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Proverbs - Chapter: 17


17:1	Better is a drye morsell wyth quyetnesse, then a house full of fatt offringe with stryfe.
17:2	A discrete seruaunt shall haue more rule then the sonnes that haue no wysdome, and shall haue lyke heritage with the brethren.
17:3	Lyke as syluer is tryed in the fyre, and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the Lorde proue the hertes.
17:4	A wycked body gyueth audience to false lyppes, & a frowarde personne geueth eare to a disceatfull tonge.
17:5	Who so laugheth the poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he that is glad of another mans hurte, shall not be vnpunyshed.
17:6	Chylders chyldren are a worshyppe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honoure of the chyldren.
17:7	Speach of auctorytie becommeth not a foole, moche lesse a lyinge mouth then besemeth a prince.
17:8	A rewarde is as a precious stone vnto him that hath it: but vnto whomsoeuer it turneth it maketh him vnwise.
17:9	Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he that discloseth the faute, setteth the prynce agaynst him selfe.
17:10	One reprofe onely doth more good to hym that hath vnderstandynge, then an .C. strypes vnto a foole.
17:11	A sedycious personne seketh myschefe, & therfore is a cruell messaunger sent agaynst him.
17:12	It were better to come agaynst a she Beare robbed of her whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.
17:13	Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shall not departe from his house.
17:14	The beginninge of stryfe is as when a man maketh an Issue for water, therfore or the metynge be leaue of contencyon.
17:15	The Lorde hateth as well him that iustifieth the vngodly, as him that condempneth the innocent.
17:16	What helpeth it to geue a foole treasure in hys hande, where as he hath no mynde to bye wysdome?
17:17	He is a frende that all waye loueth, and in aduersyte a man shall knowe who is hys brother.
17:18	Who so promyseth by the hande, and is suertye for his neyghboure, he is a foole.
17:19	He that delyteth in synne loueth stryfe: and who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.
17:20	Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he that hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shall fall into myschefe.
17:21	He that begettith a fole begettith his sorowe, & the father of a foole can haue no ioye.
17:22	A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mynde dryeth vp the bones.
17:23	The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wreste the wayes of iudgement.
17:24	Wysdome shyneth in the face of him that hath vnderstandynge, but the eyes of fooles wandre thorowe out all landes.
17:25	An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto hys father, and an heuynesse vnto hys mother.
17:26	To punyshe the innocent, and to smite the prynces that geue true iudgement, are both euell.
17:27	A wyse man, vseth fewe wordes, and he is a man of vnderstandynge, that maketh moch of hys sprete.
17:28	Yee a very foole (when he holdeth hys tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstandynge, when he shutteth hys lyppes.


17:1	Betere is a drie mussel with ioye, than an hous ful of sacrifices with chidyng.
17:2	A wijs seruaunt schal be lord of fonned sones; and he schal departe eritage among britheren.
17:3	As siluer is preued bi fier, and gold is preued bi a chymnei, so the Lord preueth hertis.
17:4	An yuel man obeieth to a wickid tunge; and a fals man obeieth to false lippis.
17:5	He that dispisith a pore man, repreueth his maker; and he that is glad in the fallyng of another man, schal not be vnpunyschid.
17:6	The coroun of elde men is the sones of sones; and the glorie of sones is the fadris of hem.
17:7	Wordis wel set togidere bisemen not a fool; and a liynge lippe bicometh not a prince.
17:8	A preciouse stoon moost acceptable is the abiding of hym that sekith; whidur euere he turneth hym silf, he vndurstondith prudentli.
17:9	He that helith trespas, sekith frenschipis; he that rehersith bi an hiy word, departith hem, that ben knyt togidere in pees.
17:10	A blamyng profitith more at a prudent man, than an hundryd woundis at a fool.
17:11	Euere an yuel man sekith stryues; forsothe a cruel aungel schal be sent ayens hym.
17:12	It spedith more to meete a femal bere, whanne the whelpis ben rauyschid, than a fool tristynge to hym silf in his foli.
17:13	Yuel schal not go a wei fro the hous of hym, that yeldith yuels for goodis.
17:14	He that leeueth watir, is heed of stryues; and bifor that he suffrith wrong, he forsakith dom.
17:15	Bothe he that iustifieth a wickid man, and he that condempneth a iust man, euer ethir is abhomynable at God.
17:16	What profitith it to a fool to haue richessis, sithen he mai not bie wisdom? He that makith his hous hiy, sekith falling; and he that eschewith to lerne, schal falle in to yuels.
17:17	He that is a frend, loueth in al tyme; and a brother is preuyd in angwischis.
17:18	A fonned man schal make ioie with hondis, whanne he hath bihiyt for his frend.
17:19	He that bithenkith discordis, loueth chidingis; and he that enhaunsith his mouth, sekith fallyng.
17:20	He that is of weiward herte, schal not fynde good; and he that turneth the tunge, schal falle in to yuel.
17:21	A fool is borun in his schenschipe; but nether the fadir schal be glad in a fool.
17:22	A ioiful soule makith likinge age; a sorewful spirit makith drie boonys.
17:23	A wickid man takith yiftis fro the bosum, to mys turne the pathis of doom.
17:24	Wisdom schyneth in the face of a prudent man; the iyen of foolis ben in the endis of erthe.
17:25	A fonned sone is the ire of the fadir, and the sorewe of the modir that gendride hym.
17:26	It is not good to brynge in harm to a iust man; nether to smyte the prince that demeth riytfuli.
17:27	He that mesurith his wordis, is wijs and prudent; and a lerud man is of preciouse spirit.
17:28	Also a foole, if he is stille, schal be gessid a wijs man; and, if he pressith togidre hise lippis, he `schal be gessid an vndurstondynge man.


17:1	Better is a drye morsell wt quyetnesse, the a full house and many fatt catell wt stryfe.
17:2	A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.
17:3	Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes.
17:4	A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.
17:5	Who so laugheth ye poore to scorne, blasphemeth his maker: and he yt is glad of another mans hurte, shal not be vnpunyshed.
17:6	Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders, and the fathers are the honor of the children.
17:7	An eloquent speach becometh not a foole, a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce.
17:8	Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it, for where so euer he becometh, he prospereth.
17:9	Who so couereth another mans offence, seketh loue: but he yt discloseth the faute, setteth frendes at variaunce.
17:10	One reprofe only doth more good to him yt hath vnderstodinge, then an C. stripes vnto a foole.
17:11	A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.
17:12	It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes, then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes.
17:13	Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.
17:14	He yt soweth discorde & strife, is like one yt dyggeth vp a water broke: but an open enemie is like the water yt breaketh out & reneth abrode.
17:15	The LORDE hateth as well him yt iustifieth ye vngodly, as him yt condempneth the innocet.
17:16	What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hode, where as he hath no mynde to bye wy?dome?
17:17	He is a frende that allwaye loueth, and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother.
17:18	Who so promiseth by the hande, & is suertie for another, he is a foole.
17:19	He yt loueth strife, delyteth in synne: & who so setteth his dore to hye, seketh after a fall.
17:20	Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.
17:21	An vnwyse body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe, and ye father of a foole can haue no ioye.
17:22	A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mide dryeth vp ye bones.
17:23	The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.
17:24	Wy?dome shyneth in ye face of him yt hath vnderstondinge, but ye eyes of fooles wandre thorow out all lodes.
17:25	An vndiscrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father, and heuynesse vnto his mother yt bare him.
17:26	To punysh ye innocent, and to smyte ye prynces yt geue true iudgmet, are both euell.
17:27	He is wyse and discrete, yt tempereth his wordes: and he is a ma of vnderstodinge, yt maketh moch of his sprete.
17:28	Yee a very foole (when he holdeth his tonge) is counted wyse, and to haue vnderstodinge, when he shutteth his lippes.

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