< Proverbs 9 >

1 Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris,
Wisdom hath built her house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars;
2 he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table.
she hath slaughtered her cattle, she hath mingled her wine, she hath also prepared her table;
3 He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee.
she hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the summits of the high places of the city,
4 If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. To him that is void of understanding, she saith,
5 Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you.
Come, eat ye of my bread, and drink of the wine that I have mingled.
6 Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence.
Forsake follies and live, and go in the way of intelligence.
7 He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf.
He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
8 Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.
Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee; reprove a wise [man], and he will love thee.
9 Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take.
Impart to a wise [man], and he will become yet wiser; teach a righteous [man], and he will increase learning.
10 The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.
The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of wisdom; and the knowledge of the Holy is intelligence.
11 For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and years of life shall be added to thee.
12 If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel.
If thou art wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself; and if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
13 A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli,
The foolish woman is clamorous; she is stupid, and knoweth nothing.
14 sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
And she sitteth at the entry of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city,
15 to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei.
to call passers-by who go right on their ways:
16 Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither. And to him that is void of understanding she saith,
17 Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere.
Stolen waters are sweet, and the bread of secrecy is pleasant.
18 And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. (Sheol h7585)
But he knoweth not that the dead are there; [that] her guests are in the depths of Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

< Proverbs 9 >