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Matthew's Bible 1537
| 23:1 | When thou syttest at the table to eate with a lorde, order thy selfe manerly with the thinges that are set before the. |
| 23:2 | Measure thine appetite: and if thou wilt rule thyne owne selfe, |
| 23:3 | be not ouer gredye of his meate, for meate begyleth and disceaueth |
| 23:4 | Take not ouer greate trauayle and labour to be ryche, beware of suche a purpose. |
| 23:5 | Why wylt thou set thyne eie vpon the thing, which sodenly vanysheth awaye? For ryches make them selues wynges, & take their flight lyke an Aegle into the ayre. |
| 23:6 | Eat not thou wt the enuious, & desire not his meat, |
| 23:7 | for he hath a meruelus hert. He saith vnto the: eate & drinke as wher, as his hert is not wt the. |
| 23:8 | Yea, the morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbrake, & lese those swete wordes. |
| 23:9 | Tel nothyng into the eares of a fole, for he wyll despise the wysdome of thy wordes. |
| 23:10 | Remoue not the olde lande marke, and come not within the feld of the fatherles |
| 23:11 | For he that delyuereth them is myghty, euen he shall defend their cause agaynste the. |
| 23:12 | Applie thine herte vnto learning, and thine eare to the words of knowledge. |
| 23:13 | With holde not correction from the childe, for if thou beatest him with the rodde, he shall not dye thereof. |
| 23:14 | Thou smitest him with the rod. but thou deliuerest his soule from hel. |
| 23:15 | My son, if thy herte receaue wysdome, my herte also shal reioyce |
| 23:16 | yea my reines shalbe very gladde, if thy lyppes speake the thynge that is ryght. |
| 23:17 | Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners, but kepe the styl in the feare of the Lord al the daye long: |
| 23:18 | for the ende is not yet come & thy pacient abydyng shal not be in vaine. |
| 23:19 | My sone, geue eare and be wise, so shal thine herte prospere in the way. |
| 23:20 | Kepe no company with wine bybbers & ryotous eaters of flesh |
| 23:21 | for such as be dronkards & riotous shal come to pouerte, & he that is geuen to much slepe shall go wt a ragged cote. |
| 23:22 | Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the, & despise not thy mother when she is olde. |
| 23:23 | Labour for to get the truth: sell not away wisdome, nurtour and vnderstanding |
| 23:24 | (for a rightuous father is maruelous glad of a wyse son, and deliteth in him) |
| 23:25 | so shal thy father be glad, & thy mother that bare the shal reioyse. |
| 23:26 | My sonne, geue thyne hert, & let thyne eies haue pleasure in my wayes. |
| 23:27 | For an whore is a depe graue, and an harlot is a narow pyt. |
| 23:28 | She lurketh lyke a thefe, and those that be not aware she bryngeth vnto her. |
| 23:29 | Wher is wo? wher is sorow? where is strife? where is brauling? wher are wounds without cause? wher be reed eies? |
| 23:30 | Euen among those that be euer at the wyne, and seke out where the best is. |
| 23:31 | Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redde it is, & what a coloure it geueth in the glasse |
| 23:32 | It goeth downe softly, but at the laste it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth, as an Adder. |
| 23:33 | So shall thyne eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, and thyne herte shal muse vpon froward thyngs. |
| 23:34 | Yea thou shalt be as thoughe thou sleptest in the middest of that sea, or vpon the toppe of the mast. |
| 23:35 | They wounded me (shalte thou say) but it hath not hurte me, they smote me, but I felt it not. When I am well wakened, I will go to the dryncke agayne. |
Matthew's Bible 1537
The Matthew Bible, also known as Matthew's Version, was first published in 1537 by John Rogers, under the pseudonym "Thomas Matthew". It combined the New Testament of William Tyndale, and as much of the Old Testament as he had been able to translate before being captured and put to death, with the translations of Myles Coverdale as to the balance of the Old Testament and the Apocrypha, except the Apocryphal Prayer of Manasses. It is thus a vital link in the main sequence of English Bible translations.