Wycliffe - Proverbs - 2

2:1  Mi sone, if thou resseyuest my wordis, `and hidist myn heestis anentis thee;

2:2  that thin eere here wisdom, bowe thin herte to knowe prudence.

2:3  For if thou inwardli clepist wisdom, and bowist thin herte to prudence;

2:4  if thou sekist it as money, and diggist it out as tresours;

2:5  thanne thou schalt vndirstonde the drede of the Lord, and schalt fynde the kunnyng of God.

2:6  For the Lord yyueth wisdom; and prudence and kunnyng is of his mouth.

2:7  He schal kepe the heelthe of riytful men, and he schal defende hem that goen sympli.

2:8  And he schal kepe the pathis of riytfulnesse, and he schal kepe the weies of hooli men.

2:9  Thanne thou schalt vndirstonde riytfulnesse, and dom, and equytee, and ech good path.

2:10  If wysdom entrith in to thin herte, and kunnyng plesith thi soule,

2:11  good councel schal kepe thee, and prudence schal kepe thee; that thou be delyuered fro an yuel weie,

2:12  and fro a man that spekith weiward thingis.

2:13  Whiche forsaken a riytful weie, and goen bi derk weies;

2:14  whiche ben glad, whanne thei han do yuel, and maken ful out ioye in worste thingis;

2:15  whose weies ben weywerd, and her goyingis ben of yuel fame.

2:16  That thou be delyuered fro an alien womman, and fro a straunge womman, that makith soft hir wordis;

2:17  and forsakith the duyk of hir tyme of mariage,

2:18  and hath foryete the couenaunt of hir God. For the hous of hir is bowid to deeth, and hir pathis to helle.

2:19  Alle that entren to hir, schulen not turne ayen, nether schulen catche the pathis of lijf.

2:20  That thou go in a good weie, and kepe the pathis of iust men.

2:21  Forsothe thei that ben riytful, schulen dwelle in the lond; and symple men schulen perfitli dwelle ther ynne.

2:22  But vnfeithful men schulen be lost fro the loond; and thei that doen wickidli, schulen be takun awey fro it.