Proverbs 3
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis. |
| 2 | For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees. |
| 3 | Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte. |
| 4 | And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men. |
| 5 | Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence. |
| 6 | In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis. |
| 7 | Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel. |
| 8 | For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys. |
| 9 | Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis yyue thou to pore men; |
| 10 | and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressours schulen flowe with wiyn. |
| 11 | My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him. |
| 12 | For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym. |
| 13 | Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence. |
| 14 | The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste. |
| 15 | It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this. |
| 16 | Lengthe of daies is in the riythalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof. |
| 17 | The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible. |
| 18 | It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid. |
| 19 | The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence. |
| 20 | The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe. |
| 21 | My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel; |
| 22 | and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis. |
| 23 | Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere. |
| 24 | If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft. |
| 25 | Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee. |
| 26 | For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun. |
| 27 | Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, and do thou wel. |
| 28 | Seie thou not to thi frend, Go, and turne thou ayen, and to morewe Y schal yyue to thee; whanne thou maist yyue anoon. |
| 29 | Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee. |
| 30 | Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee. |
| 31 | Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies. |
| 32 | For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men. |
| 33 | Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid. |
| 34 | He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal yyue grace to mylde men. |
| 35 | Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe. |