Proverbs 29
1 A reprover is better than a stiff-necked man: for when the latter is suddenly set on fire, there shall be no remedy.
Sodeyn perischyng schal come on that man, that with hard nol dispisith a blamere; and helth schal not sue hym.
2 When the righteous are praised, the people will rejoice: but when the ungodly rule, men mourn.
The comynalte schal be glad in the multipliyng of iust men; whanne wickid men han take prinshod, the puple schal weyle.
3 When a man loves wisdom, his father rejoices: but he that keeps harlots will waste wealth.
A man that loueth wisdom, makith glad his fadir; but he that nurschith `an hoore, schal leese catel.
4 A righteous king establishes a country: but a transgressor destroys [it].
A iust king reisith the lond; an auerouse man schal distrie it.
5 He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
A man that spekith bi flaterynge and feyned wordis to his frend; spredith abrood a net to hise steppis.
6 A great snare [is spread] for a sinner: but the righteous shall be in joy and gladness.
A snare schal wlappe a wickid man doynge synne; and a iust man schal preise, and schal make ioye.
7 A righteous man knows how to judge for the poor: but the ungodly understands not knowledge; and the poor man has not an understanding mind.
A iust man knowith the cause of pore men; an vnpitouse man knowith not kunnyng.
8 Lawless men burn down a city: but wise men turn away wrath.
Men ful of pestilence distryen a citee; but wise men turnen awei woodnesse.
9 A wise man shall judge nations: but a worthless man being angry laughs and fears not.
If a wijs man stryueth with a fool; whether he be wrooth, `ether he leiyith, he schal not fynde reste.
10 Bloody men hate a holy [person], but the upright will seek his soul.
Menquelleris haten a simple man; but iust men seken his soule.
11 A fool utters all is mind: but the wise reserves his in part.
A fool bringith forth al his spirit; a wise man dilaieth, and reserueth in to tyme comynge afterward.
12 When a king hearkens to unjust language, all his subjects are transgressors.
A prince that herith wilfuli the wordis of a leesyng; schal haue alle mynystris vnfeithful.
13 When the creditor and debtor meet together, the Lord oversees them both.
A pore man and a leenere metten hem silf; the Lord is liytnere of euer ethir.
14 When a king judges the poor in truth, his throne shall be established for a testimony.
If a kyng demeth pore men in treuthe; his trone schal be maad stidfast with outen ende.
15 Stripes and reproofs give wisdom: but an erring child disgraces his parents.
A yerde and chastisyng schal yyue wisdom; but a child, which is left to his wille, schendith his modir.
16 When the ungodly abound, sins abound: but when they fall, the righteous are warned.
Grete trespassis schulen be multiplied in the multipliyng of wickid men; and iust men schulen se the fallyngis of hem.
17 Chasten your son, and he shall give you rest; and he shall give honour to your soul.
Teche thi sone, and he schal coumforte thee; and he schal yyue delicis to thi soule.
18 There shall be no interpreter to a sinful nation: but he that observes the law is blessed.
Whanne prophesie faylith, the puple schal be distried; but he that kepith the lawe, is blessid.
19 A stubborn servant will not be reproved by words: for even if he understands, still he will not obey.
A seruaunt mai not be tauyt bi wordis; for he vndirstondith that that thou seist, and dispisith for to answere.
20 If you see a man hasty in [his] words, know that the fool has hope rather than he.
Thou hast seyn a man swift to speke; foli schal be hopid more than his amendyng.
21 He that lives wantonly from a child, shall be a servant, and in the end shall grieve over himself.
He that nurschith his seruaunt delicatli fro childhod; schal fynde hym rebel aftirward.
22 A furious man stirs up strife, and a passionate man digs up sin.
A wrathful man territh chidingis; and he that is liyt to haue indignacioun, schal be more enclynaunt to synnes.
23 Pride brings a man low, but the Lord upholds the humble-minded with honour.
Lownesse sueth a proude man; and glorie schal vp take a meke man of spirit.
24 He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it,
He that takith part with a theef, hatith his soule; he herith a man chargynge greetli, and schewith not.
25 [they] fearing and reverencing men [unreasonably] have been overthrown, but he that trusts in the Lord shall rejoice. Ungodliness causes a man to stumble: but he that trusts in his master shall be safe.
He that dredith a man, schal falle soon; he that hopith in the Lord, shal be reisid.
26 Many wait on the favour of rulers; but justice comes to a man from the Lord.
Many men seken the face of the prince; and the doom of alle men schal go forth of the Lord.
27 A righteous man is an abomination to an unrighteous man, and the direct way is an abomination to the sinner.
Iust men han abhomynacioun of a wickid man; and wickid men han abhomynacioun of hem, that ben in a riytful weye. A sone kepynge a word, schal be out of perdicioun.
