Proverbs 14
1 A wijs womman bildith hir hous; and an unwijs womman schal distrie with hondis an hous bildid.
Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.
2 A man goynge in riytful weie, and dredinge God, is dispisid of hym, that goith in a weie of yuel fame.
He that walks in his uprightness fears the LORD: but he that is perverse in his ways despises him.
3 The yerde of pride is in the mouth of a fool; the lippis of wijs men kepen hem.
In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall preserve them.
4 Where oxis ben not, the cratche is void; but where ful many cornes apperen, there the strengthe of oxe is opyn.
Where no oxen are, the crib is clean: but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
5 A feithful witnesse schal not lie; a gileful witnesse bringith forth a leesing.
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
6 A scornere sekith wisdom, and he fyndith not; the teching of prudent men is esy.
A scorner seeks wisdom, and finds it not: but knowledge is easy unto him that understands.
7 Go thou ayens a man a fool; and he schal not knowe the lippis of prudence.
Go from the presence of a foolish man, when you perceive not in him the lips of knowledge.
8 The wisdom of a fel man is to vndirstonde his weie; and the vnwarnesse of foolis errith.
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
9 A fool scorneth synne; grace schal dwelle among iust men.
Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour.
10 The herte that knowith the bittirnesse of his soule; a straunger schal not be meddlid in the ioie therof.
The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
11 The hous of wickid men schal be don awei; the tabernaclis of iust men schulen buriowne.
The house of the wicked shall be overthrown: but the tabernacle of the upright shall flourish.
12 Sotheli a weie is, that semeth iust to a man; but the laste thingis therof leden forth to deth.
There is a way which seems right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
13 Leiyyng schal be medlid with sorewe; and morenyng ocupieth the laste thingis of ioye.
Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and the end of that delight is heaviness.
14 A fool schal be fillid with hise weies; and a good man schal be aboue hym.
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
15 An innocent man bileueth to eche word; a felle man biholdith hise goyngis.
The simple believes every word: but the prudent man looks well to his going.
16 A wijs man dredith, and bowith awei fro yuel; a fool skippith ouer, and tristith.
A wise man fears, and departs from evil: but the fool rages, and is confident.
17 A man vnpacient schal worche foli; and a gileful man is odiouse.
He that is soon angry deals foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.
18 Litle men of wit schulen holde foli; and felle men schulen abide kunnyng.
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
19 Yuel men schulen ligge bifor goode men; and vnpitouse men bifor the yatis of iust men.
The evil bow before the good; and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
20 A pore man schal be hateful, yhe, to his neiybore; but many men ben frendis of riche men.
The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich has many friends.
21 He that dispisith his neiybore, doith synne; but he that doith merci to a pore man, schal be blessid. He that bileueth in the Lord, loueth merci;
He that despises his neighbour sins: but he that has mercy on the poor, happy is he.
22 thei erren that worchen yuel. Merci and treuthe maken redi goodis;
Do they not go astray that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.
23 abundaunce `schal be in ech good werk. Sotheli where ful many wordis ben, there nedynesse is ofte.
In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tends only to destitution.
24 The coroun of wise men is the richessis of hem; the fooli of foolis is vnwarnesse.
The crown of the wise is their riches: but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25 A feithful witnesse delyuereth soulis; and a fals man bringith forth leesyngis.
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
26 In the drede of the Lord is triste of strengthe; and hope schal be to the sones of it.
In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
27 The drede of the Lord is a welle of lijf; that it bowe awei fro the fallyng of deth.
The fear of the LORD is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.
28 The dignite of the king is in the multitude of puple; and the schenschipe of a prince is in the fewnesse of puple.
In the multitude of people is the king's honour: but in the lack of people is the destruction of the prince.
29 He that is pacient, is gouerned bi myche wisdom; but he that is vnpacient, enhaunsith his foli.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding: but he that is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
30 Helthe of herte is the lijf of fleischis; enuye is rot of boonys.
A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 He that falsli chalengith a nedi man, dispisith his maker; but he that hath merci on a pore man, onourith that makere.
He that oppresses the poor reproaches his Maker: but he that honors him has mercy on the poor.
32 A wickid man is put out for his malice; but a iust man hopith in his deth.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous has hope in his death.
33 Wisdom restith in the herte of a wijs man; and he schal teche alle vnlerned men.
Wisdom rests in the heart of him that has understanding: but that which is in the midst of fools is made known.
34 Riytfulnesse reisith a folc; synne makith puplis wretchis.
Righteousness exalts a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.
35 A mynystre vndurstondynge is acceptable to a kyng; a mynystre vnprofitable schal suffre the wrathfulnesse of him.
The king's favour is toward a wise servant: but his wrath is against him that causes shame.
