Wycliffe - Proverbs - 3

3:1  Mi sone, foryete thou not my lawe; and thyn herte kepe my comaundementis.

3:2  For tho schulen sette to thee the lengthe of daies, and the yeeris of lijf, and pees.

3:3  Merci and treuthe forsake thee not; bynde thou tho to thi throte, and write in the tablis of thin herte.

3:4  And thou schalt fynde grace, and good teching bifore God and men.

3:5  Haue thou trist in the Lord, of al thin herte; and triste thou not to thi prudence.

3:6  In alle thi weies thenke thou on hym, and he schal dresse thi goyngis.

3:7  Be thou not wijs anentis thi silf; drede thou God, and go awei fro yuel.

3:8  For whi helthe schal be in thi nawle, and moisting of thi boonys.

3:9  Onoure thou the Lord of thi catel, and of the beste of alle thi fruytis yyue thou to pore men;

3:10  and thi bernes schulen be fillid with abundaunce, and pressours schulen flowe with wiyn.

3:11  My sone, caste thou not awei the teching of the Lord; and faile thou not, whanne thou art chastisid of him.

3:12  For the Lord chastisith hym, whom he loueth; and as a fadir in the sone he plesith hym.

3:13  Blessid is the man that fyndith wisdom, and which flowith with prudence.

3:14  The geting therof is betere than the marchaundie of gold and of siluer; the fruytis therof ben the firste and clenneste.

3:15  It is preciousere than alle richessis; and alle thingis that ben desirid, moun not be comparisound to this.

3:16  Lengthe of daies is in the riythalf therof, and richessis and glorie ben in the lifthalf therof.

3:17  The weies therof ben feire weies, and alle the pathis therof ben pesible.

3:18  It is a tre of lijf to hem that taken it; and he that holdith it, is blessid.

3:19  The Lord foundide the erthe bi wisdom; he stablischide heuenes bi prudence.

3:20  The depthis of watris braken out bi his wisdom; and cloudis wexen togidere bi dewe.

3:21  My sone, these thingis flete not awey fro thin iyen; kepe thou my lawe, and my counsel;

3:22  and lijf schal be to thi soule, and grace `schal be to thi chekis.

3:23  Thanne thou schalt go tristili in thi weie; and thi foot schal not snapere.

3:24  If thou schalt slepe, thou schalt not drede; thou schalt reste, and thi sleep schal be soft.

3:25  Drede thou not bi sudeyne feer, and the powers of wickid men fallynge in on thee.

3:26  For the Lord schal be at thi side; and he schal kepe thi foot, that thou be not takun.

3:27  Nil thou forbede to do wel him that mai; if thou maist, and do thou wel.

3:28  Seie thou not to thi frend, Go, and turne thou ayen, and to morewe Y schal yyue to thee; whanne thou maist yyue anoon.

3:29  Ymagyne thou not yuel to thi freend, whanne he hath trist in thee.

3:30  Stryue thou not ayens a man with out cause, whanne he doith noon yuel to thee.

3:31  Sue thou not an vniust man, sue thou not hise weies.

3:32  For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men.

3:33  Nedinesse is sent of the Lord in the hous of a wickid man; but the dwelling places of iust men schulen be blessid.

3:34  He schal scorne scorneris; and he schal yyue grace to mylde men.

3:35  Wise men schulen haue glorie; enhaunsing of foolis is schenschipe.