Proverbs 18
1 He that wole go a wei fro a frend, sekith occasiouns; in al tyme he schal be dispisable.
to/for desire to seek to separate in/on/with all wisdom to quarrel
2 A fool resseyueth not the wordis of prudence; `no but thou seie tho thingis, that ben turned in his herte.
not to delight in fool in/on/with understanding that if: except if: except in/on/with to reveal: reveal heart his
3 A wickid man, whanne he cometh in to depthe of synnes, dispisith; but sclaundre and schenschipe sueth hym.
in/on/with to come (in): come wicked to come (in): come also contempt and with dishonor reproach
4 Deep watir is the wordis of the mouth of a man; and a stronde fletinge ouer is the welle of wisdom.
water deep word lip man torrent: river to bubble fountain wisdom
5 It is not good to take the persoone of a wickid man in doom, that thou bowe awei fro the treuthe of dom.
to lift: kindness face: kindness wicked not pleasant to/for to stretch righteous in/on/with justice
6 The lippis of a fool medlen hem silf with chidyngis; and his mouth excitith stryues.
lips fool to come (in): come in/on/with strife and lip his to/for blow to call: call to
7 The mouth of a fool is defoulyng of hym; and hise lippis ben the fallynge of his soule.
lip fool terror to/for him and lips his snare soul his
8 The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur.
word to grumble like/as to swallow and they(masc.) to go down chamber belly: body
9 He that is neisch, and vnstidfast in his werk, is the brother of a man distriynge hise werkis.
also to slacken in/on/with work his brother: male-sibling he/she/it to/for master: [master of] destruction
10 A strongeste tour is the name of the Lord; a iust man renneth to hym, and schal be enhaunsid.
tower strength name LORD in/on/with him to run: run righteous and to exalt
11 The catel of a riche man is the citee of his strengthe; and as a stronge wal cumpassinge hym.
substance rich town strength his and like/as wall to exalt in/on/with figure his
12 The herte of man is enhaunsid, bifor that it be brokun; and it is maad meke, bifore that it be glorified.
to/for face: before breaking to exult heart man and to/for face: before glory humility
13 He that answerith bifore that he herith, shewith hym silf to be a fool; and worthi of schenschipe.
to return: reply word: speaking in/on/with before to hear: hear folly he/she/it to/for him and shame
14 The spirit of a man susteyneth his feblenesse; but who may susteyne a spirit liyt to be wrooth?
spirit man to sustain sickness his and spirit stricken who? to lift: bear her
15 The herte of a prudent man schal holde stidfastli kunnyng; and the eere of wise men sekith techyng.
heart to understand to buy knowledge and ear wise to seek knowledge
16 The yift of a man alargith his weie; and makith space to hym bifore princes.
gift man to enlarge to/for him and to/for face: before great: large to lead him
17 A iust man is the first accusere of hym silf; his frend cometh, and schal serche hym.
righteous [the] first in/on/with strife his (and to come (in): come *Q(K)*) neighbor his and to search him
18 Lot ceessith ayenseiyngis; and demeth also among miyti men.
contention to cease [the] allotted and between mighty to separate
19 A brother that is helpid of a brothir, is as a stidfast citee; and domes ben as the barris of citees.
brother: male-sibling to transgress from town strength (and contention *Q(K)*) like/as bar citadel: fortress
20 A mannus wombe schal be fillid of the fruit of his mouth; and the seedis of hise lippis schulen fille hym.
from fruit lip man to satisfy belly: abdomen his produce lips his to satisfy
21 Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof.
death and life in/on/with hand: power tongue and to love: lover her to eat fruit her
22 He that fyndith a good womman, fyndith a good thing; and of the Lord he schal drawe vp myrthe. He that puttith a wey a good womman, puttith awei a good thing; but he that holdith auowtresse, is a fool and vnwijs.
to find woman: wife to find good and to promote acceptance from LORD
23 A pore man schal speke with bisechingis; and a riche man schal speke sterneli.
supplication to speak: speak be poor and rich to answer strong
24 A man freendli to felouschipe schal more be a frend, than a brothir.
man neighbor to/for to shatter and there to love: friend cleaving from brother: male-sibling
