Proverbs 1
1 The Proverbs of Solomon son of David, who reigned in Israel;
The parablis of Salomon, the sone of Dauid, king of Israel;
2 to know wisdom and instruction, and to perceive words of understanding;
to kunne wisdom and kunnyng;
3 to receive also hard saying, and to understand true justice, and [how] to direct judgement;
to vndurstonde the wordis of prudence; and to take the lernyng of teching; to take riytfulnesse, and dom, and equyte;
4 that he might give subtlety to the simple, and to the young man discernment and understanding.
that felnesse be youun to litle children, and kunnyng, and vndurstonding to a yong wexynge man.
5 For by the hearing of these a wise man will be wiser, and man of understanding will gain direction;
A wise man heringe schal be wisere; and a man vndurstondinge schal holde gouernails.
6 and will understand a parable, and a dark speech; the saying of the wise also, and riddles.
He schal perseyue a parable, and expownyng; the wordis of wise men, and the derk figuratif spechis of hem.
7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; and [there is] good understanding to all that practise it: and piety towards God is the beginning of discernment; but the ungodly will set at nothing wisdom and instruction.
The drede of the Lord is the bigynning of wisdom; foolis dispisen wisdom and teching.
8 Hear, [my] son, the instruction of your father, and reject not the rules of your mother.
My sone, here thou the teching of thi fadir, and forsake thou not the lawe of thi modir;
9 For you shall receive for your head a crown of graces, and a chain of gold round your neck.
that grace be addid, ethir encreessid, to thin heed, and a bie to thi necke.
10 [My] son, let not ungodly men lead you astray, neither consent you [to them].
Mi sone, if synneris flateren thee, assente thou not to hem.
11 If they should exhort you, saying, Come with us, partake in blood, and let us unjustly hide the just man in the earth:
If thei seien, Come thou with vs, sette we aspies to blood, hide we snaris of disseitis ayens an innocent without cause;
12 and let us swallow him alive, as Hades [would], and remove the memorial of him from the earth: (Sheol h7585)
swolowe we him, as helle swolowith a man lyuynge; and al hool, as goynge doun in to a lake; we schulen fynde al preciouse catel, (Sheol h7585)
13 let us seize on his valuable property, and let us fill our houses with spoils:
we schulen fille oure housis with spuylis; sende thou lot with vs,
14 but do you cast in your lot with us, and let us all provide a common purse, and let us have one pouch:
o purs be of vs alle;
15 go not in the way with them, but turn aside your foot from their paths:
my sone, go thou not with hem; forbede thi foot fro the pathis of hem.
16 [For their feet run to do evil, and are swift to shed blood. ]
For the feet of hem rennen to yuel; and thei hasten to schede out blood.
17 for nets are not without cause spread for birds.
But a net is leid in veyn bifore the iyen of briddis, that han wengis.
18 For they that are concerned in murder store up evils for themselves; and the overthrow of transgressors is evil.
Also `thilke wickid disseyueris setten aspies ayens her owne blood; and maken redi fraudis ayens her soulis.
19 These are the ways of all that perform lawless deeds; for by ungodliness they destroy their own life.
So the pathis of ech auerouse man rauyschen the soulis of hem that welden.
20 Wisdom sings aloud in passages, and in the broad places speaks boldly.
Wisdom prechith with outforth; in stretis it yyueth his vois.
21 And she makes proclamation on the top of the walls, and sits by the gates of princes; and at the gates of the city boldly says,
It crieth ofte in the heed of cumpenyes; in the leeues of yatis of the citee it bringith forth hise wordis,
22 So long as the simple cleave to justice, they shall not be ashamed: but the foolish being lovers of haughtiness, having become ungodly have hated knowledge, and are become subject to reproofs.
and seith, Hou long, ye litle men in wit, louen yong childhod, and foolis schulen coueyte tho thingis, that ben harmful to hem silf, and vnprudent men schulen hate kunnyng?
23 Behold, I will bring forth to you the utterance of my breath, and I will instruct you in my speech.
Be ye conuertid at my repreuyng; lo, Y schal profre forth to you my spirit, and Y schal schewe my wordis.
24 Since I called, and you did not listen; and I spoke at length, and you gave no heed;
For Y clepide, and ye forsoken; Y helde forth myn hond, and noon was that bihelde.
25 but you set at nothing my counsels, and disregarded my reproofs;
Ye dispisiden al my councel; and chargiden not my blamyngis.
26 therefore I also will laugh at your destruction; and I will rejoice against [you] when ruin comes upon you:
And Y schal leiye in youre perisching; and Y schal scorne you, whanne that, that ye dreden, cometh to you.
27 yes when dismay suddenly comes upon you, and [your] overthrow shall arrive like a tempest; and when tribulation and distress shall come upon you, or when ruin shall come upon you.
Whanne sodeyne wretchidnesse fallith in, and perisching bifallith as tempest; whanne tribulacioun and angwisch cometh on you.
28 For it shall be that when you call upon me, I will not listen to you: wicked men shall seek me, but shall not find [me].
Thanne thei schulen clepe me, and Y schal not here; thei schulen rise eerli, and thei schulen not fynde me.
29 For they hated wisdom, and did not choose the word of the Lord:
For thei hatiden teching, and thei token not the drede of the Lord,
30 neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.
nether assentiden to my councel, and depraueden al myn amendyng.
31 Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and shall be filled with their own ungodliness.
Therfor thei schulen ete the fruytis of her weie; and thei schulen be fillid with her counseils.
32 For because they wronged the simple, they shall be slain; and an inquisition shall ruin the ungodly.
The turnyng awei of litle men in wit schal sle hem; and the prosperite of foolis schal leese hem.
33 But he that hearkens to me shall dwell in confidence, and shall rest securely from all evil.
But he that herith me, schal reste with outen drede; and he schal vse abundaunce, whanne the drede of yuels is takun awei.
