Proverbs 8
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
|---|---|
| 1 | Whether wisdom crieth not ofte; and prudence yyueth his vois? |
| 2 | In souereyneste and hiy coppis, aboue the weie, in the myddis of pathis, |
| 3 | and it stondith bisidis the yate of the citee, in thilke closyngis, and spekith, and seith, A! |
| 4 | ye men, Y crie ofte to you; and my vois is to the sones of men. |
| 5 | Litle children, vndirstonde ye wisdom; and ye vnwise men, `perseyue wisdom. |
| 6 | Here ye, for Y schal speke of grete thingis; and my lippis schulen be openyd, to preche riytful thingis. |
| 7 | My throte schal bithenke treuthe; and my lippis schulen curse a wickid man. |
| 8 | My wordis ben iust; no schrewid thing, nether weiward is in tho. |
| 9 | `My wordis ben riytful to hem that vndurstonden; and ben euene to hem that fynden kunnyng. |
| 10 | Take ye my chastisyng, and not money; chese ye teching more than tresour. |
| 11 | For wisdom is betere than alle richessis moost preciouse; and al desirable thing mai not be comparisound therto. |
| 12 | Y, wisdom, dwelle in counsel; and Y am among lernyd thouytis. |
| 13 | The drede of the Lord hatith yuel; Y curse boost, and pride, and a schrewid weie, and a double tungid mouth. |
| 14 | Counseil is myn, and equyte `is myn; prudence is myn, and strengthe `is myn. |
| 15 | Kyngis regnen bi me; and the makeris of lawis demen iust thingis bi me. |
| 16 | Princis comaunden bi me; and myyti men demen riytfulnesse bi me. |
| 17 | I loue hem that louen me; and thei that waken eerli to me, schulen fynde me. |
| 18 | With me ben rychessis, and glorie; souereyn richessis, and riytfulnesse. |
| 19 | My fruyt is betere than gold, and precyouse stoon; and my seedis ben betere than chosun siluer. |
| 20 | Y go in the weies of riytfulnesse, in the myddis of pathis of doom; |
| 21 | that Y make riche hem that louen me, and that Y fille her tresouris. |
| 22 | The Lord weldide me in the bigynnyng of hise weies; bifore that he made ony thing, at the bigynnyng. |
| 23 | Fro with out bigynnyng Y was ordeined; and fro elde tymes, bifor that the erthe was maad. |
| 24 | Depthis of watris weren not yit; and Y was conseyued thanne. The wellis of watris hadden not brokun out yit, |
| 25 | and hillis stoden not togidere yit bi sad heuynesse; bifor litil hillis Y was born. |
| 26 | Yit he hadde not maad erthe; and floodis, and the herris of the world. |
| 27 | Whanne he made redi heuenes, Y was present; whanne he cumpasside the depthis of watris bi certeyn lawe and cumpas. |
| 28 | Whanne he made stidfast the eir aboue; and weiede the wellis of watris. |
| 29 | Whanne he cumpasside to the see his marke; and settide lawe to watris, that tho schulden not passe her coostis. Whanne he peiside the foundementis of erthe; |
| 30 | Y was making alle thingis with him. And Y delitide bi alle daies, and pleiede bifore hym in al tyme, |
| 31 | and Y pleiede in the world; and my delices ben to be with the sones of men. |
| 32 | Now therfor, sones, here ye me; blessid ben thei that kepen my weies. |
| 33 | Here ye teching, and be ye wise men; and nile ye caste it awei. |
| 34 | Blessid is the man that herith me, and that wakith at my yatis al dai; and kepith at the postis of my dore. |
| 35 | He that fyndith me, schal fynde lijf; and schal drawe helthe of the Lord. |
| 36 | But he that synneth ayens me, schal hurte his soule; alle that haten me, louen deeth. |