Proverbs 27
1 Boast not thy selfe of to morowe: for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Haue thou not glorie on the morewe, `not knowynge what thing the dai to comynge schal bringe forth.
2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
Another man, and not thi mouth preise thee; a straunger, and not thi lippis `preise thee.
3 A stone is heauie, and the sand weightie: but a fooles wrath is heauier then them both.
A stoon is heuy, and grauel is chariouse; but the ire of a fool is heuyere than euer eithir.
4 Anger is cruell, and wrath is raging: but who can stand before enuie?
Ire hath no merci, and woodnesse brekynge out `hath no merci; and who mai suffre the fersnesse of a spirit stirid?
5 Open rebuke is better then secret loue.
Betere is opyn repreuyng, than loue hid.
6 The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.
Betere ben the woundis of hym that loueth, than the gileful cossis of hym that hatith.
7 The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.
A man fillid schal dispise an hony coomb; but an hungri man schal take, yhe, bittir thing for swete.
8 As a bird that wandreth from her nest, so is a man that wandreth from his owne place.
As a brid passinge ouer fro his nest, so is a man that forsakith his place.
9 As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.
The herte delitith in oynement, and dyuerse odours; and a soule is maad swete bi the good counsels of a frend.
10 Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.
Forsake thou not thi frend, and the frend of thi fadir; and entre thou not in to the hous of thi brothir, in the dai of thi turment. Betere is a neiybore nyy, than a brothir afer.
11 My sonne, be wise, and reioyce mine heart, that I may answere him that reprocheth me.
Mi sone, studie thou a boute wisdom, and make thou glad myn herte; that thou maist answere a word to a dispisere.
12 A prudent man seeth the plague, and hideth himselfe: but the foolish goe on still, and are punished.
A fel man seynge yuel was hid; litle men of wit passinge forth suffriden harmes.
13 Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and a pledge of him for the stranger.
Take thou awei his clooth, that bihiyte for a straunger; and take thou awei a wed fro hym for an alien man.
14 He that prayseth his friend with a loude voyce, rising earely in the morning, it shall be counted to him as a curse.
He that blessith his neiybore with greet vois; and risith bi niyt, schal be lijk hym that cursith.
15 A continual dropping in the day of raine, and a contentious woman are alike.
Roouys droppynge in the dai of coold, and a womman ful of chidyng ben comparisond.
16 He that hideth her, hideth the winde, and she is as ye oyle in his right hand, that vttereth it selfe.
He that withholdith hir, as if he holdith wynd; and auoidith the oile of his riyt hond.
17 Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.
Yrun is whettid bi irun; and a man whettith the face of his frend.
18 He that keepeth the fig tree, shall eate the fruite thereof: so he that waiteth vpon his master, shall come to honour.
He that kepith a fige tre, schal ete the fruytis therof; and he that is a kepere of his lord, schal be glorified.
19 As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man.
As the cheris of men biholdinge schynen in watris; so the hertis of men ben opyn to prudent men.
20 The graue and destruction can neuer be full, so the eyes of man can neuer be satisfied. (Sheol h7585)
Helle and perdicioun schulen not be fillid; so and the iyen of men moun not be fillid. (Sheol h7585)
21 As is the fining pot for siluer and the fornace for golde, so is euery man according to his dignitie.
As siluer is preuyd in a wellyng place, and gold `is preued in a furneys; so a man is preued bi the mouth of preyseris. The herte of a wickid man sekith out yuels; but a riytful herte sekith out kunnyng.
22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole in a morter among wheate brayed with a pestell, yet will not his foolishnes depart from him.
Thouy thou beetist a fool in a morter, as with a pestel smytynge aboue dried barli; his foli schal not be don awei fro him.
23 Be diligent to know ye state of thy flocke, and take heede to the heardes.
Knowe thou diligentli the cheere of thi beeste; and biholde thou thi flockis.
24 For riches remaine not alway, nor the crowne from generation to generation.
For thou schalt not haue power contynueli; but a coroun schal be youun to thee in generacioun and in to generacioun.
25 The hey discouereth it selfe, and the grasse appeareth, and the herbes of the mountaines are gathered.
Medewis ben openyd, and greene eerbis apperiden; and hey is gaderid fro hillis.
26 The lambes are for thy clothing, and the goates are the price of the fielde.
Lambren be to thi clothing; and kidis be to the prijs of feeld.
27 And let the milke of the goates be sufficient for thy foode, for the foode of thy familie, and for the sustenance of thy maydes.
The mylke of geete suffice to thee for thi meetis; in to the necessarie thingis of thin hous, and to lijflode to thin handmaidis.
