Proverbs 11
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
|---|---|
| 1 | A gileful balaunce is abhominacioun anentis God; and an euene weiyte is his wille. |
| 2 | Where pride is, there also dispising schal be; but where meeknesse is, there also is wisdom. |
| 3 | The simplenesse of iust men schal dresse hem; and the disseyuyng of weiward men schal destrie hem. |
| 4 | Richessis schulen not profite in the dai of veniaunce; but riytfulnesse schal delyuere fro deth. |
| 5 | The riytfulnesse of a simple man schal dresse his weie; and a wickid man schal falle in his wickidnesse. |
| 6 | The riytfulnesse of riytful men schal delyuere hem; and wickid men schulen be takun in her aspiyngis. |
| 7 | Whanne a wickid man is deed, noon hope schal be ferther; and abidyng of bisy men schal perische. |
| 8 | A iust man is delyuered from angwisch; and a wickid man schal be youun for hym. |
| 9 | A feynere bi mouth disseyueth his freend; but iust men schulen be deliuered bi kunnyng. |
| 10 | A citee schal be enhaunsid in the goodis of iust men; and preysyng schal be in the perdicioun of wickid men. |
| 11 | A citee schal be enhaunsid bi blessing of iust men; and it schal be distried bi the mouth of wickid men. |
| 12 | He that dispisith his freend, is nedi in herte; but a prudent man schal be stille. |
| 13 | He that goith gilefuli, schewith priuetees; but he that is feithful, helith the priuetee of a freend. |
| 14 | Where a gouernour is not, the puple schal falle; but helthe `of the puple is, where ben many counsels. |
| 15 | He that makith feith for a straunger, schal be turmentid with yuel; but he that eschewith snaris, schal be sikur. |
| 16 | A graciouse womman schal fynde glorie; and stronge men schulen haue richessis. |
| 17 | A merciful man doith wel to his soule; but he that is cruel, castith awei, yhe, kynnesmen. |
| 18 | A wickid man makith vnstable werk; but feithful mede is to hym, that sowith riytfulnesse. |
| 19 | Merci schal make redi lijf; and the suyng of yuels `schal make redi deth. |
| 20 | A schrewid herte is abhomynable to the Lord; and his wille is in hem, that goen symply. |
| 21 | Thouy hond be in the hond, an yuel man schal not be innocent; but the seed of iust men schal be sauyd. |
| 22 | A goldun `sercle, ether ryng, in the `nose thrillis of a sowe, a womman fair and fool. |
| 23 | The desir of iust men is al good; abiding of wickid men is woodnesse. |
| 24 | Sum men departen her owne thingis, and ben maad richere; other men rauyschen thingis, that ben not hern, and ben euere in nedynesse. |
| 25 | A soule that blessith, schal be maad fat; and he that fillith, schal be fillid also. |
| 26 | He that hidith wheete `in tyme, schal be cursid among the puplis; but blessyng schal come on the heed of silleris. |
| 27 | Wel he risith eerli, that sekith good thingis; but he that is a serchere of yuels, schal be oppressid of tho. |
| 28 | He that tristith in hise richessis, schal falle; but iust men schulen buriowne as a greene leef. |
| 29 | He that disturblith his hows, schal haue wyndis in possessioun; and he that is a fool, schal serue a wijs man. |
| 30 | The fruyt of a riytful man is the tre of lijf; and he that takith soulis, is a wijs man. |
| 31 | If a iust man receyueth in erthe, how miche more an vnfeithful man, and synnere. |
| 32 | — |