Proverbs 12
1 Whoso loveth discipline loveth knowledge, but he that hateth reproof is brutish.
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
2 A good [man] obtaineth favour of Jehovah; but a man of mischievous devices will he condemn.
He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli.
3 A man shall not be established by wickedness; but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.
A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued.
4 A woman of worth is a crown to her husband; but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones.
A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun.
5 The thoughts of the righteous are right; the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
6 The words of the wicked are a lying-in-wait for blood; but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.
The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem.
7 Overthrow the wicked, and they are no [more]; but the house of the righteous shall stand.
Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli.
8 A man is commended according to his wisdom; but he that is of a perverted heart shall be despised.
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
9 Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant, than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.
Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
10 A righteous man is concerned for the life of his beast; but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel.
11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread; but he that followeth the worthless is void of understanding.
He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dispisyngis.
12 The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]; but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].
The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse.
13 In the transgression of the lips is an evil snare; but a righteous [man] shall go forth out of trouble.
For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.
14 A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him.
15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsel.
The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels.
16 The vexation of the fool is presently known; but a prudent [man] covereth shame.
A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs.
17 He that uttereth truth sheweth forth righteousness; but a false witness deceit.
He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse.
18 There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe.
19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng.
20 Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees.
21 There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel.
22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli.
24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule; but the slothful [hand] shall be under tribute.
The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis.
25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop; but a good word maketh it glad.
Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word.
26 The righteous guideth his neighbour; but the way of the wicked misleadeth them.
He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
27 The slothful roasteth not what he took in hunting; but man's precious substance is to the diligent.
A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold.
28 In the path of righteousness is life, and in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
