Proverbs 10
1 The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth [his] father to rejoice; but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
The parablis of Salomon. A wijs sone makith glad the fadir; but a fonned sone is the sorewe of his modir.
2 Treasures of wickedness will not profit aught; but righteousness will deliver from death.
Tresouris of wickidnesse schulen not profite; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish; but the sinful desires of the wicked will he cast away.
The Lord schal not turmente the soule of a iust man with hungur; and he schal distrie the tresouns of vnpitouse men.
4 He becometh poor that laboreth with an indolent hand, but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
A slow hond hath wrouyt nedynesse; but the hond of stronge men makith redi richessis. Forsothe he that enforsith to gete `ony thing bi leesyngis, fedith the wyndis; sotheli the same man sueth briddis fleynge.
5 He that gathereth in summer is an intelligent son; [but] he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
He that gaderith togidere in heruest, is a wijs sone; but he that slepith in sommer, is a sone of confusioun.
6 Blessings come upon the head of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
The blessing of God is ouer the heed of a iust man; but wickidnesse hilith the mouth of wickid men.
7 The memory of the just is [destined] to be blessed; but the name of the wicked shall rot.
The mynde of a iust man schal be with preisingis; and the name of wickid men schal wexe rotun.
8 The wise in heart will accept commandments; but he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.
A wijs man schal resseyue comaundementis with herte; a fool is betun with lippis.
9 He that walketh uprightly ever walketh securely; but he that perverteth his ways will be punished.
He that goith simpli, goith tristili; but he that makith schrewid hise weies, schal be opyn.
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth vexation; and he that is a fool in his speaking will stumble.
He that bekeneth with the iye, schal yyue sorewe; a fool schal be betun with lippis.
11 A source of life is the mouth of the righteous; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
The veyne of lijf is the mouth of a iust man; but the mouth of wickid men hilith wickidnesse.
12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love throweth a cover over all transgressions.
Hatrede reisith chidingis; and charite hilith alle synnes.
13 On the lips of the man of understanding there is found wisdom: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of sense.
Wisdom is foundun in the lippis of a wise man; and a yerd in the bak of him that is nedi of herte.
14 Wise men treasure up knowledge; but the mouth of the foolish is an approaching terror.
Wise men hiden kunnyng; but the mouth of a fool is nexte to confusioun.
15 The wealth of the rich man is his strong town: the terror of the poor is their poverty.
The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; the drede of pore men is the nedynesse of hem.
16 The labor of the righteous [tendeth] to life: the product of the wicked is for sin.
The werk of a iust man is to lijf; but the fruyt of a wickid man is to synne.
17 On the way unto life is he that observeth correction; but he that forsaketh reproof is in error.
The weie of lijf is to him that kepith chastising; but he that forsakith blamyngis, errith.
18 He that hideth hatred hath lips of falsehood; and he that spreadeth abroad an evil report, is a fool.
False lippis hiden hatrede; he that bringith forth dispisinge is vnwijs.
19 In a multitude of words transgression cannot be avoided; but he that refraineth his lips is intelligent.
Synne schal not faile in myche spekyng; but he that mesurith hise lippis, is moost prudent.
20 [Like] choice silver is the tongue of the righteous: the heart of the wicked is worth but very little.
Chosun siluer is the tunge of a iust man; the herte of wickid men is for nouyt.
21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die through lack of sense.
The lippis of a iust man techen ful manye men; but thei that ben vnlerned, schulen die in nedinesse of herte.
22 The blessing of the Lord it is which maketh rich, and painful labor addeth nothing thereto.
The blessing of the Lord makith riche men; and turment schal not be felowschipid to hem.
23 It is as sport to a fool to do wicked deeds; but a man of understanding hath wisdom.
A fool worchith wickidnesse as bi leiyyng; but `wisdom is prudence to a man.
24 What the wicked dreadeth, that will come upon him: but the longing of the righteous will God grant.
That that a wickid man dredith, schal come on hym; the desire of iust men schalbe youun to hem.
25 As the whirlwind passeth by, the wicked is no more; but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
As a tempeste passynge, a wickid man schal not be; but a iust man schal be as an euerlastynge foundement.
26 As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke is to the eyes: so is the sluggard to those that send him.
As vynegre noieth the teeth, and smoke noieth the iyen; so a slow man noieth hem that senten hym in the weie.
27 The fear of the Lord increaseth [man's] days; but the years of the wicked will be shortened.
The drede of the Lord encreesith daies; and the yeeris of wickid men schulen be maad schort.
28 The expectation of the righteous is joy; but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
Abiding of iust men is gladnesse; but the hope of wickid men schal perische.
29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the upright; but terror is destined to the workers of injustice.
The strengthe of a symple man is the weie of the Lord; and drede to hem that worchen yuel.
30 The righteous shall never be removed; but the wicked shall not inhabit the earth.
A iust man schal not be moued with outen ende; but wickid men schulen not dwelle on the erthe.
31 The mouth of the just uttereth wisdom; but the tongue of perverseness shall be cut out.
The mouth of a iust man schal bringe forth wisdom; the tunge of schrewis schal perische.
32 The lips of the righteous know [how to obtain] favor; but the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.
The lippis of a iust man biholden pleasaunt thingis; and the mouth of wickid men byholdith weiward thingis.
