Wycliffe - Sirach - 28

28:1  He that wole be vengid, schal fynde of the Lord veniaunce; and he kepynge schal kepe hise synnes.

28:2  Foryyue thou to thi neiybore that anoieth thee, and thanne synnes schulen be releessid to thee preiynge.

28:3  A man kepith ire to man; and sekith he of God medicyn?

28:4  He hath no merci on a man lijk hym silf; and bisechith he the hiyeste for hise owne synnes?

28:5  He the while he is fleisch, reserueth ire; and axith he of God merci? who schal preie for hise synnes?

28:6  Haue thou mynde on the laste thingis, and ceesse thou to be enemy.

28:7  For whi failyng and deth neiyen not in the comaundementis of God.

28:8  Haue thou mynde on the drede of the Lord, and be thou not wrooth to the neiybore.

28:9  Haue thou mynde on the testament of the hiyeste, and dispise thou the ignoraunce of thi neiybore.

28:10  Absteyne thee fro strijf, and thou schalt abregge synnes.

28:11  For whi a wrathful man kyndlith strijf; and a synful man schal disturble frendis, and he schal sende in enemyte in the myddis of men hauynge pees.

28:12  For whi aftir the trees of the wode, so fier schal brenne an hiy; and after the myyte of a man, so his wrathfulnesse schal be, and aftir his catel he schal enhaunse his ire.

28:13  Hasti stryuyng schal kyndle fier, and hasti chidyng schal schede out blood; and a tunge berynge witnessing schal brynge deth.

28:14  If thou blowist, as fier it schal brenne an hiy; and if thou spetist theron, it schal be quenchid; euer either comen forth of the mouth.

28:15  A preuy bacbiter, and a double tungid man is cursid; for he disturblide many men hauynge pees.

28:16  The thridde tunge hath stirid many men, and hath scaterid hem fro folc in to folc.

28:17  It hath distried wallid citees of riche men, and hath myned doun the housis of grete men.

28:18  It hath kit doun the vertues of puplis, and hath vnknit strong folkis.

28:19  The thridde tunge hath cast out weddid wymmen, and hath priued hem of her trauelis.

28:20  He that biholdith the thridde tunge, schal not haue rest; nether schal haue a frend, in whom he schal reste.

28:21  The wounde of betyng makith wannesse; but the wounde of tunge schal make lesse the boonys.

28:22  Many men fellen doun bi the scharpnesse of swerd; but not so as thei that perischiden bi her tunge.

28:23  He is blessid that is kyuerid fro a wickid tunge; and he that passide not in the wrathfulnesse therof, and he that drow not the yok therof, and was not boundun in the bondis therof.

28:24  For whi the yok therof is an irun yok, and the boond therof is a brasun boond.

28:25  The deth therof is the worste deth; and helle is more profitable than it.

28:26  The perseueraunce therof schal not dwelle, but it schal holde the weies of vniust men; in his flawme it schal not brenne iust men.

28:27  Thei that forsaken God, schulen falle in to it; and it schal brenne greetli in hem, and it schal not be quenchid; and as a lioun it schal be sent in to hem, and as a parde it schal hirte hem.

28:28  Bisette thin eeris with thornes, and nyle thou here a wickid tunge; and make thou doris to thi mouth, and lockis to thin eeris.

28:29  Welle thou togidere thi gold, and thi siluer; and make thou a balaunce to thi wordis, and riytful bridels to thi mouth.

28:30  And take heede, lest perauenture thou slide in tunge, and falle in the siyt of enemyes, settynge tresoun to thee, and thi falle be vncurable in to deth.