Proverbs 15
1 A soft answer turns back fury, And a grievous word raises up anger.
A soft answere brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse.
2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge good, And the mouth of fools utters folly.
The tunge of wise men ourneth kunnyng; the mouth of foolis buylith out foli.
3 The eyes of YHWH are in every place, Watching the evil and the good.
In ech place the iyen of the Lord biholden good men, and yuel men.
4 A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it—a breach in the spirit.
A plesaunt tunge is the tre of lijf; but the tunge which is vnmesurable, schal defoule the spirit.
5 A fool despises the instruction of his father, And whoever is regarding reproof is prudent.
A fool scorneth the techyng of his fadir; but he that kepith blamyngis, schal be maad wisere. Moost vertu schal be in plenteuouse riytfulnesse; but the thouytis of wickid men schulen be drawun vp bi the roote.
6 Abundant strength [is in] the house of the righteous, And in the increase of the wicked—trouble.
The hous of a iust man is moost strengthe; and disturbling is in the fruitis of a wickid man.
7 The lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools [is] not right.
The lippis of wise men schulen sowe abrood kunnyng; the herte of foolis schal be vnlijc.
8 The sacrifice of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, And the prayer of the upright [is] His delight.
The sacrifices of wickyd men ben abhomynable to the Lord; avowis of iust men ben plesaunt.
9 The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, And He loves whoever is pursuing righteousness.
The lijf of the vnpitouse man is abhomynacioun to the Lord; he that sueth riytfulnesse, schal be loued of the Lord.
10 Discipline [is] grievous to him who is forsaking the path, Whoever is hating reproof dies.
Yuel teching is of men forsakinge the weie of lijf; he that hatith blamyngis, schal die.
11 Sheol and destruction [are] before YHWH, Surely also the hearts of the sons of men. (Sheol h7585)
Helle and perdicioun ben open bifor the Lord; hou myche more the hertis of sones of men. (Sheol h7585)
12 A scorner does not love his reprover, He does not go to the wise.
A man ful of pestilence loueth not hym that repreueth him; and he goith not to wyse men.
13 A joyful heart makes the face glad, And the spirit is struck by grief of heart.
A ioiful herte makith glad the face; the spirit is cast doun in the morenyng of soule.
14 The heart of the intelligent seeks knowledge, And the mouth of fools enjoys folly.
The herte of a wijs man sekith techyng; and the mouth of foolis is fed with vnkunnyng.
15 All the days of the afflicted [are] evil, And gladness of heart [is] a perpetual banquet.
Alle the daies of a pore man ben yuele; a sikir soule is a contynuel feeste.
16 Better [is] a little with the fear of YHWH, Than much treasure, and tumult with it.
Betere is a litil with the drede of the Lord, than many tresouris and vnfillable.
17 Better [is] an allowance of green herbs and love there, Than a fatted ox, and hatred with it.
It is betere to be clepid to wortis with charite, than with hatrede to a calf maad fat.
18 A man of fury stirs up contention, And the slow to anger appeases strife.
A wrathful man reisith chidyngis; he that is pacient, swagith chidyngis reisid.
19 The way of the slothful [is] as a hedge of briers, And the path of the upright is raised up.
The weie of slow men is an hegge of thornes; the weie of iust men is with out hirtyng.
20 A wise son makes a father glad. And a foolish man is despising his mother.
A wise sone makith glad the fadir; and a fonned man dispisith his modir.
21 Folly is joy to one lacking heart, And a man of intelligence directs [his] going.
Foli is ioye to a fool; and a prudent man schal dresse hise steppis.
22 The making void of purposes [is] without counsel, And in a multitude of counselors it is established.
Thouytis ben distried, where no counsel is; but where many counseleris ben, tho ben confermyd.
23 Joy [is] to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season—how good!
A man is glad in the sentence of his mouth; and a couenable word is best.
The path of lijf is on a lernyd man; that he bowe awei fro the laste helle. (Sheol h7585)
25 YHWH pulls down the house of the proud, And He sets up the border of the widow.
The Lord schal distrie the hows of proude men; and he schal make stidefast the coostis of a widewe.
26 Thoughts of wickedness [are] an abomination to YHWH, And sayings of pleasantness [are] pure.
Iuele thouytis is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and a cleene word moost fair schal be maad stidfast of hym.
27 A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoever is hating gifts lives.
He that sueth aueryce, disturblith his hous; but he that hatith yiftis schal lyue. Synnes ben purgid bi merci and feith; ech man bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord.
28 The heart of the righteous meditates to answer, And the mouth of the wicked utters evil things.
The soule of a iust man bithenkith obedience; the mouth of wickid men is ful of yuelis.
29 YHWH [is] far from the wicked, And He hears the prayer of the righteous.
The Lord is fer fro wickid men; and he schal here the preyers of iust men.
30 The light of the eyes makes the heart glad, A good report makes the bone fat.
The liyt of iyen makith glad the soule; good fame makith fat the boonys.
31 An ear that is hearing the reproof of life Lodges among the wise.
The eere that herith the blamyngis of lijf, schal dwelle in the myddis of wise men.
32 Whoever is refusing instruction is despising his soul, And whoever is hearing reproof Is getting understanding.
He that castith awei chastisyng, dispisith his soule; but he that assentith to blamyngis, is pesible holdere of the herte.
33 The fear of YHWH [is] the instruction of wisdom, And humility [is] before honor!
The drede of the Lord is teching of wisdom; and mekenesse goith bifore glorie.
