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Proverbs — Chapter 23

Douai-Rheims 1609 · Annotations

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 3

Defire not his meats, in which is the breath of lying.

Verse 4

shal goe forthwith him , and caufe shal ceafe and contumelies, ; i, “He that loueth cleannes of-hart, forthe grace of his lips shal haue the King his freind, 12, ‘The eiesof our Lord keepe“ knowledge +and the words of the iuft are {upplanted,

Verse 5

299 becaufe they shal make to themselues wings as of an cagle , and shal flie into heauen, . .

Verse 6

Becaufe afterche fimilitude ofa fourh{ayer, and diuiner, he efteemeth that which he knoweth not, Eate and drinke, wil he fay to thee : and his minde is not with thee, ;

Verse 8

Speake not in the cares of the -vnwife: becaufe they wildefpife the doérine of thy {peach, . 10, Touchnotthe bounds of litle ones: and into the filde of pupils enter not, oo ' 11, For their neere kinfman is ftrong : and he wil iudge their caufe againft thee,

Verse 13

. 14, Fhou shalt ftrike him with the rod ; and-deliuer his -foule from hel,

Verse 15

And-my reines shal reioyce,, when thy lips fhal fpeake right things.

Verse 17

becaufe thou shalt haue hope in the larer.end, andthyne exaltation shal not betaken away.

Verse 20

giuen to drinking , and that pay ihots, shal be confumed, and droufines shal be clothed with rags, 22, Hearethy tather, that begotthee : and contemne not thy mother whien she is old. . _ 8

Verse 27

She tyeth in wajt in the way as a robber , and whom she shal fee Not circumf{pect,she wil kil. Oo 2 29,10 Eatenot with aniggard, left he be fecretly grieued, outwardly diflembing, and thyfelf re- pent it. Aduife not the Wwacapable., Hurt nor or- phanes: for they ere deare ito God. Dilig& ftudie iof wifdom., Moderate cha- (tifement pro- fteth youth. Vertes of children are 1oy ful to the. parents, Contentment with Gods wil, ‘Hope of ‘reward. Learne and ipractife wif- ‘dom. Sobrietie and... ‘Temperance, ‘Honour of ‘parents, iWifdom moft iprecious. ‘Seev.1 sand 4 26, Bodilie and if piritual puri- tac Meret drun- kennes. Drunkennes is deceitful, dangerons, beattlie, hurtful to o- Ichers, fenfelette, and vnfatiable. Flve euil com-. panie, left thou be allured to vice, Wifiom and vertues not wickednes,doe: profper tem- porally and ' 309 THE BOOK OF

Verse 29

To whom is woe?to whofe father woe:to whom braules? to whom diches:to whom wounds without caufe:to whom bloud-th eding cies?

Verse 30

Isitnot to them that paffetheirtimcinwine, and ftudie to drinke out their cups? -

Verse 31

32, butintheend, it wil bite like a fnake, and as.a bafilisie it wil powre abrode poyfons, 33- Thine cies thal fee ttrange women, and thy hart shal fpeake peruerfe things, 4 .

Verse 35

Wheu.shal 1 awake, and finde wines againe? Cuarep. XXIII, Mvtare noteuil men,neither defire thou to be with them: 2, becaufe their mind doth meditate robberies,-and their lips fpeake deceits, ? 3. By wifedom the houfe thal be built , prudence it fhaibe itrengthned, (. 4. In doctrine the cellars shai be replenihed with al precious and moit beautitul tubitance.