1{\cf2 He that toucheth pitch, shalbe defiled with it: and he that is familiar with the proude, shalbe like vnto him.} 2{\cf2 Burthen not thy selfe aboue thy power, whilest thou liuest, and companie not with one that is mightier, and richer then thy selfe: for howe agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? For if the one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.} 3{\cf2 The riche dealeth vnrighteously, and threateneth withall: but the poore being oppressed must intreate: if the riche haue done wrong, heemust yet be intreated: but if the poore haue done it, he shal straight wayes be threatned.} 4{\cf2 If thou be for his profite, he vseth thee: but if thou haue nothing, he wil forsake thee.} 5{\cf2 If thou haue any thing, he wil liue with thee: yea, he will make thee a bare man, and will not care for it.} 6{\cf2 If he haue neede of thee, hee will defraude thee, & wil laugh at thee, and put thee in hope, and giue thee al good words, & say, What wantest thou?} 7{\cf2 Thus will he shame thee in his meate, vntill he haue supt thee cleane vp twise or thrise, and at the last hee will laugh thee to scorne: afterwarde, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his head at thee.} 8{\cf2 Submit thy selfe vnto God, and waite vpon his hand.} 9{\cf2 Beware that thou be not deceiued in thine owne conceit & brought downe by thy simplenes: be not too humble in thy wisedome.} 10{\cf2 If thou be called of a mightie man, absent thy selfe: so shal he call thee the more oft.} 11{\cf2 Preasse not thou vnto him, that thou be not shut out, but go not thou far off, lest he forget thee.} 12{\cf2 Withdraw not thy selfe from his speech, but beleeue not his many wordes: for with much communication will he tempt thee, and laughingly wil he grope thee.} 13{\cf2 He is vnmerciful, & keepeth not promes, he wil not spare to do thee hurt, & to put thee in priso.} 14{\cf2 Beware, and take good heede: for thou walkest in perill of thine ouerthrowing: when thou hearest this, awake in thy sleepe.} 15{\cf2 Loue the Lorde all thy life, & call vpon him for thy saluation.} 16{\cf2 Euery beast loueth his like, and euery man loueth his neighbour.} 17{\cf2 Al flesh wil resort to their like, & euery man wil keepe company with such as he is himselfe.} 18{\cf2 How can the wolfe agree with the lambe? No more can the vngodly with the righteous.} 19{\cf2 What felowship hath hyena with a dogge? and what peace is betweene the rich & the poore?} 20{\cf2 As the wilde Asse is the Lyons pray in ye wildernes, so are poore men the meate of the rich.} 21{\cf2 As the proude hate humilitie, so do the riche abhorre the poore.} 22{\cf2 If a riche man fall, his friendes set him vp againe: but when the poore falleth, his friends driue him away.} 23{\cf2 If a rich man offende, he hath many helpers: he speaketh proude wordes, & yet men iustifie him: but if a poore ma faile, they rebuke him, & though he speake wisely, yet can it haue no place.} 24{\cf2 When the riche man speaketh, euery man holdeth his tongue: and looke what he sayth, they prayse it vnto the cloudes: but if the poore man speake, they say, What felow is this? and if he do amisse, they wil destroy him.} 25{\cf2 Riches are good vnto him that hath no sinne in his conscience, & pouertie is euil in the mouth of the vngodly.} 26{\cf2 The heart of a man changeth his countenance, whether it be in good or euill.} 27{\cf2 A chearefull countenance is a token of a good heart: for it is an hard thing to knowe the secrets of the thought.}