Proverbs 9
1 Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris,
Wisdom hath builded 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 killed her fatlings; She hath mingled her wine; Yea, she hath furnished 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 aloud upon the highest places of the city:
4 If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men,
“Whoever 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 of my bread, And drink of the wine which I have mingled!
6 Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence.
Forsake folly, and live! And go forward in the way of understanding!
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 who correcteth a scoffer Bringeth shame upon himself; And he who rebuketh the wicked Bringeth upon himself a stain.
8 Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee.
Rebuke not a scoffer, lest he hate thee; Rebuke 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.
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser; Teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
10 The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Most Holy is understanding.
11 For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee.
Yea, through me thy days shall be multiplied, And the years of thy life shall be increased.
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 art wise for thyself; And if thou art a scoffer, thou alone must 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 very simple, and careth for nothing.
14 sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite;
She sitteth at the door of her house, Upon 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 aloud to those that pass by, Who go straight forward in their ways,
16 Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward,
“Whoever 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 water is sweet, And bread eaten in secret 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 considereth not that the dead are there, That in the vales of the under-world are her guests. (Sheol h7585)
