnwise keepe the word til his time: but in the middes of deepe considerers be continually.✦In medio insensatorum serva verbum tempori : in medio autem cogitantium assiduus esto.
14The narration of sinners is odious, and their laughter is in the delights of sin.The narration of sinners is odious, & their laughter is in the deligthes of sinne.✦Narratio peccantium odiosa, et risus illorum in deliciis peccati.
15Speech that sweareth much shall make the hair of the head to stand upright: and his lack of reverence is the stopping of the ears.Speach that sweareth much shal make the heare of the head to stand vpright: and his lacke of reuerence is the stopping of the eares.✦Loquela multum jurans horripilationem capiti statuet, et irreverentia ipsius obturatio aurium.
16Shedding of blood is in the brawling of the proud: and their cursing is a grievous hearing.Sheding of bloud is in the brawling of the proud: and their cursing is a greeuous hearing.✦Effusio sanguinis in rixa superborum, et maledictio illorum auditus gravis.
17He that discloseth the secret of a friend, loseth credit, and he shall not find a friend to his mind.He that discloseth the secrete of a freind, loseth credite, and he shal not finde a freind to his minde.✦Qui denudat arcana amici fidem perdit, et non inveniet amicum ad animum suum.
18Love thy neighbour, and be joined with him in fidelity.Loue thy neighbour, and be ioyned with him in fidelitie.Dilige proximum, et conjungere fide cum illo.
19But if thou denudaveris: to find out or detect; to uncover, lay bare, reveal his secrets, thou shalt not pursue after him.But if thou discouer his secrets, thou shalt not pursew after him.Quod si denudaveris absconsa illius, non persequeris post eum.
20For as a man that loseth his friend, so also he that loseth the friendship of his neighbour.For as a man that loseth his freind, so also he that loseth the freindshipe of his neigbbour.✦Sicut enim homo qui perdit amicum suum, sic et qui perdit amicitiam proximi sui.
21And as he that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou left thy neighbour, and shalt not take him.And as he that letteth a bird goe out of his hand, so hast thou leaft thy neighbour, & shalt not take him.Et sicut qui dimittit avem de manu sua, sic dereliquisti proximum tuum, et non eum capies.
22Follow him not, because he is far absent, for he is fled, as a doe out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.Folow him not, because he is far absent, for he is fled, as a doe out of the snare: because his soule is wounded.Non illum sequaris, quoniam longe abest : effugit enim quasi caprea de laqueo, quoniam vulnerata est anima ejus :
23Thou canst no more bind him, and of a curse there is reconciliation:Thou canst no more blinde him, and of a curse there is reconciliation:✦ultra eum non poteris colligare. Et maledicti est concordatio :
24but to disclose the secrets of a friend, is the desperatio: reckless frenzy; utter despair, hopelessness of an unhappy soul.but to disclose the secrets of a freind, is the desperation of an vnhappie soule.✦denudare autem amici mysteria, desperatio est animæ infelicis.
25He that winketh with the eye, forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:He that winketh with the eie, forgeth wicked thinges, and no man wil cast him of:✦Annuens oculo fabricat iniqua, et nemo eum abjiciet.
26in the sight of thine eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will be in admirabitur: approving high regard; wonder, amazement, astonishment upon thy words: but at the last he will pervert his mouth, and in thy words he will lay a scandal.in the sight of thyne eyes he wil sweete his mouth, and wil be in admiration vpon thy wordes: but at the last he wil peruert his mouth, and in thy wordes he wil lay a scandal.✦In conspectu oculorum tuorum condulcabit os suum, et super sermones tuos admirabitur : novissime autem pervertet os suum, et in verbis tuis dabit scandalum.
27I have heard many things, and have not esteemed them equal to him, and our Lord will hate him.I haue heard manie thinges, & haue not esteemed them equal to him, and our Lord wil hate him.✦Multa odivi, et non coæquavi ei, et Dominus odiet illum.
28He that casteth a stone on high, it will fall upon his head: and the deceitful stroke will divide the wounds of the deceitful.He that casteth a stone on high, it wil fal vpon his head: and the deceitful stroke wil diuide the woundes of the deceitful.✦Qui in altum mittit lapidem, super caput ejus cadet : et plaga dolosa dolosi dividet vulnera.
29He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shall stumble on it: and he that layeth a snare for another, shall perish in it.He that diggeth a pit, shal fal into it: and he that setteth a stone for his neighbour, shal stumble on it: & he that layeth a snare for an other, shal perish in it.Et qui foveam fodit incidet in eam : et qui statuit lapidem proximo offendet in eo : et qui laqueum alii ponit, peribit in illo.
30To a man that doth most wicked counsel, it shall be turned upon himself, and he shall not know from whence it cometh to him.To a man that doth most wicked counsel, it shal be turned vpon himself, and he shal not know from whence it cometh to him.Facienti nequissimum consilium, super ipsum devolvetur, et non agnoscet unde adveniat illi.
31Derision and reproach of the proud, and vengeance as a lion shall lie in wait for him.Derision & reproch of the proud, and vengeance as a lyon shal lie in waite for him.✦Illusio et improperium superborum, et vindicta sicut leo insidiabitur illi.
32They shall perish in a snare that are delighted with the fall of the just: and sorrow shall consume them before they die.They shal perish in a snare that are delighted with the fal of the iust: and sorow shal consume them before they die.✦Laqueo peribunt qui oblectantur casu justorum, dolor autem consumet illos antequam moriantur.
33Anger and fury, both are execrabilia: accursed, abominable, deserving of a curse, and the sinful man shall be subject to them.Anger and furie, both are execrable, and the sinful man shal be subiect to them.✦Ira et furor utraque execrabilia sunt, et vir peccator continens erit illorum.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.