Proverbs 1:3-14

³To receiue instruction to do wisely, by iustice and iudgement and equitie,

⁴To giue vnto the simple, sharpenesse of wit, and to the childe knowledge and discretion.

⁵A wise man shall heare and increase in learning, and a man of vnderstanding shall attayne vnto wise counsels,

⁶To vnderstand a parable, and the interpretation, the wordes of ye wise, and their darke sayings.

⁷The feare of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fooles despise wisedome and instruction.

⁸My sonne, heare thy fathers instruction, and forsake not thy mothers teaching.

⁹For they shalbe a comely ornament vnto thine head, and as chaines for thy necke.

¹⁰My sonne, if sinners doe intise thee, consent thou not.

¹¹If they say, Come with vs, we will lay waite for blood, and lie priuilie for the innocent without a cause:

¹²We wil swallow them vp aliue like a graue euen whole, as those that goe downe into the pit:

¹³We shall finde all precious riches, and fill our houses with spoyle:

¹⁴Cast in thy lot among vs: we will all haue one purse: