1   Be not ielous ouer the wife of thy bosome, that she shew not some shrewd poynt, ^note lest thou teache her an euil lesson against thy selfe.

2   Geue not the power of thy lyfe vnto a woman, lest she come in thy strength, and so thou be confounded.

3   Loke not vpon a woman that is desyrous of many men, lest thou fall into her snares.

4   Use not the companie of a woman that is a player ∧ a dauncer, ∧ heare her not, lest thou perishe thorow her entising.

5   Behold not a mayden, that thou be not hurt in her beautie.

6    ^noteCast not thy minde vpon harlots in any maner of thing, lest thou destroy both thy selfe and thyne heritage.

7   Go not about gasing in euery lane of the citie, neither wander thou abrode in the streetes therof.

8    ^noteTurne away thy face from a beautifull woman, and loke not vpon the fayrnesse of other: ^note Many a man hath ben deceaued thorowe the beautie of women, for thorow it the desire is kindled as it were a fire.

9   An adulterous woman shalbe troden vnder foote as myre, of euery one that goeth by the way.

10   Many a man wondering at the beautie of a straunge woman, hath ben cast out: for her wordes kyndle as a fyre.

11   Sit not with an other mans wife by any meanes, lye not with her vpon the bed, make no wordes with her at the wine: lest thyne heart consent vnto her, and so thou with thy blood fall into destruction.

12   Forsake not an olde friende, for the new shall not be lyke him: A newe friende is newe wine, let hym be olde and thou shalt drinke hym with pleasure.

13   Desire not the honour and riches of a sinner: for thou knowest not what destruction is for to come vpon hym.

14   Delyte not thou in the thing that the vngodly haue pleasure in, beyng sure that the vngodly shall not be accepted vntill their graue. C   

15   Kepe thee from the man that hath power to slay, so needest thou not to be afrayde of death: And yf thou commest vnto hym, make no fault, lest he happen to take away thy lyfe: Remember that thou goest in the middest of snares, and vpon the bulworkes of thy citie.

16   Beware of thy neyghbour as nye as thou canst, ^note and meddle with such as be wyse and haue vnderstanding.

17   Let iust men be thy gestes, let thy mirth be in the feare of God.

18   Let the remembraunce of God be in thy mynde, ^note and let all thy talking be in the commaundementes of the hyghest.

19   In the handes of craftes men shall the workes be commaunded: ^note so shall the princes of the people in the wysdome of their talking.

20   A man full of wordes is perilous in his citie: and he that is rashe in his talking, shalbe abhorred.

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