Wycliffe - Sirach - 25

25:1  In thre thingis it is plesid to my spirit, which ben appreued bifore God and men; acordyng of britheren,

25:2  and loue of neiyboris, a man and womman wel consentynge to hem silf.

25:3  My soule hatide thre spicis, and Y am greued greetli to the soule of hem;

25:4  a pore man proud, and a riche man liere, and an eld man a fool and vnwitti.

25:5  Hou schalt thou fynde in thin eelde tho thingis, whiche thou gaderist not in thi yongthe?

25:6  Doom is ful fair in hoornesse, and to preestis to knowe councel.

25:7  Wisdom is ful fair to eelde men, and gloriouse vndirstondyng, and councel.

25:8  The coroun of eelde men is in myche kunnyng; and the glorie of hem is the drede of God.

25:9  I magnefiede nyne thingis vnsuspect of the herte; and Y schal seie the tenthe thing bi tunge to men.

25:10  A man which lyuynge is myrie in sones, and seynge the distriyng of hise enemyes.

25:11  He is blessid that dwellith with a witty womman, and he that felle not bi his tunge, and he that seruyde not to men vnworthi to hym silf.

25:12  He is blessid that fyndith a very frend, and he that tellith out riytfulnesse to an eere heringe.

25:13  He is ful greet that fyndith wisdom and kunnyng; but he is not aboue him that dredith God.

25:14  The drede of God hath set it silf aboue alle thingis.

25:15  Blessid is the man to whom it is youun to have the drede of God; to whom schal he be licned, that holdith that drede?

25:16  The drede of God is the bigynnyng of his loue; forsothe the bigynnyng of feith is to be faste ioyned therto.

25:17  The sorewe of herte is ech wounde; and the wickidnesse of a womman is al malice.

25:18  A leche shal se ech wounde, and not the wounde of herte; and al wickidnesse,

25:19  and not the wickidnesse of a womman;

25:20  and ech hilyng, and not hilyng of hateris;

25:21  and ech veniaunce, and not the veniaunce of enemyes.

25:22  Noon heed is worse than the heed of an eddre dwellynge in schadewe;

25:23  and noon ire is aboue the ire of a womman. It schal plese more to dwelle with a lioun and a dragoun, than to dwelle with a wickid womman.

25:24  The wickidnesse of a womman chaungith hir face; and sche blyndide her cheer as a beer doith, and sche schal schewe as a sak in the myddis of neiyboris.

25:25  Hir hosebonde weilide; and his wickid wijf herde, and siyyide a litil.

25:26  Al malice is schort on the malice of a womman; the parte of synneris falle on hir.

25:27  As a stiynge ful of grauel in the feet of an elde man, so is a womman a greet ianglere to a pesible man.

25:28  Biholde thou not the fairnesse of a womman, and coueyte thou not a womman for fairnesse.

25:29  The ire and vnreuerence of a womman is grete schenschipe.

25:30  If a womman hath the firste dignyte, ethir cheef gouernail, sche is contrarie to hir hosebonde.

25:31  A low herte, and soreuful face, and wounde of deeth, is a wickid womman.

25:32  Feble hondis and knees vnboundun, a womman that blessith not hir hosebonde.

25:33  The bygynnyng of synne was maad of a womman; and alle we dien bi hir.

25:34  Yyue thou not issu to thi watir, yhe, not a litil issu; nether to a wickid womman fredom of goyng forth.

25:35  If sche goith not at thin hond, sche schal schende thee in the siyt of enemyes.

25:36  Kitte hir a wei fro thi fleischis, lest euere sche mysvse thee.