Wycliffe - Sirach - 19

19:1  A drunkelew werk man schal not be maad riche; and he that chargith not litle synnes, fallith doun litil and litil.

19:2  Wyn and wymmen maken to be apostataas, yhe, wise men; and thei repreuen witti men.

19:3  And he that ioyneth hym silf to hooris, schal be wickid; rot and wormes schulen enherite hym, and he schal be set an hiy in to more ensaumple, and his soule schal be takun awei fro noumbre.

19:4  He that bileueth soone, is vnstable in herte, and schal be maad lesse; and he that trespassith ayens his soule, schal be had ferthermore.

19:5  He that ioieth in wickidnesse, schal be cursid; and he that hatith blamyng, schal be maad lesse in lijf; and he that hatith ianglyng, quenchith malice.

19:6  He that synneth ayens his soule, schal repente; and he that is myrie in malice, schal be cursid.

19:7  Reherse thou not an hard word, and wickid; and thou schalt not be maad lesse.

19:8  Nyle thou telle thi wit to frend and enemye; and if trespas is to thee, nyle thou make nakid.

19:9  For he schal here thee, and schal kepe thee, and he as defendynge the synne schal hate thee; and so he schal be euere with thee.

19:10  Thou hast herd a word ayens thi neiybore; die it togidere in thee, and triste thou that it schal not breke thee.

19:11  A fool trauelith greetli of the face of a word, as the sorewe of beryng of a yong child.

19:12  An arowe fastned in the hipe of a dogge, so a word in the herte of a fool.

19:13  Repreue thou a frend, lest perauenture he vndurstonde not, and seie, Y dide not; ether if he hath do, lest he adde to do eft.

19:14  Repreue thou a neiybore, lest perauenture he seie not; and if he seith, lest perauenture he reherse.

19:15  Repreue thou a frend, for whi trespassynge is don ofte;

19:16  and bileue thou not to ech word. Ther is a man that fallith bi his tunge, but not of wille.

19:17  For `whi who is he, that trespassith not in his tunge? Repreue thou a neiybore, bifore that thou manaasse;

19:18  and yyue thou place to the drede of the hiyeste. For whi al wisdom is the drede of God, and in that wisdom for to drede God; and the ordynaunce of lawe is in al wisdom.

19:19  And the teching of wickidnesse is not wisdom; and the prudence of synnes is not good thouyt.

19:20  Ther is wickidnesse of prudence, and cursidnesse is ther ynne; and ther is an vnwijs man, which is maad litil in wisdom.

19:21  Betere is a man that hath litil in wisdom, and failynge in wit in the drede of God, than he that hath plentee of wit, and brekith the lawe of the hiyeste.

19:22  Ther is certeyn sutilte, and it is wickid.

19:23  And ther is a man, that sendith out a certeyn word, tellynge out treuthe. Ther is a man, that mekith hym silf wickidly; and hise ynnere thingis ben ful of gile.

19:24  And ther is a iust man, that makith low greetli hym silf of myche mekenesse; and ther is a iust man, that bowith the face, and feyneth hym to se not that, that is vnknowun.

19:25  Thouy he is forbodun of feblenesse of strengthis to do synne; if he fyndith tyme to do yuele, he schal do yuel.

19:26  A man is knowun bi siyt; and a witti man is knowun bi meetyng of face.

19:27  The clothing of bodi, and the leiyyng of teeth, and the entring of a man, tellen out of hym.

19:28  Ther is fals repreuyng in the ire of a man ful of dispisyng; and ther is dom which is not preued to be good; and ther is a stille man, and he is prudent.