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Chapter 12
Sira Wycliffe 12:1  If thou doist wel, wite thou to whom thou doist; and miche grace schal be to thi goodis.
Sira Wycliffe 12:2  Do thou wel to a iust man, and thou schalt fynde greet yelding; thouy not of hym, certis of the Lord.
Sira Wycliffe 12:3  It is not wel to hym that is customable in yuels, and to hym that yyueth not almes; for whi the hiyeste bothe hatith synneris, and doith merci to hem that doen penaunce.
Sira Wycliffe 12:4  Yyue thou to a merciful man, and resseyue thou not a synnere; God schal yelde veniaunce bothe to vnfeithful men and to synneris, kepynge hem in the dai of veniaunce.
Sira Wycliffe 12:5  Yyue thou to a good man, and resseyue thou not a synnere.
Sira Wycliffe 12:6  Do thou good to a meke man, and yyue thou not to an vnpitouse man; forbede thou to yyue looues to hym, lest in tho he be myytiere than thou.
Sira Wycliffe 12:7  For thou schalt fynde double yuels in alle goodis, whiche euere thou doist to hym; for whi the hiyeste bothe hatith synneris, and schal yelde veniaunce to vnfeithful men.
Sira Wycliffe 12:8  A frend schal not be knowun in goodis, and an enemy schal not be hid in yuels.
Sira Wycliffe 12:9  In the goodis of a man hise enemyes ben sori; and a frend is knowun in the sorewe and malice of him.
Sira Wycliffe 12:10  Bileue thou neuer to thin enemy; for his wickidnesse roustith as irun.
Sira Wycliffe 12:11  Thouy he be maad meke, and go lowe, caste awei thi soule, and kepe thee fro him.
Sira Wycliffe 12:12  Sette thou not him bisidis thee, nether sitte he at thi riytside, lest he turne and stonde in thi place; lest perauenture he turne in to thi place, and enquere thi chaier, and in the laste tyme thou know mi wordis, and be prickid in my wordis.
Sira Wycliffe 12:13  Who schal do medecyn to an enchauntere smytun of a serpent, and to alle men that neiyen to beestis, and to him that goith with an yuel man, and is wlappid in the synnes of him?
Sira Wycliffe 12:14  In oon our he schal dwelle with thee; sotheli if thou bowist awei, he schal not bere vp.
Sira Wycliffe 12:15  The enemy makith swete in hise lippis, and in his herte he settith tresoun to ouerturne thee in to the dich.
Sira Wycliffe 12:16  The enemy wepith in hise iyen; and if he fyndith tyme, he schal not be fillid of blood.
Sira Wycliffe 12:17  If yuels bifallen to thee, thou schalt fynde hym the formere there.
Sira Wycliffe 12:18  The enemy schal wepe bifore thin iyen, and he as helpynge schal vndurmyne thi feet.
Sira Wycliffe 12:19  He schal stire his heed, and he schal beete with hond; and he schal speke priuyli many yuels of thee, and schal chaunge his chere.