Proverbs 9
aligned by seat — same row, same verse, whatever each bible numbers it
| v | Wycliffe |
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| 1 | Wisdom bildide an hous to him silf; he hewide out seuene pileris, |
| 2 | he offride his slayn sacrifices, he medlide wijn, and settide forth his table. |
| 3 | He sente hise handmaides, that thei schulden clepe to the tour; and to the wallis of the citee. |
| 4 | If ony man is litil; come he to me. And wisdom spak to vnwise men, |
| 5 | Come ye, ete ye my breed; and drynke ye the wiyn, which Y haue medlid to you. |
| 6 | Forsake ye yong childhed, and lyue ye; and go ye bi the weyes of prudence. |
| 7 | He that techith a scornere, doith wrong to him silf; and he that vndirnymmeth a wickid man, gendrith a wem to him silf. |
| 8 | Nile thou vndirnyme a scornere; lest he hate thee. Vndirnyme thou a wise man; and he schal loue thee. |
| 9 | Yyue thou occasioun to a wise man; and wisdom schal be encreessid to hym. Teche thou a iust man; and he schal haste to take. |
| 10 | The bigynnyng of wisdom is the dreed of the Lord; and prudence is the kunnyng of seyntis. |
| 11 | For thi daies schulen be multiplied bi me; and yeeris of lijf schulen be encreessid to thee. |
| 12 | If thou art wijs; thou schalt be to thi silf, and to thi neiyboris. Forsothe if thou art a scornere; thou aloone schalt bere yuel. |
| 13 | A fonned womman, and ful of cry, and ful of vnleueful lustis, and that kan no thing outirli, |
| 14 | sittith in the doris of hir hous, on a seete, in an hiy place of the cite; |
| 15 | to clepe men passinge bi the weie, and men goynge in her iournei. |
| 16 | Who is a litil man `of wit; bowe he to me. And sche spak to a coward, |
| 17 | Watris of thefte ben swettere, and breed hid is swettere. |
| 18 | And wiste not that giauntis ben there; and the gestis `of hir ben in the depthis of helle. Sotheli he that schal be applied, ether fastned, to hir; schal go doun to hellis. For whi he that goith awei fro hir; schal be saued. |
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