1<\/sup>HAVE they made thee ruler? be not lifted up: be among them as one of them.<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Have care of them, and so sit down, and when thou hast acquitted thyself of all thy charge, take thy place :<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>That thou mayst rejoice for them, and receive a crown as an ornament of grace, and get the honour of the contribution.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>Speak, thou that art elder: for it becometh thee,<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>To speak the first word with care knowledge, and hinder not music.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>Where there is no hearing, pour out words, and be not lifted up out season with thy wisdom.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>7A concert of music in a banquet wine is as a carbuncle set in gold.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>As a signet of an emerald in a work of gold: so is the melody of music with pleasant and moderate wine.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>Hear in silence, and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>Young man, scarcely speak in thy own cause.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>If thou be asked twice, let thy answer be short.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>In many things be as if thou wert ignorant, and hear in silence and withal seeking.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>In the company of great men bake not upon thee: and when the ancients are present, speak not much.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>Before a storm goeth lightning: and before shamefacedness goeth favour: and for thy reverence good grace shall come to thee.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>And at the time of rising be not slack: but be first to run home to thy house, and there withdraw thyself, and there take thy pastime.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>And do what thou hast a mind, but not in sin or proud speech.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>And for all these things bless the Lord, that made thee, and that replenisheth thee with all his good things.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>He that feareth the Lord, will receive his discipline: and they that will seek him early, shall find a blessing.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>He that seeketh the law, shall be filled with it: and he that dealeth deceitfully, shall meet with a stumblingblock therein.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>They that fear the Lord, shall find just judgment, and shall kindle justice as a light.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>A sinful man will flee reproof, and will find an excuse according to his will.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>A man of counsel will not neglect understanding, a strange and proud man will not dread fear:<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>Even after he hath done with fear without counsel, he shall be controlled by the things of his own seeking.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>My son, do thou nothing without counsel, and thou shalt not repent when thou hast done.<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>Go not in the way of ruin, and thou shalt not stumble against the stones; trust not thyself to a rugged may, lest thou set a stumblingblock to thy soul.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>And beware of thy own children, and take heed of them of thy household.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>In every work of thine regard thy soul in faith: for this is the keeping of the commandments.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>He that believeth God, taketh heed to the commandments: and he that trusteth in him, shall fare never the worse.<\/span> <\/p>\n