1   A deceitful balance, is abomination before God: and an equal weight is his wil. ^note

2   Where pride shal be, there shal be contumelie also: but where humilitie, there also wisdom. ^note

3   The simplicitie of the iust shal direct them: and the supplanting of the peruers shal waste them. ^note

4   Riches shal not profit in the day of reuenge: but iustice shal deliuer from death. ^note

5   The iustice of the simple shal direct his way: and the impious shal fal in his impietie. ^note

6   The iustice of the righteous shal deliuer them: and the vniust shal be caught in their deceitful practises. ^note

7   The impious man being dead, there shal be no hope any more: and the expectation of the careful shal perish. ^note

8   The iust is deliuered from distresse: and the impious shal be geuen for him. ^note

9   The dissembler with his mouth deceiueth his freind: but the iust shal be deliuered by knowlege. ^note

10   In the good thinges of the iust the citie shal reioyce; and to in the destruction of the impious there shal be prayse. ^note

11   With the benediction of the iust the citie shal be exalted: and by the mouth of the impious it shal be subuerted. ^note

12   He that despiseth his freind, lacketh hart: but the wise man wil hold his peace. ^note

13   He that walketh fraudulently, reueleth secretes: but he that is faithful, concealeth the thing comitted of his freind. ^note

14   Where there is no gouernour, the people shal fal: but there is health where is much counsel. ^note

15   He shal be afflicted with euil, that is suretie for a stranger: but he that is ware of the snares, shal be secure. ^note

16   A gracious woman shal finde glorie: and the strong shal haue riches. ^note

17   A merciful man doth good to his kinred also. ^note

18   The impious maketh an vnstable worke: but to him that soweth iustice, is a faythful reward. ^note

19   Clemencie prepareth life: & the pursewing of euil thinges death. ^note

20   A peruers hart is abominable to our Lord: and his wil is in them that walke simply. ^note

21   Hand in hand the euil man shal not be innocent: but the seede of the iust shal be saued. ^note

22   A ring of gold in a swines snoute, a fayre woman & a foole. ^note

23   The desire of the iust is al good: the expectation of the impious furie.

24   Some diuide their owne goodes, and are made richer others take violently not their owne, and are alwayes in pouertie.

25   The soule which blesseth, shal be made fatte: and he that inebriateth himself shal also be inebriated. ^note

26   He that hydeth corne, shal be cursed among the peoples: but blessing vpon the head of them that sel. ^note

27   Wel riseth he early who seeketh good thinges: but he that is a searcher after euil thinges, shal be oppressed of them. ^note

28   He that trusteth in his riches shal fal: but the iust shal spring as a greene leafe. ^note

29   He that trubleth his house, shal possesse the windes: and he that is a foole shal serue the wise. ^note

30   The fruite of the iust man a tree of life: and he that gaineth soules, is wise. ^note

31   If the iust man receiue in the earth, how much more the impious and sinner?

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