Proverbs 12
1 Whoever is loving instruction, is loving knowledge, And whoever is hating reproof [is] brutish.
He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs.
2 The good brings forth favor from YHWH, And the man of wicked schemes He condemns.
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 is not established by wickedness, And the root of the righteous is not moved.
A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued.
4 A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband, And as rottenness in his bones [is] one causing shame.
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] justice, The counsels of the wicked—deceit.
The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful.
6 The words of the wicked [are]: “Lay [in] wait for blood,” And the mouth of the upright delivers 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 not, And the house of the righteous stands.
Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli.
8 A man is praised according to his wisdom, And the perverted of heart becomes despised.
A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising.
9 Better [is] the lightly esteemed who has a servant, Than the self-honored who lacks bread.
Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed.
10 The righteous knows the life of his beast, And the 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 Whoever is tilling the ground is satisfied [with] bread, And whoever is pursuing vanities is lacking heart,
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 has desired the net of evildoers, And the root of the righteous gives.
The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse.
13 The snare of the wicked [is] in transgression of the lips, And the righteous goes out from distress.
For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch.
14 One [is] satisfied [with] good from the fruit of the mouth, And the deed of man’s hands returns to 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, And whoever is listening to counsel [is] wise.
The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels.
16 The fool—his anger is known in a day, And the prudent is covering shame.
A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs.
17 Whoever utters faithfulness declares righteousness, And 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 A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
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 is established forever, And a tongue of falsehood 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 those devising evil, But for counselors of peace—joy.
Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees.
21 No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
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 YHWH, And steadfast doers [are] his delight.
False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him.
23 A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaims folly.
A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli.
24 The hand of the diligent rules, And slothfulness becomes tributary.
The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis.
25 Sorrow in the heart of a man bows down, And a good word makes him 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 searches his companion, And the way of the wicked causes them to err.
He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem.
27 The slothful does not roast his game, And the wealth of a diligent man is precious.
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 way of [that] path [is] no death!
Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth.
