1{\cf2 Do no euill: so shal no harme come vnto thee.} 2{\cf2 Depart from the thing that is wicked, & sinne shal turne away from thee.} 3{\cf2 My sonne, sowe not vpon the sorowes of vnrighteousnes, lest that thou reape them seuen fold.} 4{\cf2 Aske not of the Lord preeminence, neyther of the king the seate of honour.} 5{\cf2 Iustifie not thy selfe before the Lord: for he knoweth thine heart, and boast not thy wisedome in the presence of the king.} 6{\cf2 Seeke not to be made a Iudge, least thou be not able to take away iniquitie, and least thou, fearing the person of the mightie, shouldest committe an offence against thine vprightnes.} 7{\cf2 Offende not against the multitude of a citie, and cast not thy selfe among the people.} 8{\cf2 Binde not two sinnes together: for in one sinne shalt thou not be vnpunished.} 9{\cf2 Say not, God will looke vpon the multitude of mine oblations, & when I offer to the most high God, he wil accept it.} 10{\cf2 Be not faint hearted, when thou makest thy prayer, neither slacke in giuing of almes.} 11{\cf2 Laugh no man to scorne in the heauines of his soule: for God which seeth all things is hee that can bring downe, and set vp againe.} 12{\cf2 Sowe not a lye against thy brother, neyther do the same against thy friend.} 13{\cf2 Vse not to make any maner of lye: for the custome thereof is not good.} 14{\cf2 Make not many words when thou art amog the Elders, neither repeate a thing in thy prayer.} 15{\cf2 Hate not laborious worke, neither the husbandrie, which the most high hath created.} 16{\cf2 Number not thy selfe in the multitude of the wicked, but remeber that vengeance wil not slacke.} 17{\cf2 Humble thy minde greatly: for the vegeance of the wicked is fire and wormes.} 18{\cf2 Giue not ouer thy friend for any good, nor thy true brother for the golde of Ophir.} 19{\cf2 Depart not from a wise and good woman, that is fallen vnto thee for thy portion in the feare of the Lord: for her grace is aboue golde.} 20{\cf2 Whereas thy seruant worketh truely, intreate him not euil, nor the hireling that bestoweth himselfe wholly for thee.} 21{\cf2 Let thy soule loue a good seruant, and defraude him not of libertie, neyther leaue him a poore man.} 22{\cf2 If thou haue cattel, looke wel to them, and if they be for thy profite, keepe them with thee.} 23{\cf2 If thou haue sonnes, instruct them, & holde their necke from their youth.} 24{\cf2 If thou haue daughters, keepe their body, & shew not thy face cheerefull toward them.} 25{\cf2 Marrie thy daughter, and so shalt thou performe a weightie matter: but giue her to a man of vnderstanding.} 26{\cf2 If thou haue a wife after thy minde, forsake her not, but commit not thy selfe to the hatefull.} 27{\cf2 Honour thy father from thy whole heart, and forget not the sorowes of thy mother.} 28{\cf2 Remember that thou wast borne of them, & how canst thou recompence them the things that they haue done for thee?} 29{\cf2 Feare the Lorde with all thy soule, and honour his ministers.} 30{\cf2 Loue him that made thee, with al thy strength, and forsake not his seruants.} 31{\cf2 Feare the Lord with all thy soule, & honour the Priestes, and giue them their portion, as it is commanded thee, the first fruites, & purifications & sacrifices for sinne, & the offrings of the shoulders, and the sacrifices of sanctification, and the first fruites of the holy things.} 32{\cf2 Stretch thine hande vnto the poore, that thy blessing, & reconciliation may be accomplished.} 33{\cf2 Liberalitie pleaseth all men liuing, & from the dead restraine it not.} 34{\cf2 Let not them that weepe, be without comfort: but mourne with such as mourne.} 35{\cf2 Be not slow to visite the sicke: for that shal make thee to be beloued.} 36{\cf2 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hand, remember the ende, and thou shalt neuer do amisse.}