< Proverbs 16 >

1 to/for man plan heart and from LORD answer tongue
It perteyneth to man to make redi the soule; and it perteyneth to the Lord to gouerne the tunge.
2 all way: conduct man pure in/on/with eye his and to measure spirit LORD
Alle the weies of men ben opyn to the iyen of God; the Lord is a weiere of spiritis.
3 to roll to(wards) LORD deed: work your and to establish: establish plot your
Schewe thi werkys to the Lord; and thi thouytis schulen be dressid.
4 all to work LORD to/for answer his and also wicked to/for day distress: harm
The Lord wrouyte alle thingis for hym silf; and he made redi a wickid man to the yuel dai.
5 abomination LORD all high heart hand: certainly to/for hand: certainly not to clear
Abhomynacioun of the Lord is ech proude man; yhe, thouy the hond is to the hond, he schal not be innocent. The bigynnyng of good weie is to do riytwisnesse; forsothe it is more acceptable at God, than to offre sacrifices.
6 in/on/with kindness and truth: faithful to atone iniquity: crime and in/on/with fear LORD to turn aside: depart from bad: evil
Wickidnesse is ayen bouyt bi merci and treuthe; and me bowith awei fro yuel bi the drede of the Lord.
7 in/on/with to accept LORD way: conduct man also enemy his to ally with him
Whanne the weyes of man plesen the Lord, he schal conuerte, yhe, hise enemyes to pees.
8 pleasant little in/on/with righteousness from abundance produce in/on/with not justice
Betere is a litil with riytfulnesse, than many fruytis with wickidnesse.
9 heart man to devise: devise way: journey his and LORD to establish: establish step his
The herte of a man schal dispose his weie; but it perteyneth to the Lord to dresse hise steppis.
10 divination upon lips king in/on/with justice: judgement not be unfaithful lip his
Dyuynyng is in the lippis of a king; his mouth schal not erre in doom.
11 balance and balance justice to/for LORD deed his all stone: weight purse
The domes of the Lord ben weiyte and a balaunce; and hise werkis ben alle the stoonys of the world.
12 abomination king to make: do wickedness for in/on/with righteousness to establish: establish throne
Thei that don wickidli ben abhomynable to the king; for the trone of the rewme is maad stidfast bi riytfulnesse.
13 acceptance king lips righteousness and to speak: speak upright to love: lover
The wille of kyngis is iust lippis; he that spekith riytful thingis, schal be dressid.
14 rage king messenger death and man wise to atone her
Indignacioun of the kyng is messangeris of deth; and a wijs man schal plese him.
15 in/on/with light face king life and acceptance his like/as cloud spring rain
Lijf is in the gladnesse of the `cheer of the king; and his merci is as a reyn comynge late.
16 to buy wisdom what? pleasant from gold and to buy understanding to choose from silver: money
Welde thou wisdom, for it is betere than gold; and gete thou prudence, for it is precyousere than siluer.
17 highway upright to turn aside: depart from bad: evil to keep: guard soul: life his to watch way: conduct his
The path of iust men bowith awei yuelis; the kepere of his soule kepith his weie.
18 to/for face: before breaking pride and to/for face: before stumbling height spirit
Pride goith bifore sorewe; and the spirit schal be enhaunsid byfor fallyng.
19 pleasant to abase spirit with (poor *Q(K)*) from to divide spoil with proud
It is betere to be maad meke with mylde men, than to departe spuylis with proude men.
20 be prudent upon word to find good and to trust in/on/with LORD blessed he
A lerned man in word schal fynde goodis; and he that hopith in the Lord is blessid.
21 to/for wise heart to call: call to to understand and sweetness lip: words to add teaching
He that is wijs in herte, schal be clepid prudent; and he that is swete in speche, schal fynde grettere thingis.
22 fountain life understanding master: owning his and discipline fool(ish) folly
The welle of lijf is the lernyng of him that weldith; the techyng of foolis is foli.
23 heart wise be prudent lip: word his and upon lips his to add teaching
The herte of a wijs man schal teche his mouth; and schal encreesse grace to hise lippis.
24 honeycomb honey word pleasantness sweet to/for soul and healing to/for bone: body
Wordis wel set togidere is a coomb of hony; helthe of boonys is the swetnesse of soule.
25 there way: conduct upright to/for face of man and end her way: conduct death
A weye is that semeth riytful to a man; and the laste thingis therof leden to deth.
26 soul: appetite labour(er) to toil to/for him for to crave upon him lip his
The soule of a man trauelinge trauelith to hym silf; for his mouth compellide hym.
27 man Belial: worthless to pierce distress: evil and upon (lip: words his *Q(K)*) like/as fire burning
An vnwijs man diggith yuel; and fier brenneth in hise lippis.
28 man perversity to send: depart strife and to grumble to separate tame
A weiward man reisith stryues; and a man ful of wordis departith princis.
29 man violence to entice neighbor his and to go: take him in/on/with way: conduct not pleasant
A wickid man flaterith his frend; and ledith hym bi a weie not good.
30 to shut eye his to/for to devise: devise perversity to wink lips his to end: decides distress: evil
He that thenkith schrewid thingis with iyen astonyed, bitith hise lippis, and parformeth yuel.
31 crown beauty greyheaded in/on/with way: conduct righteousness to find
A coroun of dignyte is eelde, that schal be foundun in the weies of riytfulnesse.
32 pleasant slow face: anger from mighty man and to rule in/on/with spirit his from to capture city
A pacient man is betere than a stronge man; and he that `is lord of his soule, is betere than an ouercomere of citees.
33 in/on/with bosom: lap to cast [obj] [the] allotted and from LORD all justice: judgement his
Lottis ben sent into the bosum; but tho ben temperid of the Lord.

< Proverbs 16 >