house. 24 For it is a miferable life to go from house to houfe: for where thou art a ftranger thou dareft not open thy mouth. 25 Thou fhalt entertain, and feast, and have no thanks: moreover, thou fhalt hear bitter words : behind him that is like him felf. 5 While he lived, he faw and rejoiced in him: and when he died, he was not forrowful. 6 He left behind him an avenger against his enemies, and one that fhall requite kindness to his friends. 26 Come, thou stranger, 7¶ He that maketh too and furnish a table, and feed much of his fon, shall bind me of that thou haft ready: up his wounds, and his bow27 Give place, thou ftran-els will be troubled at every ger, to an honourable man, cry. my brother cometh to be lodged, and I have need of mine house. 8 An horfe not broken becometh head-strong: and a child left to himself will be 28 These things are griev-wilful. ous to a man of understand- 9 Cocker thy child, and ing the upbraiding of house room, and reproaching of the lender. HE CHAP. XXX. E that loveth his fon, causeth him oft to feel the rod, that he may have joy of him in the end. 2 He that chaftifeth his fon, fhall have joy in him, and fhall rejoice of him among his acquaintance. 3 He that teacheth his fon grieveth the enemy: and before his friends he shall rejoice of him. 4 Though his father die, yet he is as though he were not dead: for he hath left one he fhall make thee afraid: play with him, and he will bring thee to heaviness. 10 Laugh not with him, left thou have forrow with him, and left thou gnash thy teeth in the end. II Give him no liberty in his youth, and wink not at his follies. 12 Bow down his neck while he is young, and beat him on the fides while he is a child, left he wax ftubborn, and be disobedient unto thee, and fo bring forrow to thine heart. 13 Chaftife thy fon, and hold him to labour, left his lewd behaviour be an offence Nn 4 unte unto thee. 14¶ Better is the poor, being found and ftrong of conftitution, than a rich man that is afflicted in his body. 15 Health and good eftate of body are above all gold, and a strong body above infinite wealth. 16 There is no riches above a found body, and no joy above the joy of the heart. 17 Death is better than a bitter life, or continual ficknefs. 18 Delicates poured upon a mouth fhut up, are as meffes of meat fet upon a grave. 19 What good doeth the offering unto an idol? for neither can it eat, nor fmell: fo is he that is perfecuted of the Lord. Give not over thy mind to heavinefs, and afflict not thyself in thine own counfel. 22 The gladness of the heart is the life of man, and the joyfulness of a man prolongeth his days. 4 The poor laboureth in his poor eftate, and when he leaveth off he is ftill needy. 5 He that loveth gold fhall not be justified: and he that followeth corruption, fhall have enough thereof. 6 Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was prefent. 7 It is a ftumbling-block unto them that facrifice unto 23 Love thine own foul, it, and every fool fhall be and comfort thy heart, re-taken therewith. move forrow far from thee: 8 Bleffed is the rich that for forrow hath killed many, is found without blemish, and there is no profit there- and hath not gone after .in. gold. 9 Who is he? and we will call him bleffed: for wonderful things hath he done among his people. IO Who hath been tried thereby, and found perfect? then let him glory. Who might offend, and hath not offended; or done evil, and hath not done it? II His goods fhall be eftablished, and the congregation fhall declare his alms. 19 A very little is fufficient for a man well-nurtured, and he fetcheth not his wind fhort upon his bed. 20 Sound fleep cometh of moderate eating; he riseth early, and his wits are with him: but the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unfatiable man. 21 And if thou hast been forced to eat, arife, go forth, vomit, and thou fhalt have 12 ¶ If thou fit at a bountiful table, be not greedy up-reft. on it, and fay not, There is much meat on it. 13 Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing: and what is created more wicked than an eye? therefore it weepeth upon every occafion. 14 Stretch not thine hand whitherfoever it looketh, and thruft it not with him into the difh. 15 Judge of thy neighbour by thyfelf; and be difcreet in every point. 16 Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are fet before thee; and devour not left thou be hated. 17 Leave off first for manners fake; and be not unfatiable, left thou offend. 18 When thou fitteft among many, reach not thine hand out firft of all. 22 My fon, hear me, and defpife me not, and at the laft thou fhalt find as I told thee: in all thy works be quick, fo fhall there no ficknefs come unto thee. 23 Whofo is liberal of his meat, men shall speak well of him, and the report of his good house-keeping will be believed. 24 But against him that is a niggard of his meat, the whole city fhall murmur, and the teftimonies of his niggardness fhall not be doubted of. 25 Shew not thy valiantnefs in wine, for wine hath deftroyed many. 26 The furnace proveth the edge by dipping: fo doth wine the hearts of the proud by drukenness. 27 Wine is as good as life to a man, if it be drunk and hinder not mufick. 4 Pour not out words where there is a musician, and fhew not forth wisdom out of time. 5 A confort of mufick drunk, and in feafon, bring- in a banquet of wine, is eth gladness of the heart, and as a fignet of carbuncle fet cheerfulness of the mind. in gold. 29 But wine drunken 6 As a fignet of an emewith excefs, maketh bitter-rald fet in a work of gold, so ness of the mind, with brawl-is the melody of mufick with ing and quarrelling. pleafant wine. 30 Drunkennefs increaf- 7 Speak, young man, if eth the rage of a fool, till there be need of thee: and he offend it diminisheth yet fcarcely, when thou art ftrength, and maketh wounds. twice asked. : 31 Rebuke not thy neigh- 8 Let thy fpeech be short, bour at the wine, and def-comprehending much in few pise him not in his mirth: words; be as one that knowgive him no defpiteful words, eth, and yet holdeth his and prefs not upon him with tongue. urging him [to drink.] I' CHAP. XXXII. 9 If thou be among great men, make not thyself equal with them: and when anci many words. F thou be made the maf-ent men are in place, use not ter [of a feaft,] lift not thyfelf up, but be among them as one of the reft, take ro Before the thunder goeth lightening, and before dilligent care for them, and a fhame-faced man fhall gò fo fit down. favour. 2 And when thou haft 11 Rife up betimes, and done all thy office, take thy be not the laft, but get thee place that thou mayeft be home without delay. merry with them, and re 12 There take thy paf ceive a crown for thy well-time, and do what thou wilt: ordering of the feaft. but fin not by proud 3 Speak thou that art the speech. elder, for it becometh thee, 13 And for these things but with found judgment, bless him that made thee, and and hath replenished thee the Lord taketh heed to the with his good things. commandment, and he that 14 ¶ Whofo feareth the trufteth in him, fhall fare neLord will receive his difci-ver the worse. pline, and they that seek him early fhall find favour. 15 He that feeketh the law, fhall be filled therewith: but the hypocrite will be offended thereat. 16 They that fear the Lord fhall find judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light. 17 A finful man will not be reproved, but findeth an excufe according to his will. 18 A man of counsel will be confiderate, but a ftrange and proud man is not daunted with fear, even when of himself he hath done without counfel. 19 Do nothing without advice, and when thou haft once done, repent not. CHAP. XXXIII. THE HERE fhall no evil happen unto him that feareth- the Lord, but in temptation even again he will deliver him. 2 A wife man hateth not the law; but he that is an hypocrite therein, is as a ship in a storm. 3 A man of understanding trufteth in the law, and the law is faithful unto him as an oracle. 4 Prepare what to fay, and fo thou fhalt be heard: and bind up instruction, and then make answer. 5 The heart of the foolith is like a cart-wheel; and his thoughts are like a rolling axle-tree. 20 Go not in a way 6 A ftallion horse is as a wherein thou mayeft fall, and mocking friend, he neigheth ftumble not among the under every one that fitteth upon him. ftones. 21 Be not confident in a plain way. 22 And beware of thine own children. ༡ [ Why doth one day excel another, when as all the light of every day in the year is of the fun? 8 By the knowledge of the Lord they were diftin 23¶ In every good work truft thy own foul, for this is the keeping of the command-guished, and he altered feafons and feafts. ments. 24 He that believeth in 9 Some of them hath he made |