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Proverbs — Chapter 17

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These annotations are from the original 1609 Douay Old Testament, the first complete English Catholic Bible translation, produced by English scholars in exile at the English College of Douai. The archaic spelling is preserved.

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Verse 2

A wife feruant sal rule ouer foolish children, and diuide inheritance among brethren,

Verse 3

Asfilueristried by fyre, and gold inthe fournace: fo our Lord proueth the harts,

Verse 4

He thar defpifeth the poore, vpbraydeth his maker : and he thar re- ioyceth at an other mans ruine,shal not be vnpunished, 6. The crowne of oldmen the childrens chijdren : and the glorie of children their fathers, 7+ Eloquent wordsbecome not a foole , nor lying lips a Prince,

Verse 8

Amott grateful pearle,the expectation of him that expecteth: whither toeuer heturnech himief, he vnderftandeth wifely,

Verse 9

He that concealeth offence, feeketh fciendfhips: he thar in o:her word repearerh it, feperareth the confederate,

Verse 10

. 11, An euil man alwayes feeketh braules: but a cruel Angel fhal be {ent again{t him, 12, It is betterto meete a beare when her yong are taken away , then a foole trufting to himfelfe in his owne follie. r 3- He that rendreth euil things for good, euil shal not depart from his oufe,

Verse 14

He that iuftifieth the impious, and he that condémneth the inft, both are abominable before God, 16, What dotir it profit a fooleto haue riches , wheras he can not buy wifdom He that maketh his houfe high’, feeketh-ruine.: and he that refufeth to Jearne,fhal fal into euils,

Verse 17

A foolifh man wil clap the hands , when he is furetie for his freind, ‘19. Hethat meditareth difcords , loueth-brauls ‘and he that exalreth the doore,feeketh ruine..

Verse 20

Atoole is borne to hisowne ignominie : but neither shal the father reioyce ina foole.

Verse 22

Aioyful mind maketh a flourifhing age, a forowful fpirit dryeth vp the bones,

Verse 23

The impiousreceiueth guifts out of the bofome,that he may peruert the paths of idgement,

Verse 24

Inthe face of the prudent wifdom fhineth : the eies of fooles are in theends of the earth, -

Verse 25

A foolifh fonne is the anger of the father; and the forow of the mother that bare him,

Verse 26

learned and man is of a precious fpirit.

Verse 27

eate the fruits therof: and he that is th. Keeper of hismafter, shal be ciorified, a