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- He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.
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- When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce: but when the wicked beare rule, the people mourne.
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- Who so loueth wisdome, maketh his father a glad man: but he that kepeth companie with harlottes, spendeth away that he hath.
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- With [true] iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande: but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges, he turneth it vpside downe.
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- Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
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- The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare: but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce.
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- The righteous considereth the cause of the poore: but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng.
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- Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare: but wise men turne away wrath.
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- If a wise man contendeth with a foole: whether he be angry or laugh, there is no rest.
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- The bloodthirstie hate the righteous: but the iust seeke his soule.
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- A foole vttereth all his mynde at once: but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde.
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- If a prince delight in lyes, all his seruauntes are vngodly.
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- The poore and the lender meete together, and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes.
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- The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore, shall continue sure for euermore.
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- The rodde and correction geueth wisdome: but a childe left to his owne will, bryngeth his mother to shame.
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- When the vngodly are multiplied, wickednesse encreaseth: but the ryghteous shall see their fall.
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- Nurture thy sonne with correction, and thou shalt be at rest: yea, he shall do thee good at thine heart.
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- When the worde of God is not preached, the people perishe: but well is hym that kepeth the lawe.
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- A [stubbourne] seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes: for though he vnderstande, yet will he not regarde them.
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- Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly?
there is more hope in a foole then in hym.
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- He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde, shall make hym his maister at length.
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- An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.
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- After pryde commeth a fall: but a lowly spirite bryngeth great worshyp.
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- Who so is partner with a thiefe, hateth his owne soule: he heareth blasphemie and telleth it not foorth.
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- He that feareth men shall haue a fall: but who so putteth his trust in the Lorde, is without daunger.
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- Many there be that seke the princes fauour: but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde.
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- The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.
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