Wycliffe - Proverbs - 28

28:1  A wickid man fleeth, whanne no man pursueth; but a iust man as a lioun tristynge schal be with out ferdfulnesse.

28:2  For the synnes of the lond ben many princis therof; and for the wisdom of a man, and for the kunnyng of these thingis that ben seid, the lijf of the duyk schal be lengere.

28:3  A pore man falsli calengynge pore men, is lijk a grete reyn, wherynne hungur is maad redi.

28:4  Thei that forsaken the lawe, preisen a wickid man; thei that kepen `the lawe, ben kyndlid ayens hym.

28:5  Wickid men thenken not doom; but thei that seken the Lord, perseyuen alle thingis.

28:6  Betere is a pore man goynge in his sympilnesse, than a riche man in schrewid weies.

28:7  He that kepith the lawe, is a wijs sone; but he that fedith glotouns, schendith his fadir.

28:8  He that gaderith togidere richessis bi vsuris, and fre encrees, gaderith tho togidere ayens pore men.

28:9  His preyer schal be maad cursid, that bowith awei his eere; that he here not the lawe.

28:10  He that disseyueth iust men in an yuel weye, schal falle in his perisching; and iuste men schulen welde hise goodis.

28:11  A ryche man semeth wijs to him silf; but a pore man prudent schal serche him.

28:12  In enhaunsing of iust men is miche glorie; whanne wickid men regnen, fallyngis of men ben.

28:13  He that hidith hise grete trespassis, schal not be maad riytful; but he that knoulechith and forsakith tho, schal gete merci.

28:14  Blessid is the man, which is euere dredeful; but he that is `harde of soule, schal falle in to yuel.

28:15  A rorynge lioun, and an hungry bere, is a wickid prince on a pore puple.

28:16  A duyk nedi of prudence schal oppresse many men bi fals chalenge; but the daies of hym that hatith aueryce, schulen be maad longe.

28:17  No man susteyneth a man that falsly chalengith the blood of a man, if he fleeth `til to the lake.

28:18  He that goith simpli, schal be saaf; he that goith bi weiward weies, schal falle doun onys.

28:19  He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; he that sueth ydelnesse, schal be fillid with nedynesse.

28:20  A feithful man schal be preisid myche; but he that hastith to be maad riche, schal not be innocent.

28:21  He that knowith a face in doom, doith not wel; this man forsakith treuthe, yhe, for a mussel of breed.

28:22  A man that hastith to be maad riche, and hath enuye to othere men; woot not that nedinesse schal come on hym.

28:23  He that repreueth a man, schal fynde grace aftirward at hym; more than he that disseyueth bi flateryngis of tunge.

28:24  He that withdrawith ony thing fro his fadir and fro his modir, and seith that this is no synne, is parcener of a manquellere.

28:25  He that auauntith hym silf, and alargith, reisith stryues; but he that hopith in the Lord, schal be sauyd.

28:26  He that tristith in his herte, is a fool; but he that goith wiseli,

28:27  schal be preysid. He that yyueth to a pore man, schal not be nedi; he that dispisith `a pore man bisechynge, schal suffre nedynesse.

28:28  Whanne vnpitouse men risen, men schulen be hid; whanne tho `vnpitouse men han perischid, iust men schulen be multiplied.