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| [1]Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. |
[1]He that loueth chastisyng, loueth kunnyng; but he that hatith blamyngis, is vnwijs. |
| [2]A good man obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn. |
[2]He that is good, schal drawe to hym silf grace of the Lord; but he that tristith in hise thouytis, doith wickidli. |
| [3]A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved. |
[3]A man schal not be maad strong by wyckidnesse; and the root of iust men schal not be moued. |
| [4]A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. |
[4]A diligent womman is a coroun to hir hosebond; and rot is in the boonys of that womman, that doith thingis worthi of confusioun. |
| [5]The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit. |
[5]The thouytis of iust men ben domes; and the counselis of wickid men ben gileful. |
| [6]The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them. |
[6]The wordis of wickid men setten tresoun to blood; the mouth of iust men schal delyuere hem. |
| [7]The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the righteous shall stand. |
[7]Turne thou wickid men, and thei schulen not be; but the housis of iust men schulen dwelle perfitli. |
| [8]A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised. |
[8]A man schal be knowun bi his teching; but he that is veyn and hertles, schal be open to dispising. |
| [9]He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread. |
[9]Betere is a pore man, and sufficient to him silf, than a gloriouse man, and nedi of breed. |
| [10]A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. |
[10]A iust man knowith the soulis of hise werk beestis; but the entrailis of wickid men ben cruel. |
| [11]He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding. |
[11]He that worchith his lond, schal be fillid with looues; but he that sueth idilnesse, is moost fool. He that is swete, lyueth in temperaunces; and in hise monestyngis he forsakith dispisyngis. |
| [12]The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit. |
[12]The desir of a wickid man is the memorial of worste thingis; but the roote of iust men schal encreesse. |
| [13]The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. |
[13]For the synnes of lippis `falling doun neiyeth to an yuel man; but a iust man schal scape fro angwisch. |
| [14]A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him. |
[14]Of the fruyt of his mouth ech man schal be fillid with goodis; and bi the werkis of hise hondis it schal be yoldun to him. |
| [15]The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel is wise. |
[15]The weie of a fool is riytful in hise iyen; but he that is wijs, herith counsels. |
| [16]A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame. |
[16]A fool schewith anoon his ire; but he that dissymelith wrongis, is wijs. |
| [17]He that speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit. |
[17]He that spekith that, that he knowith, is a iuge of riytfulnesse; but he that lieth, is a gileful witnesse. |
| [18]There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. |
[18]A man is that bihetith, and he is prickid as with the swerd of conscience; but the tunge of wise men is helthe. |
| [19]The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. |
[19]The lippe of treuthe schal be stidfast with outen ende; but he that is a sudeyn witnesse, makith redi the tunge of leesyng. |
| [20]Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace is joy. |
[20]Gile is in the herte of hem that thenken yuels; but ioye sueth hem, that maken counsels of pees. |
| [21]There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. |
[21]What euere bifallith to a iust man, it schal not make hym sori; but wickid men schulen be fillid with yuel. |
| [22]Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. |
[22]False lippis is abhominacioun to the Lord; but thei that don feithfuli, plesen him. |
| [23]A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness. |
[23]A fel man hilith kunnyng; and the herte of vnwise men stirith foli. |
| [24]The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. |
[24]The hond of stronge men schal haue lordschip; but the hond that is slow, schal serue to tributis. |
| [25]Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad. |
[25]Morenynge in the herte of a iust man schal make hym meke; and he schal be maad glad bi a good word. |
| [26]The righteous is more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them. |
[26]He that dispisith harm for a frend, is a iust man; but the weie of wickid men schal disseyue hem. |
| [27]The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious. |
[27]A gileful man schal not fynde wynnyng; and the substaunce of man schal be the prijs of gold. |
| [28]In the way of righteousness is life; and in the path of it there is no death. |
[28]Lijf is in the path of riytfulnesse; but the wrong weie leedith to deeth. |